What boat is this?
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Topic: What boat is this?
Posted By: radixon
Subject: What boat is this?
Date Posted: 17 Mar 08 at 8:01pm
Its for sale on ebay, not got a make etc - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sailing-Dinghy_W0QQitemZ120233234572QQihZ002QQcategoryZ98953QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem - link   |
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Posted By: Ross
Date Posted: 17 Mar 08 at 8:31pm
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Looks like a 2000 a little bit. Maybe a prototype? ------------- Ross If you can't carry it, don't sail it! |
Posted By: Villan
Date Posted: 17 Mar 08 at 9:02pm
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Nah ... Looks more like a Bahia .. Look at the bow. Rig looks quite old and battered, so its not going to be anything made in the last 8 or so years ... ------------- Vareo - 149 "Secrets" http://www.TandyUKServers.co.uk" rel="nofollow - TandyUK Servers |
Posted By: DaveL
Date Posted: 17 Mar 08 at 9:04pm
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i thought it looked a bit like a bahia from the bow, but it doesn't have a pole and the whole cockpit arangement is different
------------- Contender GBR443 National 12 - 2859 "Dogmatic" |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 17 Mar 08 at 9:07pm
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A rather better nick version of this one I suspect...
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3 933 |
Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 17 Mar 08 at 9:13pm
| It looks like an Express - as Jim C says, in very good nick. |
Posted By: theycallmegod
Date Posted: 17 Mar 08 at 9:39pm
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On the subject of odd boats, what do you rekon this is like.... http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/display.phtml?aid=74282 - http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/display.phtml?aid=74282 |
Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 17 Mar 08 at 10:01pm
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hmmm, one of my mates had an ancient 600, one of the first out the mould and it was very light but flexier than a flexy thing. he reconned if he took it out in a blow he could snap the boat in half. ------------- 600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it. Also International 14, 1318 |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 18 Mar 08 at 8:35am
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I reckon keep your money, the boat is being sold by a trader as well! Unless you just want to break it or bits! ------------- |
Posted By: gary
Date Posted: 18 Mar 08 at 8:49am
| It is indeed an express. I remember one being sailed regularly many years ago at my old club. From what I remember it used to always sail in the slow fleet, i think the handicap was 130-odd (in old money!). |
Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 18 Mar 08 at 11:28am
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Definately an express I used to Sail one on the River Great Ouse as a Kid. If you do buy it you'd need to put the crossmembers and deck in across the top of the Spinny chute as this adds a fair bit of rigidity to the hull. Other problem area is the C/B case as it is plywood they had a habit of rotting or coming unstuck! Nice boats though, first boat I ever used a spinny in. ------------- I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e! |
Posted By: NickA
Date Posted: 18 Mar 08 at 8:04pm
How can the seller not know what it is? If it's an RS600 how is it possibly going to convert to a hiking boat. Odder than odd. ------------- Javelin 558 Contender 2574 |
Posted By: GBR884
Date Posted: 18 Mar 08 at 8:10pm
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Some people have no idea!! Surely if he's a dealer he should know a bit better than recommending converting a 600 proto to hiker!! ------------- |
Posted By: Splosh
Date Posted: 18 Mar 08 at 8:23pm
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Hmmm.. sounds interesting! I must find some piccies of this 600 prototype... ------------- RS300 - 346 :D |
Posted By: Smight at BBSC
Date Posted: 18 Mar 08 at 8:26pm
Already asked, he's an old fashioned dealer doesn't believe in photographs 
------------- RS600 988 |
Posted By: theycallmegod
Date Posted: 18 Mar 08 at 8:29pm
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Shall I email him and ask for some, and then post them here? Or is that a bit harsh.... |
Posted By: Splosh
Date Posted: 18 Mar 08 at 8:34pm
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lol great minds think alike! I've already sent a email to him asking for piccies and more info ------------- RS300 - 346 :D |
Posted By: Splosh
Date Posted: 18 Mar 08 at 8:35pm
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... but he's got email??? ------------- RS300 - 346 :D |
Posted By: foaminatthedeck
Date Posted: 18 Mar 08 at 9:28pm
I think that I have seen this boat in Salcombe a few years ago, it looks a bit like a 600 with out racks, with a contender rig without the low boom. ------------- Lark 2170 |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 18 Mar 08 at 9:55pm
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He is a local dealer to me and i wouldnt buy a boat of him ask ratface ------------- |
Posted By: Kudlinski
Date Posted: 23 Mar 08 at 5:18pm
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what is wrong with his gear???????? I know he sells a lot of old kit and mainly breaks boats doesnt he. ------------- RS400 866 RS300 381 |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 23 Mar 08 at 5:40pm
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I meant that boat! His gear is old stuff so probably wouldnt be bought by people on here! Just think the way he advertises stuff is a little "far fetched" ------------- |
Posted By: Kudlinski
Date Posted: 23 Mar 08 at 5:53pm
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fair play, I nearly bought a 300 of him when I was looking for one but ended up deciding against it. By the time I had found one I liked I was a bit on the heavy side and opted for a phantom. ------------- RS400 866 RS300 381 |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 23 Mar 08 at 8:12pm
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I've bought the odd mast off Keith before and found him very helpful and easy to do business with. Unlike the rest of us, he is trying to make a living at selling boat bits - I did the maths on it a few years ago, and decided it wasn't viable, so my hat off to him for trying. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |