Bell Flyer
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Category: Dinghy classes
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Topic: Bell Flyer
Posted By: Chris _Laser2
Subject: Bell Flyer
Date Posted: 04 Sep 04 at 1:55pm
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i know where theres one of these for sale for a stupidly cheap price, and as i've just sold my laser 2 i am rearly tempted. But i can't find any infomation on them anywhere, probebly due to only a few ever being built.
Does anybody know any details of these boats? PN, number built, class website etc. ------------- Boatless! |
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Posted By: ChrisJ
Date Posted: 04 Sep 04 at 9:29pm
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Never heard of it. Its not in my Sailing Dinghy guide from 1973.
A company called Bell made the Mirror (and other) kits at one time. If this is a kit boat from 25 years ago or more, it might not be too strong now..... |
Posted By: Chris _Laser2
Date Posted: 05 Sep 04 at 1:09am
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no, its from the early 90's, just before bell went bust.
Its a 2 man, single trappeze asymetric dinghy. it's 14 foot long, wood construction. but thats about all i know. ------------- Boatless! |
Posted By: Barty
Date Posted: 05 Sep 04 at 6:56pm
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As you rightly said there were very few made. We had one at our club about 5 years ago but it never raced so we had no need to find a PN. Bell was run by Terry Smith but I have no longer got any valid contact details. I know that he did a lot of work with Dave Gebhard of Trident to get the GRP mirror sorted so maybe Dave would have an e-mail or contact numbers ( http://www.trident-uk.com - www.trident-uk.com ). As far as I know there is no class association as so few were made. Terry is your best bet as he should have the numbers you need. Hope this helps. ------------- http://www.highlandtopper.com - For Topper boats & spares in Scotland-highlandtopper.com |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 06 Sep 04 at 11:00am
| It was, if memory serves me right, designed by Roland Whitehead, a cat designer (he tried his hand at the C class). I think the hope was to rekindle home building fireball style with a modern asymmetric boat. Sadly, people have more access to credit and less time these days, so it failed. |
Posted By: flyermatt
Date Posted: 15 May 05 at 4:22pm
| hey, not sure if u have moved on the the days of looking at a bell flyer or not, but i currently own one, they are 1007 PY num, sails well, few glitchs tho! there were about 5made thats all i found out about. some have changed over the time since they were built, wings put on them etc. the design was a similar proposal to the BUZZ, but the launch was too late(according to the designer) and this ment the buzz/iso had already taken over the assemetric market. |
Posted By: Chris Noble
Date Posted: 24 May 05 at 5:55pm
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there is one on ebay right now if anyone is interested..., just type in dinghy in the search ------------- 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: timnoyce
Date Posted: 24 May 05 at 9:43pm
buy it. i've sailed it a few times and its a good boat. in fact... i'm the helm in the ebay pics 
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