looking for a dinghy but on a budget
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Topic: looking for a dinghy but on a budget
Posted By: Bonzai
Subject: looking for a dinghy but on a budget
Date Posted: 01 May 06 at 10:46am
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After working in a weekend orientated job for the past year, but with a change of job I will now have my weekends free and I am longing to get my own dinghy again. At present I have saved up around £500 and my question is can I get a single hander dinghy which is ready to sail at this price which I could take to some events over the summer and be semi competitive. Can anybody suggest what class of dinghy I should be looking out for or weather I should wait a few more months and concentrate on saving.
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Posted By: elmo
Date Posted: 01 May 06 at 2:54pm
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What kind of dinghy are you looking for? Do you want to race at your club (look at what they already have) or do you just want to go for a blast? You are bound to be able to get a working, but not particularly competitive topper, laser, maybe even europe for that kind of money. Also comes into the age old question of size, how much sailing have you done, where do you sail, etc etc |
Posted By: Chris Noble
Date Posted: 01 May 06 at 6:41pm
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save a bit more id definetly say, think more on what it is your looking for aswell, what do you want fromt the boat? ------------- http://www.noblemarine.co.uk/home.php3?affid=561 - Competitive Boat Insurance From Noble Marine FOR SALE: I14 2 Masts 2 poles 3 Booms, Foils Kites/Mains/Jibs too many to list. |
Posted By: TonyL
Date Posted: 01 May 06 at 6:58pm
| Not sure there is much choice of classes that you could "take to events" and be semi competitive for £500. I think you'd even struggle a little at that budget even to be semi competitive in club racing, depending on the club obviously. An old Laser that hasn't been abused too much might get near to the mark, and you could upgrade sail controls and sail when budget permits. |
Posted By: olly_love
Date Posted: 01 May 06 at 8:29pm
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bit of a shamless plug. i have my 404 for sale. it is a double hander but can be single handed. and it is only£600 ono.
------------- TWO FRANK-Hunter Impala |
Posted By: jpbuzz591
Date Posted: 01 May 06 at 9:18pm
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do u want trapeze or hiking?
------------- Jp Indoe Contender 518 Buzz591 Chew Valley Sailing club Bristol |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 01 May 06 at 9:22pm
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If your club sails a singlehanded class, buy a cheap one, save some money, sell the cheap one for what you paid for it once you have progressed enough for a newer boat to make a difference. And if anyone from your club travels, then you'd have company. If you want a wooden boat you can do a spot of work on when time permits, but sail straight away anyway, there are plenty of choices, from British Moths (good on small water) to Streakers (good on bigger water) to Solos (good for a slightly bigger person.) You could even get an old Phantom for that, if bigger boned. But you won't win in it! Or sail a Firefly singlehanded - plenty of us do, and they go for that or less.
------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: laser47
Date Posted: 01 May 06 at 9:42pm
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i'm supprised no-one has suggested pushing the boat out *no pun intended* and getting a cherub yet you can't get a laser for £500 nowadays but there are europes selling for around that if you keep a look out ------------- |
Posted By: Chris Noble
Date Posted: 01 May 06 at 9:50pm
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An older int. moth could be grabbed for that sum. be it a fairly good nick of fat moth or a beginners narrow moth you would learn a lot from it but it really depends what you want ------------- http://www.noblemarine.co.uk/home.php3?affid=561 - Competitive Boat Insurance From Noble Marine FOR SALE: I14 2 Masts 2 poles 3 Booms, Foils Kites/Mains/Jibs too many to list. |
Posted By: tickel
Date Posted: 02 May 06 at 8:27am
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Lasers are too expensive unless you are lucky. Lightnings are a possibility. They have low tech fibreglass hulls and simple robust fittings.They also sail way above their PY in light conditions. For proof of this check out "nationals winning boat for under £1000" on this forum. ------------- tickel |
Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 02 May 06 at 11:33am
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if your under 68 kilos try a Byte, there are some around for about 500 quid you will be close to the pace of the guys and girls with the CII rig possibly slightly quicker in choppy conditions and when you've save up a bit more you can upgrade to a CII rig which even on a 500 quid boat will see you at or near the pace of the fastest guys, if your spend enough time practicing! Don't believe me check out the sail number of the national champ then look on the 2nd hand boat list! oh and the CII seems quick with bit more weight (bigger weight range) in the boat the world champ weighs 73kg. ------------- I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e! |
Posted By: Lucy Lee
Date Posted: 03 May 06 at 4:24pm
He wants a single hander! Try Ebay: lots of bargins, but make sure you see it before you bid. ------------- Fly Cherub! |
Posted By: Strawberry
Date Posted: 04 May 06 at 12:34am
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How about this? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/contender-sailing-dinghy_W0QQitemZ7237691048QQcategoryZ98955QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/contender-sailing-dinghy_W0QQitemZ7237 691048QQcategoryZ98955QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ------------- Cherub 2649 "Dangerous Strawberry |