South Devon Big cats

Hi all,
Looking to get another cat as I'm missing that speed factor!! Used to race Unicorns and Dart 18's back in Norfolk.

Having relocated to Devon, I'm having a bit of trouble in locating a south devon club that will accept an old Tornado before I go out and find one.

Thing is, I'm not particularly interested in racing. My main aim is to get out on the oggin and go fast.

I've tried Starcross, but they are limited to 5.9's and Dart 18's, both of which don't really do it for me!

Brixham only takes Hobies and the only slight glimmer of hope so far is Dittisham, but they are full up!

Nothing against the other classes at all, I just prefer the layout of the original Tornado over the 5.9 - not least the extra beam of the tornado allows a bit of extra room to play with.

I guess I'm gonna have to 'go with the flow' and go down the 5.9 route unless anyone knows of a club that has enough room for the big T.

Suggestions, or reasons why a 5.9 would be better (other than you can tow it!) would be appreciated!!!




Edited by Thunderchild - 22 Jul 13 at 1:52pm

The bridge is the restricting factor, not least the club looks chocked full anyway so I guess they have no need to expand to other classes.

Had a look at Instow - It's too far really to justify the needs!!
70 miles each way!!

I think the limit at Starcross (apart from wanting to encourage class racing) is the access width down our two slipways through the sea wall - its a pretty tight squeeze for a 5.9 and the Tornado is 0.61 m (2 feet in old money) wider.

[ Dittisham with a Tornado on a busy weekend would be an event I'd buy tickets for - its tricky enough navigating throught the moorings, toppers and sandbanks in a what I think is known colloqually as a 4knot sh*tbox - a 16knot cat would be very entertaining ]

Have you tried the Mountbatten Sailing Centre - it has straightforward access to Plymouth Sound where you could have a lot of fun in a Tornado.


Edited by marke - 22 Jul 13 at 5:11pm

Originally posted by Thunderchild Had a look at Instow - It's too far really to justify the needs!!70 miles each way!!

Yeah that is a bit far.

I had heard that Starcross was getting a bit full, but sounds like they'd accommodate you if you had the right boat to fit their class?

Maybe try the Hurri with the kite? Can't remember what they call that version