Tera
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Category: Dinghy classes
Forum Name: Dinghy development
Forum Discription: The latest moves in the dinghy market
URL: http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1466
Printed Date: 15 Aug 25 at 10:37am
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Topic: Tera
Posted By: fizzicist
Subject: Tera
Date Posted: 14 Feb 06 at 6:25pm
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http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=20390 - http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=20390 Just seen this press release from Rooster. £995 for a brand spanking new kiddies singlehander. How could you possibly go wrong? I've only seen these pics, but it looks a great little boat for any junior starting out sailing. For £1195, you get a Tera Pro which looks about as lively as a Topper. Anyone know how much you're looking at for a new Topper? I can't find prices on their website. (Which could explain why they keep going bankrupt...) ------------- 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: TonyL
Date Posted: 14 Feb 06 at 7:03pm
| I've only seen the brochure on the Tera, haven't seen one in the flesh yet. More of a competitor to an Oppi rather than a Topper I would have thought. (Length 2.87m, beam 1.23m, weight 33kg). Looks a bit more like a "proper" boat than an Oppi (sorry Oppi types), but against that you won't have a class assocation, fleet racing, or a circuit. We did consider it as a junior trainer at my club, but we bought Oppi clones instead (even cheaper) as we saw them as more of a transition to proper Oppi racing. |
Posted By: BBSCFaithfull
Date Posted: 14 Feb 06 at 7:03pm
Hav you seen the groove in the bow? You could easily attach a mast head kite to the boat along with a jib  . You could turn it into a plastic cherub
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Posted By: Blaze-720
Date Posted: 14 Feb 06 at 7:57pm
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Look far more like a little feva rather than a topper - I'd be frightened if I was behind either though. Quality must be good for Steve C to offer it and the price is simply amazing. Always suspected the margins on roto hulls were rather good ..... explains the rush by the 'usual suspects' to pile them high, but these people actually manufacture the hulls themselves so must surely have an edge. Blaze 720 |
Posted By: Matt Jackson
Date Posted: 15 Feb 06 at 12:59pm
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Well maybe I'm just a sucker for cuteness (having small children does that to you) but I want one now, and considering the amount of water at Scaling Dam currently I'd be tempted to have a go myself. Great name as well! ------------- Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36 |
Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 15 Feb 06 at 3:47pm
wots rong with fevas? nd i realy cant see wer u could fit a kite on that gd luck though. i think it looks somwhere inbetween a oppie and a pico.
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Posted By: Wave Rider
Date Posted: 16 Feb 06 at 5:03pm
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Yeah a lot cheaper than a topper and i doubt it would give it a run for its money.........nice boatfor whos its aimed at tho. It might develop a racing fleet if they are lucky :D ------------- -[Franko]- Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club RS600 933 |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 16 Feb 06 at 6:25pm
Daggerboard in the wrong place for that. Easily make it into a baby Musto Skiff though. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 16 Feb 06 at 6:47pm
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Jim i think your onto something there! Give it a monster main and rake the mast back, raise the angle of the boom and simply add a trapeze. And it does look like that dip going from mast to bow along the centreline is just screaming for a kite pole to be slotted in!! Mwah Ha Ha, the all new TERA SKIFF!! |
Posted By: fizzicist
Date Posted: 16 Feb 06 at 7:34pm
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So we need an RS300 rig, some carbon fiber & resin, an RS200 kite, some trapeze wire and a tera hull. I'm prepared to loan my old RS300 sail & boom so long as I can have a go in it! :D ------------- 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: 16 Feb 06 at 9:00pm
Hand it over and write me a cheaque! im up for it... ------------- |
Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 11:09am
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i think you might need a slightly different mast from a 300, are you sure it would hold a trapeze? how about shortening a 600 mast? ps i want a go too |
Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 1:04pm
Whislt were picking holes... why a 200 kite? have you no shame? ------------- |
Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 1:23pm
causes its a baby skiff for people of vey little weight...like me! ------------- I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e! |
Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 2:32pm
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nothing with a 200 sized kite can make claim to being a skiff... ------------- |
Posted By: BBSCFaithfull
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 3:32pm
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It would have to be mast head!!! What about some T-Foils? And Maybe Some Racks so you could keep the full 6 rig and just extend the racks to suit the wind or sailor weight. What about a self tacker as well? Oh no Steve C's Kiddy Trainer has turned in to a Mini Cherub!! ------------- Greatfully Sponsored By www.allgoodfun.com Int 14 GBR 1503!! |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 3:51pm
I've still got this kite in the garage - about 13.5m2 and 5.5m hoist height...
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Posted By: Prince Buster
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 4:41pm
Got a broken (but easily repairable) angel 600 mast that only works with a reefed 600 sail - don't wanna risk t'other one tho .
Sounds like a great idea tho - here's that single handed miniskiff
we've been after then. I reckon we should keep it without a jib
but i think the 200 kite would be too small. T-foils though
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Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 5:28pm
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29er kite big enough? |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 5:43pm
no the 29er kite is too "phat"  15ish metres. something around 10metres would probily best i imagine.------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 5:56pm
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when will u lot learn, u go too fast on foils to use a kite properly. U need a really really flat one, like uber flat!!
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Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 6:08pm
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what about a hobbie dragoon kite then? |
Posted By: phantom_iv
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 6:39pm
Vareo / laser 2k? |
Posted By: Strawberry
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 6:48pm
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29er kite sounds about right to me. Great on windward/leeward. But a bit of a beast on a beam reach.
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Posted By: BBSCFaithfull
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 7:33pm
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Well don't go on a beam reach then . set only windward/leewards. It could be the class(tera) course. Also i think the tera would probably need the longest genni pole as pos. To keep the nose out of the water to stop uber pitchpoles also it would look rele cool! Wat do we reckon a 4000 sized genni pole? if it doesnt fit center then why not make it offset? ------------- Greatfully Sponsored By www.allgoodfun.com Int 14 GBR 1503!! |
Posted By: Jamie600
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 7:54pm
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You've not broken it already?????? Chuffin ell |
Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 8:08pm
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how longs a 4000 pole? how longs the tera?
actualy why not have the pole out the back of the boat |
Posted By: BBSCFaithfull
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 8:11pm
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the 4000 pole is probs about 6ft and a bit long its a beast but it would give the tera an immense amount of bow lift. Failing that why not hav an 18ft skiff style pole which is fixed? ------------- Greatfully Sponsored By www.allgoodfun.com Int 14 GBR 1503!! |
Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 8:26pm
My pole is going to be too short for my new rig at 9ft... 6ft is nothing ------------- |
Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 8:26pm
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ps i ment 4 the tera 18ft skiff style pole. |
Posted By: laser47
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 9:32pm
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so let me get this straight you'd end up with a former kiddy trainer with a pole practically longer than it is and a huge ass sail, hmmn you might have somthing there go for it!
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Posted By: BBSCFaithfull
Date Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 10:50pm
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Also would it be a good idea to have an MPS style boom so to allow for crew movements.
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Posted By: Wave Rider
Date Posted: 18 Feb 06 at 9:59am
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Jesus is that a typo saying a rigged weight of only 35kg? Jesus! ------------- -[Franko]- Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club RS600 933 |
Posted By: phantom_iv
Date Posted: 18 Feb 06 at 3:57pm
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On the subject of little kiddies boats, does anyone remember what that Bic
boat was called at the london boat show? IIRC it was a bit 'windsurferish' (surprise surprise), but looked quite fun if you're a small type |
Posted By: laser47
Date Posted: 18 Feb 06 at 6:03pm
35 kg isn't that like moth weight? no way could it be that light  ------------- |
Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 18 Feb 06 at 6:09pm
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over modern moth weight but still light... there isnt much of it and
its not going to be taking high stress at any point so its feasable.
Chances are its hull weight only though.
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Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 18 Feb 06 at 6:54pm
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nothing made of plastic can be that light
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Posted By: laser47
Date Posted: 18 Feb 06 at 9:52pm
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if it was very thin low density rotomoulded plastic it could be. but then it would be really stupidly weak ------------- |
Posted By: Villan
Date Posted: 19 Feb 06 at 12:46am
| next step .. moth style wings, twin trapeze, and HYDOFOILS! |
Posted By: laser47
Date Posted: 19 Feb 06 at 8:34pm
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huh? then wouldn't it be a moth by another name ------------- |
Posted By: Matt Jackson
Date Posted: 19 Feb 06 at 8:53pm
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It's a lot shorter as well surely. ------------- Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36 |