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    Posted: 10 Jun 16 at 12:47pm
Originally posted by iGRF

I'm unlikely to be traipsing all over the country and would be strictly club handicap racing on the sea, (what is the PY by the way) What I'm looking for is a lightweights Contender which this thing could be and the thing about the Contender it has a massive retracting foil and it is usually a very good foil. It would mean CB case and flushing strips which I agree would make it slower, but froma beach launch/recover convenience stand point and wired in buoy rope interface recovery solution, something less likely to inconvenience me.

fair point... and given some of the suggestions already voiced, I'd build it for your situation and sail it. If you every wanted to sell it, it would be a relatively easy fix if someone wanted to have it with a permanent daggerboard set up. You'll need to consider your internal framing carefully to deal with the extra slot length. But that's not much of an issue, and if you made a foam/carbon hull you'd have weight to spare for extra frames.

You'll not regret it. They are great boats.
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Originally posted by iGRF

What I'm looking for is a lightweights Contender

I doubt you are alone.    RS600??  Not really.

A 16' long Farr could be nice.   
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I did like the look of the Farr but it did not seem long enough. Stretch a Byte forward 3' with a bigger sail and a trap......but then it would need shrouds. Sliding 'chairs' then!
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Originally posted by boatshed

Originally posted by iGRF

What I'm looking for is a lightweights Contender

I doubt you are alone.    RS600??  Not really.

A 16' long Farr could be nice.   

But then it gets heavy.
But then its difficult to build in your garage.
But then it doesn't feel electric even though you aren't going super fast.
But then it doesn't have an existing class that is looking like it will enable international events soon.
But then you couldn't get that many in a container to do the events.
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But then it would carry more weight.
But then it would have speed from waterline length.
But then it would be a Contender.
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I must admit the shortness of length (assuming 370) did also put me off, this would predominantly be for sea sailing and even the 390 Solution feels those 30cms lacking between it and a laser and my race boards are at least 390 which is the very minimum length a dinghy should be imv.

So what we want is a 420-30 single handed trap boat with retracting cb, carbon rig and unstayed rig (yes I know, but D1's can hang a kite off an unstayed rig why not a trapeze for us light guys, then we get the best of both worlds if we have to sail it in none wire weather, we get to run by the lee.)



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Seems to be a fair crop shorter boats from the southern hemisphere, I guess because they tend to get bigger breezes so more about planing performance than displacement sailing. 


Would a V3000 with a reworked rig be a closer fit to variable UK requirements?   
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Originally posted by Do Different

I guess because they tend to get bigger breezes

Much more, I think, about the traditional sizes for development classes dating back to when people were smaller and building costs were a way bigger deal than they are now.
A shorter boat meant it was easier to find knot free timber, and not so expensive, and less material meant a cheaper boat.

The Farr 3.7, for instance, evolved out of the 12ft two handed classes. However it was designed as a singlehander, wasn't just a rebadged two hander with the displacement etc all wrong.

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Nice boat for sale in NZ -
http://www.trademe.co.nz/1104551838

With import you'd be looking at about £1200 to the UK!

£872.99 for the boat
£500 shipping & import
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