New to dinghy sailing
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Topic: New to dinghy sailing
Posted By: rnew4779
Subject: New to dinghy sailing
Date Posted: 12 Jul 16 at 4:33pm
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hi all
needing a little advice. am new to dinghy sailing and in the process of learning to sail and thinking of buying a second hand dinghy but am a little lost of what to go for. my problem is am on the big side (19stone) could anyone advice of what dinghy might me best? thanks in advance |
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Posted By: Do Different
Date Posted: 12 Jul 16 at 5:53pm
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I would say although I respect your enthusiasm and desire to get going, keep your powder dry for the time being. I assume you are or will be a member of a sailing club, that being the case if available use a good variety of club boats also if possible "put yourself about" as a potential crew. Yes I know the idea of helming your own boat is very attractive but please do not discount the possibility of crewing, it is by no means at all a second class option, there is lots to learn and somebody keen with your size could be in great demand for running the front end jobs in some interesting and exciting boats.
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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 12 Jul 16 at 7:11pm
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An idea of where you sail, what sort of sailing you might like to do, whether you would be alone, that kind of thing, would also help. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: turnturtle
Date Posted: 12 Jul 16 at 7:13pm
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How many dinghy crewing gigs are there for 19 stone blokes though.... Old Phantom or Finn. Not a lot of other choices for singlehanded monohulls I'm afraid.
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Posted By: Do Different
Date Posted: 12 Jul 16 at 7:22pm
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Proper man sized boats TT. Wayfarer, Flying Fifteen, Osprey, Javelin, 505. Yeh yeh, sym. "kites too difficult" tosh and nonsense, I've taught 3 people from near enough scratch in my kited n wired boat with no dramas. |
Posted By: turnturtle
Date Posted: 13 Jul 16 at 9:44am
good call on those classes.... Osprey and Javelin particularly!!! and sym kites are simply more elegant- I'm well over naff 1990's point n' squirt asymmetric water sledges.
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Posted By: Do Different
Date Posted: 13 Jul 16 at 5:40pm
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Come on then TT, honest injun. Three options. 1 You've had a bump to the head. 2 Your sarcasm has become too subtle for me to detect 3 You've turned 40 and have begun to reappraise the classics of yesteryear.   |
Posted By: turnturtle
Date Posted: 13 Jul 16 at 6:03pm
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Nope, I gave all my CDs to charity, threw my global hyper colour t-shirt in the skip and until just now, removed 'mad for it' from my day-to-day vernacular.
The 90's are over... And I'll go to my grave no regrets that I never did get around to buying that Topper Spice. |