Ultimate tow vehicle
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Category: Dinghy classes
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Topic: Ultimate tow vehicle
Posted By: Tornado_ALIVE
Subject: Ultimate tow vehicle
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 1:36pm
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Ford F650
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Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 1:57pm
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Slick, slender, easily manoeuverable in traffic jams, fits any space for the school run, and would even tow my Topper (or fit it on the back seat) Is this your dream car, Tornado_ALIVE?? ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC 
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Posted By: guytoon
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 2:11pm
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Yes I find it fit really well to the Mystere 6.5, Hobby Cat 21 or Nacra 6 sailors
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Posted By: spiderg
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 2:18pm
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If I could afford one of those, then I'd have something bigger than a dinghy. Unfortunately the fuel consumption would put me off. Then there's the new tyres etc. Give me my small saloon. ------------- Spiderg |
Posted By: Peter Rhodes
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 2:29pm
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according to caravan club magazines the subaru legacy is the ultimate tow car, that is the front half of an articlated lorry ------------- |
Posted By: Tornado_ALIVE
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 2:40pm
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How about something a little more subtle......
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Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 4:08pm
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Much more fun :
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Posted By: ssailor
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 4:16pm
Im sure the first one the ford could probably tow an americas cup yacht
on a trailer!!! now you have no excuse for towing a topper 
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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 4:39pm
| As I usually have to tow a Cherub or something of similar weight and only use a 4 wheel vehicle for sailing then the ideal tow vehicle for me is anything with a towbar I can get for a couple of hundred quid or less... |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 4:40pm
this jeep tornado_alive posted looks better than those other monsters. (not that i know anything about cars )but i think iŽll stick to the sweet little honda civc that tows the 14 quite well!
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Posted By: lozza
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 4:53pm
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The jeep does okay if you like taking 3 x 505's across america allegedly!!!
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Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 4:59pm
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hum i think my dads metro will do for my topper ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
Posted By: terraslazer
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 11:05pm
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camper van without a doubt!! ------------- Laser Radial For Sale For Details And Pictures See http://mylaserforsale.orbitaltec.net/ |
Posted By: Tornado_ALIVE
Date Posted: 21 Jul 05 at 9:39am
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Simular to my old tow car...... My car was a Ford XC Coupe with a 5.8 Litre Cleveland running on methanol. 10 inch wide tyres on front, 13 inch on rear, dropped to the ground, toploader gear box, 9 inch diff and bug catcher hanging out of the bonnet. Pulled my boat no problems. Could also lift the front left wheel of the ground with and without the boar on.
How about a nice Mustang.........
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Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 21 Jul 05 at 10:18am
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luch but i dont think i would tow my boat with it (wouldnt want to danage it) ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 21 Jul 05 at 11:34am
| I used to drive a Lada Riva estate. A great tow car...best trip was to France with 2 boats stacked behind and 1 on the roof...And the bumpers didn't fall off if you climbed on them to tie things on the roof, being fixed to the car with steel bars. Of course the down side of this was that the crumple zone was exactly where the driver sat, but you can't have everything! |
Posted By: Team beef
Date Posted: 21 Jul 05 at 5:11pm
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What happens when a finn sailor puts his baggage on his don... i mean car ------------- RS600 781 www.evolutionsailing.com Ever had a boat that beats you up? |
Posted By: Team beef
Date Posted: 21 Jul 05 at 5:17pm
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says it all... ------------- RS600 781 www.evolutionsailing.com Ever had a boat that beats you up? |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 21 Jul 05 at 5:27pm
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poor donkey! but really interesting way to carry things...
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Posted By: 14niner
Date Posted: 27 Jul 05 at 10:18am
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Posted By: ssailor
Date Posted: 27 Jul 05 at 10:41am
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The reyland escorts awesome but i dont reckon itll be so rapid towing a caravan!
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Posted By: 14niner
Date Posted: 27 Jul 05 at 11:07am
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Posted By: timnoyce
Date Posted: 27 Jul 05 at 9:10pm
have you seen the video of that?! it's incredible. It's the modified
Reyland escort cossie that had a top speed of about 190mph without the
caravan. Unfortunately it got written off last year on the gumball when
the driver lost control and rolled it a few times 
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Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 27 Jul 05 at 9:12pm
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I know the guy that help to make the Gumball DVD's and they have a blast ! Another thing on my (expensive) list of things to do. ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: Iain C
Date Posted: 27 Jul 05 at 10:33pm
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Went on holiday to the States in June and me and my best mate hired this little baby, for about the cost of an Astra here. The 5.7 litre V8 would make light work of towing anything...made quite light work of the back tyres too!!! The cheap US petrol prices and onboard computer just demanded to be abused heinously...12.1mpg, yeah baby!!! WANT ONE!!!!!!
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Posted By: Hector
Date Posted: 27 Jul 05 at 10:40pm
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Everyone knows you need a nice sensible estate - something like an Audi A6. Can someone lend me a few quid to buy this one off ebay? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4564262772&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=456 4262772&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 Look at the BHP on that! |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 27 Jul 05 at 10:47pm
I think my mums car might feature quite nicely on here, Just need to get anice pic now lol, Pretty hefty 4X4 including dent in bonet caused by rib engine prop. lol. Shes a Beast and makes light work of trailing boats, and you can put another on the roof too.  now all I got to do is get myself behind the wheel again.------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 28 Jul 05 at 10:32am
ye ill lend you some 50p enough ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
Posted By: 14niner
Date Posted: 29 Jul 05 at 9:18am
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Worry not, there rebuilding it even badder than it was before ------------- http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8205742306m - Virtual Skipper 3 |
Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 29 Jul 05 at 6:22pm
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lol i personaly liked the ferrari 360 spider and the mclaren f1 http://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=si&img=49157"> ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
till it crashed 
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 29 Jul 05 at 11:08pm
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That last pic works as a link: http://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=viewimage&img=49157 - http://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?act=module&module=g allery&cmd=viewimage&img=49157 Yeah... very nice but how do you fix roofbars to strap the Topper to... ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 30 Jul 05 at 12:06pm
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um u get a tow bar ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 30 Jul 05 at 1:27pm
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Got a mate who drives one of these for work; Offered a little bit of a RoRo service "If he happened to be going to the same place as we needed to", Sadly things are a little tighter controlled now.
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Posted By: Skiffe
Date Posted: 06 Aug 05 at 10:55am
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Maybe not the Ultimate Tow vehicle but wouldn't in be great to destroy some old tinys But maybe you blokes in the north mightn't get it
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Posted By: timnoyce
Date Posted: 06 Aug 05 at 3:17pm
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caravan and dunny destruction! That sounds like a proper night out. Not
too sure about the boat destruction... at least it looks like some sort
of knackered motor cruiser in the photo rather than destroying a nice
sailing boat! What exactly goes on at these events Skiffe?! I take it that there is a lot of beer involved for the crowd to really liven things up ------------- http://www.facebook.com/bearfootdesign - BEARFOOT DESIGN Cherub 2648 - Comfortably Numb |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 06 Aug 05 at 3:42pm
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Caravan and boat destruction? Over here, that would wipe out half of Cornwall! Please feel free to nominate the county where you get most dunnies to the square mile. ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: Strawberry
Date Posted: 06 Aug 05 at 4:55pm
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Dunny destruction? Does that mean smashing toilets? Sounds like a load of s**t! ------------- Cherub 2649 "Dangerous Strawberry |
Posted By: HannahJ
Date Posted: 06 Aug 05 at 7:09pm
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That's wot i thought... sounds like an excuse for a party n booze up if u ask me! ------------- MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin" The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 06 Aug 05 at 11:59pm
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Excuse?!?!? What excuse? As if the Ozzies needed an excuse for a party....
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Posted By: Skiffe
Date Posted: 07 Aug 05 at 10:27am
We don't need an excuse, however its a good idea for a BIGGER party
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Posted By: Jack Sparrow
Date Posted: 07 Aug 05 at 12:12pm
Oh it happens over here....  ------------- http://www.uk3-7class.org/index.html" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Class Website https://www.facebook.com/groups/1092602470772759/" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Building - Facebook Group |
Posted By: Skiffe
Date Posted: 07 Aug 05 at 1:49pm
What a Grreat use for a bloody Volvo    ------------- 12footers. The Only Way to FLY Remember Professionals built the titanic, Amateurs built the ark. |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 07 Aug 05 at 5:37pm
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Where does all the JS code come from? Something must have been deleted, bit I can't really see what... Any ideas, anyone? ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: Jack Sparrow
Date Posted: 11 Aug 05 at 11:08am
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To technical for me! It just happens like that
sometimes? ------------- http://www.uk3-7class.org/index.html" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Class Website https://www.facebook.com/groups/1092602470772759/" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Building - Facebook Group |
Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 12 Aug 05 at 2:35pm
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just some error on the page thats not letting it work prob ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
Posted By: Pondling
Date Posted: 12 Aug 05 at 3:13pm
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ok how about this. the volvo estate? a guy at our sailing club managed to fit - with his boat trailer on it... i think 6 boats: Trailer: 1.Oppie 2.Oppie 3. Rib with topper in it Car: Roof - Laser Inside - Oppie i mean... !!!
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Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 12 Aug 05 at 3:15pm
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lol did the car get were he was going in one piece ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
Posted By: Pondling
Date Posted: 12 Aug 05 at 3:19pm
yeah even tho he hit a top speed of 95... i was just like aaahhhhhh!!! gonna die!!! ------------- Sailors don't get old!!! They get a little dinghy (or skiff, or yacht...) Feva 251 RS200 1117 RS200 897 |
Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 12 Aug 05 at 3:20pm
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lol dam u didnt ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 12 Aug 05 at 3:33pm
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woooooo that sounded fun lol ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 12 Aug 05 at 3:36pm
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Good old Peugeot... French, you see
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Posted By: Pondling
Date Posted: 12 Aug 05 at 3:38pm
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peugot? volvo! ------------- Sailors don't get old!!! They get a little dinghy (or skiff, or yacht...) Feva 251 RS200 1117 RS200 897 |
Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 12 Aug 05 at 3:41pm
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no shes talkin bout the other 1 ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 12 Aug 05 at 4:43pm
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lol i bet that was funny ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
Posted By: stuarthop
Date Posted: 12 Aug 05 at 4:52pm
might try that one with my 1 litre polo!  ------------- |
Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 12 Aug 05 at 4:58pm
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lol go for it i think a b14 will go on a polo ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
Posted By: stuarthop
Date Posted: 12 Aug 05 at 5:12pm
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nah i'm thinking more, maybee a cherub on the roof towing a laser, a topper, a 2000 n maybe an oppie thrown in for good measure! ------------- |
Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 12 Aug 05 at 5:13pm
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lol but i dont think u have any of them boats ? ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |