29er
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Category: Dinghy classes
Forum Name: Dinghy development
Forum Discription: The latest moves in the dinghy market
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Printed Date: 19 Aug 25 at 8:30am
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Topic: 29er
Posted By: boatshed
Subject: 29er
Date Posted: 30 Sep 07 at 9:40pm
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Its probably be discussed before but would 29er make a good single hander ? It may need a few running rigging mods but it seems to have a lot of good points already. For a start they are available at a reasonable price in the used market, they have a jib ( like a Canoe and Swift Solo) and of course they are nice a light, so, can be rightend after a spill by one person. Probably a daft idea but I did have a good look at one in the dinghy park the other week and it kind of appealed more than a 700, a Musto or a Contender. Has it got too much upwind sail area ? Steve
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Posted By: MRJP BUZZ 585
Date Posted: 30 Sep 07 at 9:44pm
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It was discussed before and the outcome i believe was yes it would be a good single hander but you would need a cleat for main downwind.
------------- Josh Preater http://www.bu22.co.uk">  BUZZING IS FUN
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Posted By: 29er310
Date Posted: 30 Sep 07 at 9:49pm
| If you want one mine is for sale. |
Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 30 Sep 07 at 10:08pm
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Its been discused at length on the Sailing Anarchy forum.. have a search about on there. Its being unofficialy tagged as the the 29er-X I think. Seems to be quite popular in the US... ------------- |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 30 Sep 07 at 10:51pm
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i would also think you would need to move the wire back abit in the boat for easier tacks and gybes and also a longer spinny halyard so you could hoist the kite further back in the boat in the wavey stuff wouldnt hurt
upwind would be fine as its a lightweights boat, though i guess you could struggle if your a lightweight yourself |
Posted By: k_kirk
Date Posted: 01 Oct 07 at 6:43am
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The design is sound and the folk at SA have some great ideas on how you can mod the kit without making new holes so you can go back to class legal racing. The normal location of kicker & cunningham is optimized for crew. Working with them can get to be a challenge when its blowing hard and you need to be on the wire. Try it. Good fun. ------------- http://gaijinonfoils.blogspot.com/ - Gaijin on Foils |