Pimp Club

Mark ive only just worked out that you are Neptune on
here. I never realised.

Anywho yes I have realised that wire to wire with no
cleat is going to be near enough impossible. I going to
give it a go though. Ive got an idea in my head of how I
can do it but whether it will actually work in practice
is another matter.

Lazy hooks = pointless on a cleat-less 600 = PIMP.

And yes I will be coming to Datchet. Ive heard theres
camping on site but I couldnt see anything on the website
about it. Even though it will be cold in April we decided
that staying in a motel, however warm it was, is just too
expensive for us poor students. So if we can camp for a
few pennies then we will. I will try and get the rest of
the 600s from my club to come along aswell. There is 5 of
us now.

Ive never done anything but wire to wire, i didnt know there was any different way of tacking a 600 until i got to grafham in Feb

I think you were the only one at Grafham directly wire to wire tacking Sam - you seemed pretty good at it too.

The 600 main is really robust though - the 300 and 600 fabrics don't look like the they will last anywhere near as long and unless you are going to change the 600 to a softer sail like a 700 it just a cosmetic change.

Merlinboy what would you do?

Would you change the shape to make it easier to sail or would you just change the material to make it look more modern and perhaps cheaper to buy like has been done on the 300.

As a reference a 700 mainsail is exactly the same price as a 600 and is near as make no difference the same size so its cosmetic change only then.

My point about the more "modern" 700 mainsail being teh same price as the less moder, but more robust 600 sail.