Micro Magic
Printed From: Yachts and Yachting Online
Category: Dinghy classes
Forum Name: Dinghy development
Forum Discription: The latest moves in the dinghy market
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Printed Date: 17 Aug 25 at 10:29pm
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Topic: Micro Magic
Posted By: Javelin
Subject: Micro Magic
Date Posted: 12 Nov 06 at 3:31pm
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A bunch of Fastsail and Javelin sailors have formed the UK Micro Magic Class at http://www.sailuk.org/ - www.Sailuk.org Basically after the days racing is over you get changed, grab a drink and then go racing again.  The Class is huge all over Europe and we felt we were missing out in the UK. It really is great fun and with kits for less than £100 even us Javelin sailors can afford it.  Here they are being sailed by the Volvo round the World teams during each stop-over.  |
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Posted By: Cath
Date Posted: 30 Nov 06 at 1:59pm
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I think I just seen one of these in the current issue of the magazine, in the christmas ideas section. Am I right?  ------------- Fastsail - Symmetry in Motion |
Posted By: Chris Noble
Date Posted: 30 Nov 06 at 2:48pm
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where do you get the kits? ------------- 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: Javelin
Date Posted: 30 Nov 06 at 3:03pm
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Go to http://www.microyachts.co.uk - www.microyachts.co.uk
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Posted By: Chris Noble
Date Posted: 30 Nov 06 at 8:59pm
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what are the rough dimensions of these yachts?? ------------- 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: Javelin
Date Posted: 30 Nov 06 at 9:23pm
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Posted By: Chris Noble
Date Posted: 01 Dec 06 at 10:39am
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reckon ill order one next week got plenty of kit kickin around to put it together and looks like theres a little bit of scope to personalise and optimise the boat. could be interesting ------------- 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: Pierre
Date Posted: 01 Dec 06 at 1:22pm
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I had to smile some of the comments on fastsail which immediately asked about sail making and go faster tweaks. Blinding wheeze though. Just like the real thing but cheaper, warmer and dryer. |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 01 Dec 06 at 1:47pm
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Why not get an RC Laser and join an already big fleet? Bit more expensive but not that much more ... ------------- |
Posted By: timnoyce
Date Posted: 01 Dec 06 at 2:54pm
bloody smods!  ------------- http://www.facebook.com/bearfootdesign - BEARFOOT DESIGN Cherub 2648 - Comfortably Numb |
Posted By: Medway Maniac
Date Posted: 01 Dec 06 at 3:19pm
That's why I bought an RC yacht 10 years ago. Sadly, in my experience if it's too cold to sail a dinghy, it's too cold for RC yachting too unless you can do it from indoors...
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Posted By: Steven NED88
Date Posted: 01 Dec 06 at 3:31pm
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<quote>Why not get an RC Laser and join an already big fleet? <quote> The MM is quite new on the scene, it is just a matter of time before it will be the biggest sailing class in Europe. The boat sails better, gives you more sailing pleasure than any RC sailing boat there is. Although the price and size is ridiculous, don't judge it before you have raced it. You will be addicted to sailing it before you know it. I can tell, because I started the whole thing in Holland with the website http://micromagic.nl - http://micromagic.nl in 2001 as a joke beside the real sailing I do in the real Laser and J22. We almost reach 1900 boats registred now in Holland and there are fleets in Germany, Spain, Switserland, Portugal, Belgium and France. In the UK the MM-fever has just started: http://sailuk.org - http://sailuk.org MM sailing is the cheapest and easiest sailing there is and the races around the cans are hot. Cold? put on your foul weather-gear and continue sailing in the winter. That is the time when we in Holland have our winterseries with 40 races and our nationals in the beginning of April. The MM wil come: join the fun!
------------- Steven Oosterheert Micro Magic class secretary Holland |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 04 Dec 06 at 12:23pm
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i want one. Rc lasers are on e-bay at the moment as well as Rc mirrors ?!1? why ?? ------------- |
Posted By: Javelin
Date Posted: 06 Dec 06 at 4:25pm
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Beware of RC boats on e-bay. There is a lot of rubbish, if not the boat a lot of the radios are suspect. Stick with well known and supported Classes.
We did just that last weekend. Raced 5 boats round the marina whilst sitting in the bar ------------- www.sailuk.org - www.sailuk.org -- www.fastsail.org - www.fastsail.org -- www.javelinuk.com - www.javelinuk.com |
Posted By: far canal
Date Posted: 07 Dec 06 at 11:29am
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Bit of a sweeping statement Javelin ! best way to promote your class is not to dis others ,
rc lasers must be biggest racing class in uk now with nearly 700 registered for racing and god knows how many more unregistered , many hundreds !
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Posted By: Chris Noble
Date Posted: 07 Dec 06 at 12:49pm
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doesnt look to me as if he were "dissing" other classes so much as just issuing a warning to all those thinking about buying off of ebay ------------- 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: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 07 Dec 06 at 1:05pm
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Is an Rc laser not just an Rc laser ?? whats wrong with the e-bay ones? ------------- |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 07 Dec 06 at 1:41pm
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If new, probebly nothing. If 2nd hand, buyer beware. Problem is, we often buy things of ebay without ever going to look at them, which generally we don't do otherwise. RC products have a lot that can go wrong. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: Adds
Date Posted: 07 Dec 06 at 1:57pm
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surely it is still all about the 1m they are properly cool and a development class, do you go wide or thin etc. ------------- Cheers Dudes |
Posted By: Javelin
Date Posted: 07 Dec 06 at 2:11pm
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My point about some of the boats on ebay was directed at some of the kits that come from the far east. Whilst the kits are generally of good quality the sailing performance in some cases is questionable and to keep their costs down the radio equipmet is also not up to UK satndards. The laser is a great boat and there is good racing and in the scale of things, using a racing car analogy, I'd say the Marblehead is F1, (£1000 + for a competitive setup) the 1 meter is F3, (£600 + for a competitive setup) the RC Laser is Touring Car Champs (£400 + for a competitive setup) the Micro Magic is karting. (£150 + for a competitive setup) All great boats, all offering great racing, support and advice. You pays your money and you takes your choice. ------------- www.sailuk.org - www.sailuk.org -- www.fastsail.org - www.fastsail.org -- www.javelinuk.com - www.javelinuk.com |