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    Posted: 07 Oct 11 at 4:29pm
being a Hurricane stwart i have bought a NACRA F20 as there are 3 others at bala and the boat carries the weight. I had  a season sailing in F18 and although it is still some of the best sailing i had i know that i will never get down to wippet proportions.
 
looking forward to pimping up the NARCA for next season and to see how well it does perform.
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for that price and crew weight.... Nacra 6.0 everytime!
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Originally posted by MattHarris

Originally posted by gordon

2 times 14 stone is hardly heavy. Lets face it - sailing is now a sport for small people a policy actively encouraged by our International organising body.
 
This is something that has annoyed me about sailing, there are just no true heavy weight boats out there, everything goes faster with lightweights and with the carbon fibre masts and fathead sails etc it has become much easier to depower the rigs for lightweights.  Ah well rant over...
 
So what kind of weight does an F18 carry?  I know the tornado has been suggested but i'm not a fan of the look of them, they're a bit oldfashioned (sorry if standing on any toes).  Also i saw the F20 nationals on Y&Y earlier this week, what are these like for weight carrying?  They look to have a similar sail area etc to the tornado but with a more modern shape?
 
Finally i saw this http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/community/classifieds/view.asp?id=2381 advert.  When looking at cats are you able to get a good entry level boat for 2-3k or do you need to spend more to get a boat that doesn't break all the time.  Sorry for the many daft questions...
 
 
Matt - to answer the F18 bit they can carry anything up to 160 kgs competitively (thats my current all up weight), although ive won TT races with a combined crew weight of 180kgs before but it is quite rare to see that weight consistently in the chocolates but not unheard of if sailed well, the more modern F18 designs (shockwave, Infusion) carry weight better than the older ones but dont write off a Tiger in your choice - good prices and rock solid entry level F18 !!!
 
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