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    Posted: 22 Dec 12 at 10:10pm
no one builds them here and no one imports them either.  I suspect the five or so that are in the country came over all in the same container.  They have a new buildernow though, so if there was interest....

thanks for the py tip.
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We have two Megabytes at West Oxfordshire SC sailing off 1052. Never seen one in front of my Albacore though...

Great boats though. How come they never took off?
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Well, they have generously allowed me to sail provided I stomach a handicap of 1020 - 10 points slower than a phantom.  Most places sail off 1074 for the mb, but admittedly it is unproven.  Just as well I hadn't dusted a place in the trophy cabinet.
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Originally posted by winging it

I'm still hoping for a highlight this year.  My personal sailing i still crap, but I do seem to have helped a few others, plus some highlights for the club.

I have entered the Brass Monkey and the Grafham Grand Prix, both of which just squeeze in to this year, and just getting finishes at either would be a highlight, so who knows?


But today I get a cheery email from my own club (who I take out a mortgage to join every year) (and it's not Hunts, it's the other one) which tells me essentially that I'm stupid for not having read the NoR (fair point) and they might not let join in the fun because my boat 'is not listed as a class with an approved handicap' so I must wait to hear from them to see if they will let me race!  And I was so looking forward to collecting my prizes!

I have sent them the limited information I have, I await their verdict with baited breath.  Great end to the year.


Edited by winging it - 22 Dec 12 at 11:45am
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Originally posted by iGRF

Well racing windsurfers don't, not ever.


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Originally posted by pondmonkey

I bought mine at a similar age- you're very lucky to have a fleet to practice with; I think it will make all the difference to how quickly you get to a point of just loving it rather than loving it and falling in all the time.
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Originally posted by iGRF

Well racing windsurfers don't, not ever.
 
They don't fall in either.  No sir. Never.
 
 
What could possibly go wrong?
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Well racing windsurfers don't, not ever.
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Originally posted by iGRF

The final shame of it all?

...come what may, whatever condition whatever the course you race round without falling in or over.
 
Sounds like you are ready for a keelboat or perhaps a cat ... even Solo sailors capsize sometime.
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Originally posted by bristolmustoskiff


[oh just to answer your question i am 29 years old 6ft4 14 stone
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Well there you go then at that age I'd have risked everything and not batted an eyelid and at that height and weight I'd say you'll go as far as it is possible to in it and good luck to you.

Me, I was 57 and weighed 10 1/2 stone and hadn't really sailed a dinghy before, so it was probably in hindsite a bit of an ask, but it shouldn't be was my point, there's nothing I shouldn't be able to do - it is written.

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