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Posting king 
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 Topic: Crazy Ideas!Posted: 30 Jun 05 at 1:29pm |
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I don't think Tom Gruitt will be very happy with his name next to that!!!!
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Cheers Dudes
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tgruitt
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Posted: 30 Jun 05 at 12:44pm |
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ellie, you do have some crazy ideas! here is what your foiling topper will look like, this took me over 30mins to make in Photoshop! (i'm not great with photoshop). I apoligise for this very lame effort! I give you the new TopperMoth!
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Needs to sail more...
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JimC
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Posted: 30 Jun 05 at 12:28pm |
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Topper's aren't that heavy... given large enough foils and enough breeze you could probably get one flying. Wouldn't happen very often though.
Support for the daggerboard is easy enough - fit it from underneath and give it a flange that rests on the hull skin. The rudder would be a bit more fun to arrange. |
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yellowhammer
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Posted: 30 Jun 05 at 12:24pm |
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How about fitting a jet-ski motor to it ... give a few Cherub sailors a scare!
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lozza
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Posted: 30 Jun 05 at 11:00am |
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Don't think the hull is rigid enough for a bowsprit either. If somebody had the moulds for the topper, could they make a carbon/epoxy version. That would be interesting! |
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Life's a reach, then you gybe
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Strawberry
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Posted: 30 Jun 05 at 10:56am |
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It wouldn't work, toppers can't go fast enough to get lift of speed. And even if you could, you can't use spinnakers with foils. Nice thought though. |
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Ginger_69
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Posted: 30 Jun 05 at 9:57am |
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you can allready get a jib kit for a topper i think and u would have to try and fin a way of keeping the centerboard down
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Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
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Wave Rider
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Posted: 30 Jun 05 at 7:52am |
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Lol yeah amazin idea, certainly be at the front of the fleet then Get a massive spinni aswell, god the poor 2 part mast wouldnt no what hit it ! |
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TheSeaFalcon
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Posted: 30 Jun 05 at 7:10am |
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Do you think you could make some foils to go on a topper - drill them in, sand down the hull so it's more pointy and make a jib for it??! I think it sounds like a hilarious idea but I would like some imput!
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