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yellowwelly 
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 Topic: The SoloPosted: 09 Dec 13 at 11:01pm |
I can think of somewhere, and if it hasn't been mended since the FOM then his wetsuit won't even get in the way....
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winging it
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Posted: 10 Dec 13 at 8:04am |
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A 1978 solo would be eligible for cvrda racing..... But as a habitual buyer of old wrecks and lost causes I can tell you £800 is way too much for a boat of that age unless it has absolutely top notch sails and spars. Don't do it.
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the same, but different...
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Rupert
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Posted: 10 Dec 13 at 8:26am |
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Solos are more expensive to buy (and, even more strangely, sell for more!) than many other old boats. They do hold their value - something to do with the strong CA, I think, much as grumph will hate that idea.
But £800 is pushing it, as Nessa says, unless the rig is near to new. |
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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JimC
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Posted: 10 Dec 13 at 8:36am |
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Yeah, fair to say that the residual value in a hull of that age is probably not that great. Maybe even just a couple of hundred. If foils, rig, gear etc has all been kept updated and is as good as on say a 5 year old boat with a reasonably recent sail then I should think its worth the money. My observation though has been that when Solo sailors swap from a decently maintained boat of that sort of age to a new one they seem to get about 5% faster. How much of that is new sail, and how much mental effects I wouldn't like to say.
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ColPrice2002
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Posted: 10 Dec 13 at 10:11am |
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At the risk of further comments, the only use I've found for the Solo transom flaps is to see if the transom is dragging...
After a capsize - and they all end up with me in the water - there's about 3 inches of water in the hull. That is removed quite easily using the self bailers. COlin |
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Rupert
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Posted: 10 Dec 13 at 1:31pm |
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Solos have a lot of rocker, so I'm not surprised transom flaps aren't that useful.
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JimC
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Posted: 10 Dec 13 at 1:49pm |
If you right a Solo from the water it will come up near enough dry... But if you are heavy and stay dry when you right it - or even worse fill it up with water and not actually capsize then they might come in useful sometimes. |
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ColPrice2002
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Posted: 11 Dec 13 at 3:27pm |
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I can often get to the windward side as the boat capsizes, but the bow tank causes the bow to rise & I slide (gracefully) down the hull to the transom.... and the righting lines
Probably my own fault for having such a wonderful finish on the hull. 
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yellowwelly
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Posted: 11 Dec 13 at 3:29pm |
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why would anyone suffer the indignity of capsizing a Solo?
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AlexM
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Posted: 11 Dec 13 at 4:01pm |
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Like this.... (much piss taken)
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