Most comfortable/uncomfortable boat
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Topic: Most comfortable/uncomfortable boat
Posted By: speedy gonally
Subject: Most comfortable/uncomfortable boat
Date Posted: 04 Aug 05 at 10:59pm
| What is the most comfortable/uncomfortable boat out there. In light and heavy winds. Optimist's have to be up there near the top |
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Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 04 Aug 05 at 11:14pm
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merlin rocket is very comfortable, N12 not very comfortable because I don't fit in the front of one! RS 400 roomy but stupid jib sheets in the thwart make it uncomfortable ------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 05 Aug 05 at 1:32am
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Hey Tom! I've noticed your sig only today!! Congratulations!! And I did look at the photos and noticed the bright green boat.. but failed to see until tonight the 12" letters on the crew's buoyancy aid: GRUITT ! Bit of a giveaway
------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC 
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You had to relinquish your precious camera for once... all for a good cause, though Posted By: Pondling
Date Posted: 05 Aug 05 at 9:48am
whoohoo!!! u r gonna go to the olympics arent u??? u hav to !!! we cud get some awesome social pics,  ------------- Sailors don't get old!!! They get a little dinghy (or skiff, or yacht...) Feva 251 RS200 1117 RS200 897 |
Posted By: Harry44981!
Date Posted: 05 Aug 05 at 10:48am
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Fireflys are pretty uncomfortable... ------------- |
Posted By: HannahJ
Date Posted: 05 Aug 05 at 11:36am
Fireflies are uncomfortable in o wind, but in lots they're lovely.
Mirrors are so painful if ur just perching on the gunwhale, but if ur
on the seat or hiking they're ok.
------------- MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin" The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail |
Posted By: Peter Rhodes
Date Posted: 05 Aug 05 at 5:13pm
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not too good for the crew though, but that new fangled upside down kicker should solve that ------------- |
Posted By: jpbuzz591
Date Posted: 05 Aug 05 at 6:40pm
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The buzz is uncomfortable for crew in light winds and you end up crouching on the floor on your knees and cut them up so much from all that grip stuff ------------- Jp Indoe Contender 518 Buzz591 Chew Valley Sailing club Bristol |
Posted By: kasey3000
Date Posted: 05 Aug 05 at 6:55pm
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I always found the buzz comfy in light airs....i used to lie down on the spinnaker chute...! the wayfarer has got to be the most uncomfortable boat on the planet!....in light winds you have to dangle over the leeward side and in strong winds you have to hike over the painfully shaped side! ------------- 49er 908 |
Posted By: Cheeky
Date Posted: 05 Aug 05 at 7:15pm
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Come on a Mirror has to be up there in the uncomfortable stakes. A
perfectly design gunwale to kill the small of you back and then your knees. Dagger-board which will ruin anyone perineum and side tanks that cut into the back of your calves! Comfortable..... let me thnk.. an RC Marblehead
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Posted By: speedy gonally
Date Posted: 05 Aug 05 at 7:37pm
| 5 year old 420's are really comfy because they are nice and soft. In light winds cats are pretty comfy well some are |
Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 06 Aug 05 at 8:36pm
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cherub+light winds= ouchy ------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: Jack Sparrow
Date Posted: 06 Aug 05 at 9:18pm
Dude you really have to sail Loco. nothing more comfy  ------------- 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: Pondling
Date Posted: 06 Aug 05 at 9:22pm
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most rs boats that dont include trapezing r really uncomfortable in medium wind - ie not hiking out but not leaning over the leward side to heel - cos theres not much room to manoeuvre and u get bruised ------------- Sailors don't get old!!! They get a little dinghy (or skiff, or yacht...) Feva 251 RS200 1117 RS200 897 |
Posted By: HannahJ
Date Posted: 06 Aug 05 at 10:01pm
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh pondling found the font colour...
------------- MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin" The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 07 Aug 05 at 6:50pm
i have just been out in my laser 4000 for the first time and i found it very comfy in light winds!! rs 800 is quite uncomfatable in light winds!!------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: Pondling
Date Posted: 07 Aug 05 at 7:24pm
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whats wrong with that? ------------- Sailors don't get old!!! They get a little dinghy (or skiff, or yacht...) Feva 251 RS200 1117 RS200 897 |
Posted By: HannahJ
Date Posted: 07 Aug 05 at 9:28pm
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aaaaaaaargh and the font style plz noooooooooo ti killin 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: 07 Aug 05 at 11:20pm
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I've crewed for the first time in my life today! It was on an RS400 and I found it very comfy. Hiking out is certainly easier on the legs than a Topper and it's got so much room everywhere! I tried to helm it too - after the race... Tacking was interesting; the boat's quite wide and when you think you're on the other side, you're only half way! Apart from that, I had a great time... but I'm not sure if the helm did ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: Phil eltringham
Date Posted: 08 Aug 05 at 10:24am
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Most comfortable boat to hike off has to be the flying fifteen, its like sittting in an armchair, you can hike for hours and not feel tired, its great, pitty the loads are a bit high though. ------------- FLAT IS FAST! Shifts Happen |
Posted By: Wave Rider
Date Posted: 08 Aug 05 at 10:46pm
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I think Graduates might be one of the most uncomfortable! or my experience was! I was in the battered club one instructing 2 kids and the strap was mouldy and snapped so i fell out and held on to the tiller and got back in the boat in lightning quick time and bugger me until they realised i was wet, they hadnt noticed i fell out! He he he i got a clap in the debrief for a 'speedy recovery'! ------------- -[Franko]- Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club RS600 933 |
Posted By: chucktheskiffie
Date Posted: 18 Aug 05 at 1:55am
| Sailing any boat with a hangover that would kill a small child is uncomfrortable. |
Posted By: sailor girl
Date Posted: 18 Aug 05 at 5:31pm
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B14's are comfy...especially sleeping on the wings in the sun!!! ------------- Sailor Girl, Queen Of The Forum! |
Posted By: HannahJ
Date Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 8:17pm
Lasers are actually quite comfy cos the decks are so wide (or i'm just
small!) i nearly had a nap on the foredeck the other day but decided
that i'd better race...
------------- MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin" The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail |