Dilemma with single handed skiff!

    No one needed to die   but find your own room   

Its just nice to have talk about something exciting for a change rather than it descend into why lots of boats going slowly is good racing.

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Neptune Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jun 09 Location: Berkshire United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1314	Post Options Post Reply Quote Neptune Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Dilemma with single handed skiff! Posted: 25 Oct 12 at 7:48pm
	No one needed to die but find your own room Its just nice to have talk about something exciting for a change rather than it descend into why lots of boats going slowly is good racing.
	Musto Skiff and Solo sailor

Kev M Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 05 Dec 11 Location: Landlocked Online Status: Offline Posts: 346	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kev M Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Oct 12 at 7:38pm
	Who died and made you admin?
	Successfully confusing ambition with ability since 1980.

Neptune Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jun 09 Location: Berkshire United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1314	Post Options Post Reply Quote Neptune Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Oct 12 at 7:35pm
	Keep it to the coffin thread then.
	Musto Skiff and Solo sailor

pondmonkey Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 12 Aug 11 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2202	Post Options Post Reply Quote pondmonkey Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Oct 12 at 7:31pm
	common decency?

Kev M Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 05 Dec 11 Location: Landlocked Online Status: Offline Posts: 346	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kev M Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Oct 12 at 5:12pm
	Evolution!
	Successfully confusing ambition with ability since 1980.

Neptune Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jun 09 Location: Berkshire United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1314	Post Options Post Reply Quote Neptune Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Oct 12 at 5:11pm
	How did a skiff topic turn in to a discussion regarding the polar opposite of a skiff?
	Musto Skiff and Solo sailor

pondmonkey Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 12 Aug 11 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2202	Post Options Post Reply Quote pondmonkey Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Oct 12 at 5:06pm
	LOL- yep, they'd definitely take it out of you on a long drag up the beach.

Kev M Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 05 Dec 11 Location: Landlocked Online Status: Offline Posts: 346	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kev M Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Oct 12 at 5:02pm
	I'd like a go in a Finn one day but there aren't any at our club and I'm not sure I'd fancy dragging one back up the hill to the top of the dinghy park either. I'd have to make a special "Olympic Boats but not Lasers" parking space somewhere down near the water's edge.
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pondmonkey Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 12 Aug 11 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2202	Post Options Post Reply Quote pondmonkey Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Oct 12 at 4:36pm
	Sounds like a plan Kev, wrt finn- sailing by the lee, and the sheer power and feel of the boat as it moved around those dead downwind angles. I also had a little play with the sheet on one-to-one, it was still heavy enough in little wind, and I can only imagine how much energy must go in to pumping one in a breeze. I think with the Olympics still so fresh in my mind it really gave me a good insight into what we saw on the web/TV during those windier races. It was a bit of a 'Holy Cow' moment to be honest. Definitely sail one if someone's kind enough to give you the opportunity... you'll never call them a boring old tub again

Kev M Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 05 Dec 11 Location: Landlocked Online Status: Offline Posts: 346	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kev M Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Oct 12 at 4:30pm
	One of the Vareo guys is pretty cool so getting another race in one shouldn't be a problem. What made the Finn so good downwind then?
	Successfully confusing ambition with ability since 1980.