Boats hardly anyone talks about Pt 1 - Hornet

So, shortly we are going to face the arrival of a Hornet at our club, on the face of it, it looks almost modern, got a wash through hull, some scaffolding up the front, claims speed wise to be 470 or thereabouts, which is the boat it will replace. The Guy about to campaign it as well as being deaf, blind and as old school as it comes , can be a bloody nuisance if the wrong crew happens to be aboard.

So, what more is known about these anachronisms?

Am I going to have problems with it in the Alto?

More important, what is its Bandit rating?

Has it got a sliding seat or trap? Has it got the gybing C/B?

I looked at this boat several years ago as a possible alternative to what we were sailing at the time, I was tempted. We gave it a miss on grounds of weight + too much time would be spent tinkering.....A well sorted boat should do well at Hythe I would have thought, hey, but who knows.    

Originally posted by transient Has it got a sliding seat or trap? Has it got the gybing C/B?

Ooh curious and curiouser, I saw a picture I shall off and grab it, don't know the answer to that, sliding seat? What like those canoe weird boats?

Oh dear

Edited by rodney - 07 Aug 13 at 5:32pm

Originally posted by Ruscoe Must of been a long time ago rodney and not because they haven't ad sliding seats for like 30 years but because you were 80kg