Mini 12Metre - PY?
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Topic: Mini 12Metre - PY?
Posted By: fleaberto
Subject: Mini 12Metre - PY?
Date Posted: 08 Feb 11 at 6:03pm
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Hoping for some help on this one.... someone has bought a mini 12 / illusion to our place to race and we can't find any kind of PY for it.
Ive looked at various association sites and no joy .... anyone have any ideas at all?
Cheers ------------- Lightning368 'All the Gear' (409), Lightning368 'Sprite' (101), Laser (big number) 'Yellow Jack', RS Vareo (432)'The Golden Rays' |
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Posted By: foaminatthedeck
Date Posted: 08 Feb 11 at 6:25pm
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I remember that they used to sail off something similar to a Mirror. There is a fleet at Bembridge Sailing Club on the IOW so they may be worth a try.
------------- Lark 2170 |
Posted By: iansmithofotley
Date Posted: 08 Feb 11 at 8:32pm
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Hi fleaberto, If you look at last year's club results at West Kirby S.C., they used a P.Y. of 1432 - http://www.wksc.net/sailing/showresults.asp?file1=SLOW%20HOLIDAY%20A%20HTM.htm Ian (Yorkshire Dales S.C.)
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Posted By: tickler
Date Posted: 08 Feb 11 at 9:30pm
| How can you have a mini 12 metre? It either is or is'nt? |
Posted By: Rupert Holmes
Date Posted: 09 Feb 11 at 9:24am
| They are a scaled version of Lionheart, the British challenger for the 1980 America's Cup http://www.illusionclass.org/ |
Posted By: catmandoo
Date Posted: 09 Feb 11 at 5:02pm
I'm guessing he's got a mini 12 which it is isn't it , as opposed to a 12 m which it isnt , funnily enough a 12 m isnt 12 metres if you get my drift .  ------------- |
Posted By: Bryn_14
Date Posted: 09 Feb 11 at 5:43pm
| Arn't they 2.4's or is that a completely different class? |
Posted By: Lukepiewalker
Date Posted: 09 Feb 11 at 5:48pm
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Completely different class Mini 12s/Illusions have kites.
------------- Ex-Finn GBR533 "Pie Hard" Ex-National 12 3253 "Seawitch" Ex-National 12 2961 "Curved Air" Ex-Mirror 59096 "Voodoo Chile" |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 09 Feb 11 at 7:33pm
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If anyone has a copy of the keelboat RCR around, the PY may be in there? ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: Rupert Holmes
Date Posted: 09 Feb 11 at 7:42pm
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It's not in the keelboat RCR (I would have remembered seeing it when I compiled the listings) and we only race as a class at Bembridge. That said, there are quite a few Illusions at West Kirby, so the PY figure they use is likely to be the best starting point you'll get. Better still, if you get a second one you can start match racing them: http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=155632
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Posted By: GybeFunny
Date Posted: 10 Feb 11 at 7:36am
| There used to be a fleet of Illusions at Tamesis SC years ago, try their website. |
Posted By: fleaberto
Date Posted: 10 Feb 11 at 10:42am
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Cheers guys,
Yeah, we ran it off a Mirror PY first time out - whole fleet lapped it and he still finished third
 Them's the breaks i guess.Ta.
------------- Lightning368 'All the Gear' (409), Lightning368 'Sprite' (101), Laser (big number) 'Yellow Jack', RS Vareo (432)'The Golden Rays' |