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JimC 
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 Topic: B14Posted: 02 Dec 10 at 12:16pm |
Even the Australians? If so that does suprise me. |
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olly_love
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Posted: 02 Dec 10 at 12:02pm |
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you need to trim the jib constantly in any winds to keep the boat driving, so the crew is kept busy,
my crew is normally dieing after a windy race, |
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TWO FRANK-Hunter Impala
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tgruitt
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Posted: 02 Dec 10 at 11:53am |
I suppose you can do in the B14 but no one does, all the helms take the main. |
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Neptune
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Posted: 02 Dec 10 at 11:47am |
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I typed a long reply in teh quick reply box and it got lost - AGAIN!!!!
Basically the idea being to try and equalise any competitive advantage evry experienced crews might have when it gets hairy. Its all to do with how the class markets its self as an accessible twin trap boat i suppose
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Musto Skiff and Solo sailor
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G.R.F.
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Posted: 02 Dec 10 at 11:34am |
Why Not? That's stupid, the best thing I learned sailing with young Dan in the real gusty stuff was to hand him the main sheet since he had more sense out on the wire of when the big gusts were coming in that round island race, from the moment we did that we were picking up places left and right until the frikking boom broke.
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Neptune
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Posted: 02 Dec 10 at 11:31am |
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presumably the crew in a B14 is allowed to play the main - where as its against class rules in the 800
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Musto Skiff and Solo sailor
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tgruitt
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Posted: 02 Dec 10 at 11:26am |
What does the crew do upwind apart from trim the jib and hike/trap in both boats? |
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G.R.F.
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Posted: 02 Dec 10 at 10:55am |
It's statement like that, that make me chuckle, "ooh we like it 'challenging' makes it so much fun nobody buys the boat anymore, we then get to be exclusive and declare National "Champions" from twenty five participants." So when did the builder ditch it?
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Neptune
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Posted: 02 Dec 10 at 10:53am |
If you followed the story earlier you'd have seen that the sailors have asked RS to loook into changes not RS forcing something on the class.
For all the knocking of RS on here i think they have done more than anybody in the last 15 years to make the UK dinghy scene one of the most exciting and vibrant in the world. We are also in teh lucky position of having plenty of choice aside from them if their designs down float your boat so to speak.
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Menace
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Posted: 02 Dec 10 at 8:11am |
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If you ditch the bag you lose some of the challenge and a lot of the appeal for some folk. I really wanted to get a B14 over an 800 because it was a more challenging boat to sail, lose the bag and it just becomes a hiking 800.
RS really peeved me off with the 400 proposed changes and if there was a better boat to match Jaws's requirements in my opinion, would be whole heartedly recommending that. Buying an old B14 is a good solution and ticks the box of not giving RS any cash. In the back of my mind, I'd be thinking about the Rebel Skiff if it was my decision to make.... (and I had enough cash).
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