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Jon711
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Topic: Best hull manufacture!?Posted: 11 Jan 12 at 4:56pm |
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And they are such a great boat to sail, at my weight it would be ideal, and as Vronny has built them in the past would be interesting. However, just luv the Blaze too much..
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BBSCFaithfull
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Posted: 11 Jan 12 at 5:05pm |
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Ovington produce the best boats i've found with the whole package being great. If i could afford a new boat they would be my first choice.
If i was local to weymouth as well RMW would be a great choice built loads of 14s i've sailed on and have been great boats |
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Posted: 11 Jan 12 at 5:14pm |
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no mention of Rondar...
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the same, but different...
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Jon711
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Posted: 11 Jan 12 at 5:16pm |
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No.....
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alstorer
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Posted: 11 Jan 12 at 6:14pm |
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Thought the Yanks rated Ronadr, or at least used to, for the 5o5s and for those Viper keel boats?
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Hughph
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Posted: 11 Jan 12 at 6:17pm |
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There is a reason Rondar haven't been mentioned! I personally haven't had a very good experience with their build quality recently on a team racing order of 6 fireflys..
I surprised nobody else has mentioned McConaghy as well
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Posted: 11 Jan 12 at 6:18pm |
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Well, Rondar have done great job producing hundreds of Fireflies for students to trash at a reasonable price, and are now exporting them to America, so whilst they may not be making beautiful veneer covered boats, they are certainly doing what they do very well.
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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fab100
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Posted: 11 Jan 12 at 6:30pm |
Surely, it has to be Laser, perfect in every way ![]() Its not like any of their boats are built too heavily, down to a cost, as if it were still the 70's, or anything like that. Oh, actually... ![]() I'll get my coat...
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Menace
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Posted: 11 Jan 12 at 6:53pm |
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A big overwhelming positive vote for Ovington from me, and I've served my time as a boat builder. They are my favourite, and the reasons behind this are;
1) Quality of lamination
2) Finish of hull
3) General quality policy
4) Never had an overweight boat from them
5) Next boat will be as good as the last
6) Service
7) Eye for detail, never seen any of the boats I've had where I've thought someones finished that job and thought "screw it, that's good enough". Can't say that for some other builders.
I haven't had a boat from Synthesize, but when they had an A-Rater at the dinghy show, was very impressed by the quality of that boat too.
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JimC
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Posted: 11 Jan 12 at 7:10pm |
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What's actually wrong with building down to a cost? There's a place for both cheap'n'cheerful and deluxe in this world.
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