Boat Advice (yet again - sorry!)
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Topic: Boat Advice (yet again - sorry!)
Posted By: matthew.pringle
Subject: Boat Advice (yet again - sorry!)
Date Posted: 21 Aug 06 at 11:19pm
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Sorry to be yet another person asking what boat to buy but i could realy do with some advice. we are down grading our laser 3000 and looking for:
The best that i have seen so far is the RS Vario. is there anything simmilar/ better suited? Thanks for your help |
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Posted By: far canal
Date Posted: 22 Aug 06 at 9:51am
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what about a dart sprint ,
roof rackable , fast, easy to sail , solo or two up |
Posted By: Jalani
Date Posted: 22 Aug 06 at 10:27am
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Good suggestion! Though I think the aim was for a dinghy rather than a cat? ------------- Far too old to still be doing this...... Stealth F16s "White Rhino" GBR527 & "Yeah Baby" GBR538 |
Posted By: far canal
Date Posted: 22 Aug 06 at 10:58am
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just a lateral suggestion.
worth a try !,
get em to move onto a stealth after sprint |
Posted By: matthew.pringle
Date Posted: 22 Aug 06 at 10:59am
| Thanks. I hadnt considered a cat not having sailed one but could be a lot of fun. will have a look. Any more suggestions people have would be great |
Posted By: NickA
Date Posted: 23 Aug 06 at 1:23pm
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Given that the vario's handicap (relative speediness) is identical to a 3000 (at 1030), it doesn't sound much of a downgrade! Try the small sail option on the vario but still expect to work hard up wind. Sprint 15 even less of a downgrade - they are quite exciting for one person, especially with one hull 5ft in the air! Feva? Vision? Vago S? Lots of new, tame, plastic fantastics. |
Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 23 Aug 06 at 3:37pm
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roof toppable palstic...only the little ones. Mind you i wouldn't want to roof top a vareo either! I have a mate who takes his bright purple ent to events on the roof of a Rover 75. Takes the whole club to get it on and off though ------------- I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e! |
Posted By: redback
Date Posted: 25 Aug 06 at 8:26pm
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A Laser is certainly roof topable and especially easy since the deck is so flat. The trolley goes on top of the hull so that they in the same relative position as when the boats on the ground. It only takes 2 to lift off the trolley and then lift the boat off, get it the right way up and then put it on the trolley. A Citroen Xantia is the best car for this since you can lower the suspension and everything is at a reasonable hieght. However when I was doing a lot of open meetings I had a Fiat Uno and it was fine and didn't feel top heavy - but then I used a plastic trolley! |
Posted By: RickyP
Date Posted: 10 Sep 06 at 11:41pm
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A streaker, you can race these two up, just as exciting as a laser, less demanding to sail. They are light but i'm not sure about roof racking one, plus there leeway to make your own modifications to the boat and they can be picked up quite cheap. They go very well in a good breeze. |