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Too tippy, fragile and weight sensitive to be a boat for Everyman?
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Gfinch
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Joined: 09 Nov 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 67 |
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Posted: 03 Sep 18 at 7:59pm |
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So people are looking for a boat with 2 sails where they won't scare a crew?
National 12 is perfect surely? Ok a bit exciting in a breeze but no kite to worry about. Ideal for sailing with kids Silly cheap 2nd hand decent plastic or carbon boats for sale Competitive class with some top sailors |
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3513, 3551 - National 12
136069 - Laser 32541 - Mirror 4501 - Laser 4000 |
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423zero
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Posted: 03 Sep 18 at 6:53pm |
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Fit back rests on EPS, (a long padded bar), shuffle wings in and out to suit righting movement, aah comfort, use a Denny Brown stabiliser so you can stay sat on side in even the lightest winds, you could probably sit cross legged
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Sam.Spoons
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Posted: 03 Sep 18 at 6:40pm |
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I'm assuming you liked it then Graeme? I was out in mine in F5-6 again last week, just blasting but great fun. Two mates now have them in Anglesey and love them.
WRT trapezing in the light why not remove the wings off the EPS or buy another Blaze, Halo rig and wings in the trailing position and you could still race it in standard setup?
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Spice 346 "Flat Broke"
Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish" |
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Rupert
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Posted: 03 Sep 18 at 6:15pm |
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5'6"? You really taller than me? Now I really feel gnome like.
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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iGRF
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Posted: 03 Sep 18 at 6:11pm |
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Well it kind of was my first single hander after I'd committed to sailing following the early debacle with a Musto Skiff. I've come on a bit since those days so it was interesting to get back into it and straight into irons, but knowing instantly how to deal with it now. |
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iGRF
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Posted: 03 Sep 18 at 6:05pm |
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We're going over to Herne bay for a bit of a jolly mainly so my chum can get a look at one. I think it's a bit too big for me, one thing I have learned is to be realistic with my 67 kgs and 5'6 inches, nowhere to hide in dinghies unlike boards where there are counter measures. I'm also seriously in love with trapezing, it's a whole different set of stuff to learn, it's just a shame there's not much out there that I can live with in light weather but still be comfortable with in a breeze which the Farr is brilliant in, it just sucks below 10 knots. |
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iGRF
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Posted: 03 Sep 18 at 5:58pm |
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fab100
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Posted: 03 Sep 18 at 5:51pm |
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he isn't, in a dinghy at least
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H2
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Posted: 03 Sep 18 at 4:11pm |
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iGRF please can I lend you my boat for a spin. It literally is what you are asking for! Then I can also work out if you are half as good at sailing as you are at typing on this forum :-)
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H2 #115 (sold)
H2 145 OK 2082 |
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