That new wooden Merlin

"Wicked" will be performing at the 2010 Salcombe Week, so that will give a good indication of how she can perform against the best of the fleet.

If you want to see some woodwork that looks even more sexy then have a gander at the photos of a New Zealand chap who wanted a non-clinker version of the same design...
http://www.bluelightning.co.uk/Merlins/H09RB.shtm

Originally posted by JimC Originally posted by RichardB they do say it is 40% boat 60% helm! More like 10% boat, 90%crew in my experience...

I knew the helm was just a useless team member, and these figures just prove it!

Spot the difference:

eer I think that is most definately a NO !  (it is a lot more than just hull !)

But if you have a liberal 14' rule (etc etc) you end up with a fairly standard NS type shape.  Design convergence .... you might also understand why we wanted a bit more volume now over the NS .... and compensated by lengthening the hull by 20cm as we are not tied to particular NS rules.

But maybe you could even say the de-planked Merlin ends up like an MG14 without the trapeze or asymetric ...     Does look very pretty though, not sure the ICON pricing target would handle the number of hours required  !

Mike L.

If I made a million (unlikely) I would have somone build a clinker merlin in exposed black carbon with cedar decks. Just think of the carbon weave crossing the stepped planks and the strip decking let into the gunwales, jagged. I have no idea what that is called. All high gloss with red string.