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    Posted: 10 Mar 10 at 4:44pm

Originally posted by JimC

Originally posted by Cherub Guy

'Flat Stanley' was the first dinghy to be built from kevlar foam composite.

I really don't think so: ISTR early Tasars were kevlar/foam some years before, and the first foam Cherubs were built in the late 1960s, although I have no especial memory of when kevlar came on the scene. A contemporary write up doesn't seem to regard the construction as being especially radical.

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Originally posted by Cherub Guy

'Flat Stanley' was the first dinghy to be built from kevlar foam composite.

I really don't think so: ISTR early Tasars were kevlar/foam some years before, and the first foam Cherubs were built in the late 1960s, although I have no especial memory of when kevlar came on the scene. A contemporary write up doesn't seem to regard the construction as being especially radical.
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Originally posted by G.R.F.

Is there anyone on this forum who didn't own 'flat stanley' at one time or
other?

I would give her a home so I could be a future owner.
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I've helped an owner do work on it.
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Me, though I did co-own 2 boats with a previous owner of Flat Stanley, so there is a link.

Maybe we should see how long it takes each forum member to find a link (apart from this forum) with an owner of Stanley?
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Is there anyone on this forum who didn't own 'flat stanley' at one time or
other?
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Having owned Flat Stanley I can tell you that, whist it was known for being insanely quick, it was also known for being darn ugly. It also had wooden decks so don't knock wood too much.

As a spectacle I would have to say the A-Rater did it for me. Not sure I would want to own one but it was a great bit of craftsmanship. Other woodies also caught my eye. As I have said though, if it was a case of take one home, it would be the 14s or the Cherub. 
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I agree that the hobbies of sailing and DIY can be brought together with a wooden boat but so can composite. In fact home building in modern composites is much easier. We recieved a lot of admiration for the presentation of the Cherub on our stand which was home built and fitted and fully rigged weighed less than a laser hull.

Sorry to be biased but the Cherubs stopped using wood about 30 years ago and 'Flat Stanley' was the first dinghy to be built from kevlar foam composite. She's still going today. Don't get me wrong I think a well finished wooden boat is pretty but if you want a light and strong hull, modern composities are the way forward.

Eventually people will realise that light and strong is the way forward and so much easier on the back.
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May be they should change the rules and give everyone who buys an entrance ticket the chance to vote.

I put money on it(not much mind) the woodies would come out on top.
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Anyway, wasn't it not a "Boat of the show" competion, rather a "concours d'elegance"- nothing to do with performance or design, everything to do being highly polished- in the car world, they're competitions for mind-staggeringly tedious people.
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