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G.R.F. 
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 Topic: Lottery Dinghy..Posted: 01 Oct 10 at 1:10pm |
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They're still made of wood ffs..
Contender lot not heard of Carbon Epoxy? Hythe beach loves wood.. It drifts all over it.
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G.R.F.
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Posted: 01 Oct 10 at 1:16pm |
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Thing is, turns out we're becoming a bit of a Contender club, there are five of them racing now and two of them placed well in that Man of Kent.
It was on my should I shouldn;t I list at the time I bought the Blaze and I narrowly missed one down Bognor way. But seriously, Lottery money dinghy, back on topic, I'd expect something better than wood, lighter stiffer stronger, you know all those unfashionable things folk want in the real world, not least to be able to manhandle the frikking thing, they're not small boats (which is a good thing). So, with my 30 mil, what's the lightest stiffest Contender on offer?
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Contender443
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Posted: 01 Oct 10 at 1:51pm |
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My all glass Harpprecht Contender is for sale if anyone is interested. Only 2 years old - will advertise on Y&Y soon.
All of the Bonezzi sell very quickly and in the UK they are rarely advertised. The last one ended up being to sold to an Australian and exported there.
Should have said mine is a foan sandwich boat. Not epoxy as the glass rules do not allow for this when building a glass boat. For some reason you can buiild a wooden boat using epoxy. Edited by Contender443 - 01 Oct 10 at 1:53pm |
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Merlinboy
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Posted: 01 Oct 10 at 1:56pm |
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They are not 'Just' Wood Grumpf, i am sure is just a cosmetic thing (I.e. there is some kind of Foam sandwich construction) You can buy glass contenders Chris Somner makes them here in the UK If i remember correctly
Edited by Merlinboy - 01 Oct 10 at 1:57pm |
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getafix
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Posted: 01 Oct 10 at 2:45pm |
I KNOW!!!! I don't understand the italian well enough to get the gist of the ad but it appears to be for sale for €3,500 - CLICKY |
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getafix
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Posted: 01 Oct 10 at 2:47pm |
it will burn your eyes .... beware! |
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G.R.F.
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Posted: 01 Oct 10 at 3:37pm |
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It was built in 1988! The woodworm will have moved in, multiplied to the point they'd have had to build sink estates and hand out Asbo's.
And the bottom has fallen out of the antique brown furniture market didn't you know, says he with a house full of it. And so what would a silly buying signal fool expect to pay for a Harpprecht (was he in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)Contender then?
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Contender443
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Posted: 01 Oct 10 at 3:52pm |
It is currently overpriced on the BCA website - I must get round to revising it to £7950 and open to offers.
This boat has all the carbon you are allowed and is ready for the Worlds at Weymouth next year.
p.s The builder was Joachim Harpprecht - the designer of your least favourite trapeze singlehander GRF. Edited by Contender443 - 01 Oct 10 at 3:54pm |
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timeintheboat
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Posted: 01 Oct 10 at 5:03pm |
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Dragon. The butler can be the other crew member.
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Like some other things - sailing is more enjoyable when you do it with someone else
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G.R.F.
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Posted: 01 Oct 10 at 7:08pm |
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There's an all wood one at our club come to think of it, 505man uses it on occasion to do exactly that.
Every now and then all the other 'Con'men gather round with their lemon earl grey in their open toed sandals and grey worsted socks and coo softly over it. Then they turn, look at their twenty year old heaps of polyster landfill and nip home for a tongue lashing for being two minutes late.
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