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    Posted: 09 Mar 08 at 9:05pm
Originally posted by ColH

Originally posted by Chris Bridges

A time out?

No, per boat in the boat park.....!

The 3000 isn't mine its a friends so it will just be two boats if I do get it . Or if I don't two boats anyway as i will get a Musto instead. Or maybe if the 49er doesn't work out again sell the 49er and get a musto but either way two boats.
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Originally posted by Chris Bridges

A time out?

No, per boat in the boat park.....!
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Originally posted by Chris Bridges

A time out? Aparantly they don't brake much at all, the insurance is nearly half of that for the 49er.

Besides, so many people told me how much 49ers brake.. I have had it since October and been out in some fair wind, been in the water a lot, couple of nasty capsizes and not broken a thing... Its all myth it would seem..

 

now you have said that something is going to break big time lol

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Fredericksen ratchets fo us.....the main sheet is better than anything I have used before (505 main on a 3:1 system); And our spinney ratchets have that side mounting system that attaches to the side tank at both ends - looks as if it would survive another holocaust....if you can offer that at less than £130-00 per ratchet, then you are onto a winner...!!

Freddies do eat the first set of whatever you put through them, but they are certainly the best after that.

On smaller pulleys, we have chewed through most of our the harken 12 (or is it 16mm?) cheek pulleys during the past couple of years.....personally, I suspect that we are using them for loads that are a bit high, though.  We have replaced with the size up.

On cleats, we are just replacing a couple of warn out Harkens (kicker and spinney halyard) with Ronstans as an experiment....no malice, just want to try the other designs and compare.

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A time out? Aparantly they don't brake much at all, the insurance is nearly half of that for the 49er.

Besides, so many people told me how much 49ers brake.. I have had it since October and been out in some fair wind, been in the water a lot, couple of nasty capsizes and not broken a thing... Its all myth it would seem..
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Originally posted by Chris Bridges

For some reason I might be buying Design Source which has just come back with the other 12s from NZ. I think I have gone crazy . I want to live to 20!! 12s do look like so much fun though...

Those boat fees are going to be rocketing!  £106.50 a time? ouch  

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Originally posted by tmoore

Originally posted by Chris Bridges

For some reason I might be buying Design Source which has just come back with the other 12s from NZ. I think I have gone crazy . I want to live to 20!! 12s do look like so much fun though...

why??? if you cant find a crew fr the 49er, surely a 12ft skiff is going to be harder to find a crew for?

I have someone that will definitely crew a 12 for me, you don't have to be as heavy for a 12!

edit: and I think I have found a crew for 49er now, although we couldn't get out today as the sails are being repaired. Some hanks that were annoying me and the zip on the main was also annoying me so having it replaced.



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anyway, back to blocks, just thought of one fault of holt ratchets - they are NOISY, you can hear them from miles off. so you cant pump on waves etc. and when upwind if your easing and sheeting in a lot because of chop it looks like you pumping.
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Originally posted by Chris Bridges

For some reason I might be buying Design Source which has just come back with the other 12s from NZ. I think I have gone crazy . I want to live to 20!! 12s do look like so much fun though...

why??? if you cant find a crew fr the 49er, surely a 12ft skiff is going to be harder to find a crew for?
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is this your new 12fter arrived over from down south?

You've got the wrong person, Skiffe lives in Aus. There are three coming into the UK this year, which are...

This one

This one

and this one
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