Justfying something stupid
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Topic: Justfying something stupid
Posted By: fizzicist
Subject: Justfying something stupid
Date Posted: 20 Nov 05 at 12:47am
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I keep looking at B14's and drooling. Then I see how much used one's go for and my wallet gets opened. Given that I sail on a 160acre reservoir in the pennines, which is usually pretty breezy, does anyone care to give the case for and against spending my hard earned on such an obviously inappropriate boat? I'll win nothing but it'll be fun! ------------- Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer. |
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Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 20 Nov 05 at 7:45pm
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Mneh... ive spent 9 hours in the car today picking up an inappropriate boat in which I will never win anything... Does that answer your question?  ------------- |
Posted By: les5269
Date Posted: 20 Nov 05 at 7:50pm
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It's not the winning it's the taking part that matters Isis ------------- 49er 531 & 5000 5025 and a mirror(now gone to mirror heaven)! http://www.grafham.org/" rel="nofollow - Grafham water Sailing Club The greatest inland sailing in the country |
Posted By: fizzicist
Date Posted: 20 Nov 05 at 8:05pm
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WHat have you bought Isis? ------------- Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer. |
Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 20 Nov 05 at 8:38pm
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suffice it to say its orange and about 12ft long...
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Posted By: damp_freddie
Date Posted: 20 Nov 05 at 9:31pm
Is it dovestone or that one down from woodhead tunne? Former - it is too fast, wide and you need to bad the kite. latter- why not? somewhere else- do you know these two for comparison I sailed the B14 a bit for fun. Hell of a boat. But I am thinking RS 400 or 59er. |
Posted By: fizzicist
Date Posted: 20 Nov 05 at 10:53pm
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It's Torside - one down from Woodhead. Javelins are pretty competitive there so there's room for big symmetrical kites. ------------- Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer. |
Posted By: Hector
Date Posted: 20 Nov 05 at 11:03pm
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Torside is Glossop isn't it? if so its probably just big enough to have a good blast on a windward leewaerd course when its straight down the lake (westerley?). But don't try it down the 'creek' - you can't see under the kite so sailing and gybing in a stretch thats about 100m wide is not to be reccomended. Given the usual zig-zag courses at Glossop and the B14s preference for broad reaches you'll hardly ever fly the kite. RS400 would be the sensible choice! I think photographer Dave Walker has a B14 and is a member at Glossop - get him to demo it in a breeze. |
Posted By: fizzicist
Date Posted: 21 Nov 05 at 5:49pm
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Yeah, Glossop it is. To my knowledge Dave is usually doing the open circuit in his Finn these days - certainly not seen him up there for a couple of years. 400's are pretty competitive there although I'm not doing too badly in a 300. ------------- Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer. |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 21 Nov 05 at 6:27pm
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Buy it - why not. You'd have great boat skills after while Rick
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Posted By: damp_freddie
Date Posted: 21 Nov 05 at 9:53pm
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I met some guy there who had a tasar- he reckoned it was perfectomundo for 1) high winds you tend to get there- plane upwind, on the fetch, on the reach, on the run. 2) gusty, broken easterlies- no trapeze pandemonium 3) shifty- no kite to bin The class has just approved nice mylars to fit in with the 9er branded boats It is a beast in light, a pleasure in medium, and a joy in heaveir stuff . |
Posted By: m_liddell
Date Posted: 21 Nov 05 at 10:00pm
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I was so desprate to sail my I14 when I got it, I sailed it on the tiny 65 acre reservoir where I learned to sail years ago. Only about 2/3 of it is actually sailable and it is surrounded by trees making is gusty as hell, the fastest boat sailed on there is a laser. It was entertaining for a while though. If we had tried the spin I think we would have been half was across the fields before the crew even got on the wire |
Posted By: les5269
Date Posted: 21 Nov 05 at 10:08pm
------------- 49er 531 & 5000 5025 and a mirror(now gone to mirror heaven)! http://www.grafham.org/" rel="nofollow - Grafham water Sailing Club The greatest inland sailing in the country |
Posted By: damp_freddie
Date Posted: 21 Nov 05 at 10:14pm
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Land is slow. The rabbits always tack to starboard and call you..... |
Posted By: Jamie600
Date Posted: 22 Nov 05 at 10:34am
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Fizzist - have you thought about sailing it at Pennine just up the road? With the prevailing wind direction you'd have a better chance with the kite, we've got assymmetric Vortexes and L3000's, they manage fine. The winds are a bit steadier too ------------- RS600 1001 |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 04 Dec 05 at 12:58pm
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Did you buy it? ------------- |