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Topic: 59er

Posted By: ifoxwell
Subject: 59er
Date Posted: 20 Aug 12 at 12:48pm

Any one no of any for sale.... cheap!

There is one on Apollo Duck but they want more than we can afford/justify at the moment.

Regards

Ian

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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 20 Aug 12 at 1:33pm

What they want and what they are prepared to accept if there are no other offers may differ of course...

Posted By: ifoxwell
Date Posted: 20 Aug 12 at 2:56pm

Fair point but I have enquired.

Ian

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Posted By: Another59er
Date Posted: 20 Aug 12 at 8:17pm

The 59er seems to hold its price as only about one a year comes up for sale .

Forget the "old man's boat" image - you need to be pretty agile for this tippy craft!

Posted By: ifoxwell
Date Posted: 20 Aug 12 at 9:41pm

May be, I guess as Jim says it depends on how much you want to sell it as although they dont come up very often I suspect there aren't that many people looking to buy them... other wise they might have sold more of them.

I've sailed them before, and to be honest its the stability thats part of the attraction.... but then i guess it depends on what your comparing it to.

Ian

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Posted By: Medway Maniac
Date Posted: 20 Aug 12 at 10:40pm

And you think 8 stone on the wire will suffice, Ian?!

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Posted By: ifoxwell
Date Posted: 21 Aug 12 at 9:52am

Originally posted by Medway Maniac

And you think 8 stone on the wire will suffice, Ian?!

Yes I reckon it will be fine. Sure we will be to light but then that's a problem we often have. It hasn't got that much more sail than a 29er, and its a pretty flat cut from what i recall, O and I think it has more beam so all in all we'd cope ok i think.

Ian

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Posted By: Medway Maniac
Date Posted: 21 Aug 12 at 1:13pm

But think of that mast-head kite, Ian. It'll be "Hoo Island here we come!" on the reach along Gillingham.

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Posted By: ifoxwell
Date Posted: 21 Aug 12 at 1:53pm

Granted its not idea.... I wonder if a 29er kite would fit?

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Posted By: pondmonkey
Date Posted: 21 Aug 12 at 1:59pm

good luck Ian... keep us posted on how you get on if you get one.

Posted By: BBSCFaithfull
Date Posted: 21 Aug 12 at 3:05pm

59er is a great boat. Shame they didn't catch on. Much more rewarding than a 400

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Posted By: rich96
Date Posted: 24 Aug 12 at 11:59am

That looks like a bargain - cheaper than a good Tasar !

Do it !

Posted By: DFF
Date Posted: 27 Aug 12 at 2:13pm

8 stone brings up an interesting use for the 59er- as a 9er trainer for youth, sailing 3 up with the trap on.

Ie the boat carries so much weight and still sails really fast, such that the (fat old) instructor can be in the boat with a 29er team. The late, great Frank Bethwaite went out 3 up a few times (without trapeze).

Great boat to sail, much simpler than the B14 to get to grips with: it will find it's place at some point with or without trap, but maybe not in the UK where the Rs400 was seen as high performance by many!

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