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Smight at BBSC 
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 Topic: What next?Posted: 04 Apr 08 at 11:28pm |
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But back to the original point Ian C is right you need to decide what you want because you don't wan't a boat that is a compromise between one thing or another.
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RS600 988
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andy_cherub
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Posted: 04 Apr 08 at 11:31pm |
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I suggest an asymetric scorpion
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-12ft skiff, Team 'CST Composites'
-Many thanks goes out to all of my sponsors. Ignore my user name, my views are of a 12ft skiff |
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stuarthop
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Posted: 05 Apr 08 at 12:08am |
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I think you need to decide what you want from a boat before you ask people what boat they think should suit you. Do you want something fast? wet? challenging? or something you can happily potter about in taking a mate out teaching them to sail? Whats your budget? (this can really affect the boats your looking at) Do you want to race it? Do you want something very low maintainance or do you enjoy making little tweeks to your set up to help improve how well the boat works. All the above factors will affect what suits you...not any of the forum members who claim my boat is better than your boat ect.. Think about it carefully, buying a boat can be a big finantial commitment (trust me i know from experiance), dont waste your money on a boat what won't suit your needs. Also have a trial sail in whatever class you think you want before you buy... you may change your mind. |
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James Morley
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Joined: 22 Jan 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 46 |
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Posted: 05 Apr 08 at 12:36pm |
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Another important factor when buying a boat is what other classes are sailed at your club. It is much more fun if you have a few boats to race against than going round on your own.
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James rs200 225
N12 3214 for sale Splash 2297 for sale |
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radixon
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Posted: 05 Apr 08 at 5:50pm |
Right to drag this back on topic, I recon the RS 200 for non trapezing crew or RS500 to add a trapeze if you want someone else to sail with, or Possibly a Vago for singlehandered and crew option. Seen one but didn't manage a sail last weekend. The downside is ......... its plastic! |
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JimC
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Posted: 06 Apr 08 at 5:04pm |
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Single hander or two hander really is a key decision. I don't know of a boat that you can really satisfactorily sail with a crew one week and not the next.
Then if you are going to sail with pick up crews then the maximum level of complexity you want to have is a sit out asymettric boat. Performance trapeze boats really need the two of you to be sailing as a team. My pic, actually, if the requirement was to sail a two handed boat with pickup crews would be a quicker two handed boat, something like a Tasar, but I'd probably not bother and get a singlehander... The most important thing I think you need to do is to jump in every boat going and get a feel for what you like. I like International Canoes at the moment for instance, but that means not a thing when it come sto what boat you should get... The other thing is that the "get a boat like the ones at your club" is probably good advice if you have no particular preference about what sort of boat you sail. But if you do have a preference you'd better just get something you like sailing. If I owned a Laser I'd never go sailing even though there are loads at my club. I just don't enjoy racing one. But if you do enjoy racing one, and many folk do, then its a safe choice. Edited by JimC |
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Chew my RS
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Posted: 07 Apr 08 at 9:13am |
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I wouldn't normally do this, but I'm going to throw the NS14 in to the ring. Similar to a Tasar but more modern, slightly quicker, very easy to sail (no kite or trapeze), very small sails with low loads. It is ideal for a novice crew/ different crew every week and also for sailing singlehanded with just the mainsail (I know most two man boats are rubbish in this configuration, but the NS14 sails well like this - they even have a singlehanded champioship in Oz).
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http://www.sailns14.org - The ultimate family raceboat now available in the UK
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