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billpayer 
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Joined: 02 Aug 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 30 |
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 Topic: New boatPosted: 12 Aug 05 at 9:33am |
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Pondling wrote...a good thing for u to do wud be to take out the feva on your own in a f 5 - 6 and see how it goes I've been out in the Feva in all sorts of weather, a few times in F6 and it is exciting and I don't always get wet, so must be doing something right. The challenge is always the gennika drop, that is where it goes wrong all too often. The bungee on the tiller that has been mentioned on some threads is an option I will try next.
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Pondling
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Posted: 10 Aug 05 at 10:45pm |
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a good thing for u to do wud be to take out the feva on your own in a f 5 - 6 and see how it goes... you shouldnt go in or anything... and if that goes swimmingly (scuse the pun) then try a bigger boat on your own, it depends on what they sail at your club... maybe a 200 or a big two handed boat that doesnt require too much power from a helm and crew. |
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Sailors don't get old!!! They get a little dinghy (or skiff, or yacht...)
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Sumo
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Posted: 10 Aug 05 at 6:18pm |
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I bought a Vago because I wanted a boat with a Genacker that I could also sail single handed. I haven't had a chance to sail it on my own so far, so I don't know how easy or difficult it is to raise and drop the genny whilst steering. My previous experience of single handed sailing in a Vareo makes me think that rasing a genacker and helming at the same time in a 3-4 is always an opportunity for a swim. If you sail a Feva now a Vago would be a step up in performance and it is good fun to sail. The 29er is another step up from the Vago, but I suspect you would spend more time swiming, i.e. the Vago is fun whilst being forgiving of mistakes versus the 29er which demands more respect and skill.
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Phil eltringham
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Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105 |
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Posted: 10 Aug 05 at 4:11pm |
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If the MPS boys can do it, then the 29er is no harder, only thing that would be nice would be putting a mainsheet cleat on the deck, bungy on the tiller is a good idea too. Pic was taken in about F1-2, but did have it out in F2-3, was ok until you had to make a sharp bear-away with the kite up (minsheet in tiller hand so not easy). Having said all that, the boat is stupidlyy fast upwind, one up, it pops on the plane so easily, its great!!
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FLAT IS FAST!
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huwboat
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Joined: 19 Jul 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 7 |
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Posted: 10 Aug 05 at 1:46pm |
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Nice photo but I don't see much hiking or trapezing going on - or much wind! In my experience 29er is going to be tricky for gennaker hoist single handed in anything above a force 2-3. But plenty of people do it....
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Phil eltringham
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Posted: 10 Aug 05 at 1:07pm |
 , boom sheeting, single tiller, no messing!!
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Wave Rider
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Posted: 10 Aug 05 at 10:22am |
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lol try and get a diffrent PY number
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billpayer
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Posted: 10 Aug 05 at 10:16am |
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A 29er looks good, I'll have to try and have a go in one pretty soon to see if should be added to the short list. If this last week is anything to go by, 95kg will be put to good use, so far this week it has been about 8-10 knots in the morning, then kicks up to 20-25 with the afternoon sea breeze, so a bigger boat could get challenging for a few hours, but looking forward to trying..... Out in a regular Laser in the wind yesterday, fantastic, but as soon as it drops, then the lighter people all float past, so a laser is good for me in the bigger winds, but in a club race/lighter winds, they will wash the floor with me. So a bigger boat is definately on the cards...... |
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Blobby
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Posted: 10 Aug 05 at 9:58am |
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and once you start, you have to keep going every 20 minutes until you fall asleep...
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Black no sugar
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Posted: 10 Aug 05 at 8:51am |
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Ahh yes but give it 90 mns and you're on another thread... Banter - when nature calls
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