Dinghy development: Mx-Ray

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Mx-Ray

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Category: Dinghy classes
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Topic: Mx-Ray

Posted By: steveo
Subject: Mx-Ray
Date Posted: 19 May 07 at 8:08pm

Is there anybody out there that knows of anybody still involved with the Mx-Ray class in any shape or form? I Introduced my girlfriend into the sport earlier this year and now thats she is pretty keen on it i'dd like to get myself a little something on the side to play about with. Debating various boats but out of interest i typed Mx-Ray into goggle last week and found a american sight suggesting the there may be a re-emergence of the class this year? Anybody know if there is any truth in this talk? I can remember it being on test in Y&Y when it first appeared on the scene and it looked slick back then. I've had a chance to read all the chat about the positives and negatives of the boat from past forum topics however i would be genuinely interested to hear from anyone in the know able to shed some light on this subject. Suprised a hungry boatbuilder hasn't snapped it up to give it a facelift yet.

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Steve

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Posted By: Prince Buster
Date Posted: 19 May 07 at 8:50pm

Well I've recently found one on the web and my uncle's given it to my cousin for his birthday so there's one boat down at leigh on sea and I can tell you that the boat looks every bit as slick as ever and is IMO the nicest boat to look at in the world. I hope so much that there is truth in the rumours of a resurgance in the class.

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Posted By: Villan
Date Posted: 19 May 07 at 9:25pm

And compete with the ( biased opinion ) more refined Vareo which has the support of the RS Associations, and is actually still raced!

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Posted By: les5269
Date Posted: 19 May 07 at 9:39pm

One's come out to play at Grafham too, and they are nice looking boats

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Posted By: m_liddell
Date Posted: 19 May 07 at 11:00pm

They seem to be rare as hens teeth to get hold of right now (at least at a reasonable price). Boats and outboards just has 3 wanted ads :(

Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 20 May 07 at 1:56am

The rumors of a resurgance are true... get on the yahoo mailing list for more info as I dont know the full details off hand.

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Posted By: Dangerousday
Date Posted: 22 May 07 at 12:06am

Apparently new moulds are being made up in New Zeland, with a tweaked hull, with boats to be built in Australia.

Claims it will be faster than the old one. Which will be nice.