'Wow' Boats

Rob Peebles "Fifteen Minutes of Fame" and Nigle Wallers radical "Final Chapter". I saw them at the Chrystal Palace Boat show and they made me want to sail N12's. The boat on the N12 stand was old fashioned in comparision and we were leaving the show thinking we would stay with our Laser 2.



MX-Ray. Fell in love with it as soon as I saw one.

Moths sort of in general. But Andy P's Hydrofoiler and now the current versions.



Cherub -  'Norwegian Blue'.

My most recent Wow boat....





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National 12, My first real boat. Gave me oodles of fun and taught me loads about sailing.

Cherub(namely comfortably numb), great fun and s@*t scary in the breeze. Plus it did 14 knots upwind

Moth, Scared the crap out of me because they make no noise on the foils and they creep up behind you

 

Originally posted by BBSCFaithfull 14s- Some of the best sails ive had have been in one of these! Just pure power and the speed. ultimate twin wire skiff for me 49er- Awesome 18ft skiff- The dogs bollocks. Still the fastest thing out there!

 

Think you'll find the 18 is the fastest Mono Dinghy out there.

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after having questioned the build quality of the spice, i'm now going to put it forwards as a 'wow' boat. i've never sailed one mind, but i still have the y&y with the boat test and it was my favourite boat for a whileas was the mx-ray. ended up getting a buzz which was fantastic fun. 600 was pretty impressive too.

the other 'wow' boat of course would have to be the cherub daemon! not a fan of boat-building so its nice to get the performance of a cherub without having to spend time on it. also it sails like nothing else i've tried, consider me a convert.

Growing up as a kid in the 70's, sitting on dad's cruiser every weekend & wishing I could try dinghy sailing instead of rowing around the boat in a rubber dinghy,these are the boats that inspired me at the time.

(Yes, I know they don't have the same impact compared to today's designs but imagine its 30 years ago & you're 10 years old )

1 / Topper - I saw an early, brand new one, in a chandlers at Bucklers Hard. It looked like no dinghy I'd ever seen before & to my mind the first "cool" looking boat suitable for kids. I spent the rest of the summer holiday dreaming about owning one.

2/ OK dinghy. Awesome looking boat with massive amounts of varnished deck, unstayed rig & scary low boom. We had a good fleet at our club in the 1970's & I fell in love with the boat at 1st sight. Have been sailing one for 30 years now.

3/ Fireball - incredible looks & performance. It was ahead of its time in the 1960's & still one of the best downwind rides. My first time on a trapeze.

4/ Contender - another ground-breaking boat & the idea of helming from the wire was considered "extreme" just a few years ago. And its still getting a lot of votes for prettiest boat ever on another thread.