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mike ellis 
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 Topic: yet another 600 thread...Posted: 03 Sep 07 at 10:12am |
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hi, i've been looking at a 600 second this weekend, its quite an old boat (672) with an angel mast. the hull is in great condition and so are the sails (there are 2 and one looks brand new). but whilst i was chatting to the owner he mentioned that sometimes when the boat hits a wave the forestay goes so slack that the tenioning block hits the foredeck. is this normal for angel masts or old boats? should i be worried? edit: also the mast is in need of re-varnishing, any advice on how to do this would be apreciated. Edited by mike ellis |
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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
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Splosh
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My brother has a yellow 600 but his has a superspars mast. Before buying a 600 we spoke to RS and they said DO NOT buy a 600 with a angel mast because they over flex and are not as good quality as a superspars one. Also on angel mast the common problem is with the track up the mast which may crack and therefore you will struggle to get the sail up (this happened to my mates pink 600wit a angel). you can use most international yacht varnish to do your mast and its a fairly simple job. |
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Smight at BBSC
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Posted: 03 Sep 07 at 1:33pm |
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There is a reason that lots of cherubs have repaired angel masts Edited by Smight at BBSC |
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rich96
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I've had both and they a very different. I had a contender for a few years and almost immediately could appreciate what a great boat is was. It took very little time to be sailing it relatively close to its potential. On the other hand the 600 was much harder to sail well (and therefore to fully enjoy). It was fraustrating because I rarely thought that I was anywhere near the its potential On the rare days when everything went well it was amazing but equally could leave you frustrated (wetand bleeding too !). I think the boat just needs lots of time to learn to handle it well - if you have that its great. I think my tale is quite acommon one for the 600 - lots of people never quite got to grips with them and have therefore passeed them on. The contender appears to gain longer term support. Neither were great when it was light but the 6 was definitely less ponderous in these conditions. When it was breezy I preferred to contender - esp on the sea. I'd be very suprised if the tale about about the tensioning block hitting the foredeck in waves was correct unless the rigging was all wrong.
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Jack Sparrow
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Yeah... it's called Ben Brown (see Cherub class site), who made most of them  |
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Ross
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Posted: 03 Sep 07 at 3:04pm |
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Plus the contender is a hugely sucsesful class, just look at the worlds.
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MRJP BUZZ 585
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Or it could be when the small rig is on, on my mates 600 the tension goes block to block when its on small rig |
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mike ellis
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Posted: 03 Sep 07 at 6:41pm |
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no the guy said it was on the big rig and the tension block was were it should be until it hit the deck. so should i be worried?
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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
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rich96
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Posted: 03 Sep 07 at 7:05pm |
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If thats there case there must be something fairly major going on. I never noticed the forestay comimg slack even - however breezy it was. Perhaps the diamonds are so slack that the mast is over flexing - still cant see it though. |
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mike ellis
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Posted: 03 Sep 07 at 7:34pm |
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hmmm, perhaps this boat is best avoided then.
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