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Steve411 
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Joined: 09 Sep 08 Location: Cheddar, Somerset, England Online Status: Offline Posts: 705 |
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 Topic: The RS900 - 'our' fantasy dinghy!Posted: 03 Dec 08 at 10:55am |
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Actually I contacted Bladerider about this a month or so ago - asked them if there were any plans to have a foiling Moth with a 10 square metre rig. The answer was no! But they suggested I buy a Bladerider and put a bigger mast and sail on it (but apparently this would invalidate the warranty). Thought this was a bit rich seeing as they can't (or couldn't to start with anyway) make a boat with a normal size rig stay in one piece! |
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Chris 249
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Posted: 03 Dec 08 at 11:33am |
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The "production" 18 Foot Skiff has already been done. The first B18s
('Starboard Products', 'Ella Bache #1', 'Banana Republic' etc) were designed as simple, clean, cheap 18 Foot Skiffs; just one or two rigs, 14' (IIRC) wingspan, etc. Compared to the earlier boats (covered trailers, four rigs, wings reduced to 22', Nomex, hydraulics etc) they were cheap and simple, although the first few were fragile. Development, a few rule changes that gave them an advantage and hurt other designs, and turbocharging then made the B18 the dominant design for the latter Grand Prix days, but it was no longer the same sort of production boat. The current League/Murray OD 18s are another form of cheap, under- rigged, short-winged "production" 18s, but easier to sail. More scows would be an excellent idea; the scow Moths are fantastic boats. There was also the big YW scow and Peter Milne's big Fireball, plus the US boats. Ruperts idea of a big dinghy sounds very nice. Skiffs are cool, but a modern big fast dinghy could well be much more popular. |
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Phil eltringham
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Posted: 03 Dec 08 at 11:39am |
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Why not use the RS600FF and put toe-straps on it instead of the trapeeze, sorted! Less leaverage, so more weight needed to hold the rig down, instant fat-boy-ness |
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FLAT IS FAST!
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PlankyPlank
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Joined: 03 Dec 08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 29 |
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I heard a few years ago that during the 90s someone was converting an old Tempest to carry a mast head isometric and have twin traps and possibly racks. I doubt it was ever finished/used though - Someone would have spotted it! It would be a terrifying sight to see that bearing down on you, although probably a good laugh sailing it! |
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BBSCFaithfull
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Posted: 03 Dec 08 at 12:53pm |
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Come on Guys.
Lets get it sorted. Hull Weight :75-50Kgs Length:18ft ish Width: 10ft T-Foil (on rudder only) Mast Height: 9m Crew 2 or 3 Mast head assy, Square Top main which is either flat or deeper for winds. Good Sized jib. Temple Vang Adjustable Caps |
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Steve411
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Posted: 03 Dec 08 at 1:23pm |
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I have an adjustable cap already. It blows off when it gets windy!
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Medway Maniac
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Posted: 03 Dec 08 at 3:47pm |
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Has anyone ever seen a centerboard that didn't retract, either by pivoting or lifting straight up, dagger-style? In fact "a retractable fin keel" is the definition of a centreboard: http://dictionary.die.net/centreboard But OK, GRF, we know you meant pivoting. Just teasing (irritatedly). |
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G.R.F.
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It's a hangover from sailboard speak, back in the day a lot of sailboards had pivoting centreboards that did just that, pivot back yet still remain under the hull until some brilliant windsurfing genius cut a slot in his TC39 board and invented the first fully retracting centreboard made using a dinghy foil section and went on to win events with windy races he might otherwise have not managed to. |
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RS400atC
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I have an RS1100, its a comically heavy german motorbike... I suspect designing a SMOD too close to the cutting edge is doomed, too likely to be a development cul-de-sac. How about a stoodent-proof team racing boat? that would be a design challenge!
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Xenon; they have been given a pretty good thrashing at the Endeavour and come through OK, |
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