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 Topic: Spy photosPosted: 12 Mar 09 at 8:25am |
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Is that the jib or some sort of screacher?
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s.a.l.t.y
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Posted: 11 Mar 09 at 10:26pm |
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I thought they only work at very high speeds. Like
20kts+ or summat so most of the time it is gonna be dragging like a b**tard. |
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Medway Maniac
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Posted: 11 Mar 09 at 9:56pm |
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Looks like a planing step, such as used on hydroplanes. Apparently giving up on sub-planing performance completely.
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ratface
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Posted: 11 Mar 09 at 9:53pm |
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my french isnt that great but i think this is a cherub...
(found pic on a french website)  but whats happening on the hull? midway on the racks?!?! Edited by ratface |
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Medway Maniac
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I don't actually know. From the degree of indstrialisation in the windsurf world I'd expect they were huge, but that may be past-tense. Put another way, how many windsurfers do you see out on the water these days? We are largely concerned with our own back yard, i guess (it's not our fault if most of the rest of the world hasn't noticed that dinghies exist). |
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Posted: 05 Mar 09 at 4:53pm |
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Yeah ... quite a lot of oranges get sold every year too ... |
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JimC
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Posted: 05 Mar 09 at 4:48pm |
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Umm, what are relaive sales of boards and dinghies like worldwide? |
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Jack Sparrow
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Posted: 05 Mar 09 at 2:47pm |
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Cock! Arse! Nuts! Thats what I'm doing with me Banshee Cherub thingy... Bloody credit crunch... mutter, mutter...  edit: pic addition Edited by Jack Sparrow |
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Medway Maniac
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Posted: 05 Mar 09 at 1:21pm |
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[QUOTE=Guest#260][Do we think foiling is set to be a mainstream part of sailing?[QUOTE] It'll have to be a lot more convenient than at present, that's for sure. Currently I'd rate it more like windsurfing than dinghy sailing in its appeal. |
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craiggo
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Posted: 05 Mar 09 at 1:19pm |
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I dont think foiling will ever become mainstream, as most sailors in the UK dont sail in locations that are particularly suited to it. Development will continue helped of course by the Moth class and will filter out but I'm guessing that we arent going to see a proliferation of foiling classes with massive nationals turnouts. There is obviously a lot of interest at the moment in foiling but I think most of it is voyeurism and wont lead to a mass exodus into foiling dinghies, after all we didnt all go out and buy 18ft Skiffs when the one design boats started getting all the press.
The other issue is how many new classes do we need. I would suggest none! perhaps as we've discussed before, wrapping similar boats together should happen with Moths, 600ff and Tomahawk all racing off scratch, hopefully like we will at Chew with the MPS and 700s next weekend !!!! I only mentioned RS trying a foiling vareo in jest as RS and Ovington do seem intent on flooding every little niche in the market. |
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