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    Posted: 06 Jan 13 at 7:13pm
In my class, GP14s, I think it would have to be wood. 

Not because I harbour a deep seated traditionalism and a love of varnishing, but because you would be hard pushed to find a competitive GRP boat and FRP boats have a good few years to go before they enter that meagre price bracket.

I have just bought a boat after a long search for something vaguely competitive I spent £1700 and all that I could find that was worth looking at was wooden. 

Anyway, wooden boats just look better! 
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Pleased to hear it.  And I think your choice has been wise too...a proper class with proper racing (dad and son trips to Europe?) so no harm done to the ultimate goal....some of the comedy racing classes you were considering had the potential to do more harm than good.

Could see myself in an OK one day.
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Especially the one that is now sat out the back! LOL
 
The boy had a great sail in one this morning, so we went straight down to Weymouth and bought 1915 Clap.
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Ok's are gorgeous!
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Originally posted by Bootscooter

See, I've always thought they look gorgeous.  Tough boats to sail, physically and technically demanding, I loved my old one. Cool


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See, I've always thought they look gorgeous.  Tough boats to sail, physically and technically demanding, I loved my old one. Cool
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The trouble with OK is that they look horrid, but a couple of years ago I watched a menagerie pursuit race at Glossop in absolute survival conditions. Ist, very, very good Javelin, 2nd, OK, 3rd and 4th, Byte C2......no other finishers but lots of wreckage. The Ok never went in, it stood on its'ear but rolled back up again. Impressive.
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Well things are moving along.... the Yoof is having a sail in an OK tomorrow lunchtime, then we're driving down to Weymouth tp "have a look at one" Wink
 
We both think the same..... heart says Unicorn, head says OK Big smile
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Originally posted by iGRF

Well I read it all, kept biting my tongue and hands off the keyboard as the usual suspects flogged the dead solo and tried to polute a young mind with wood bothering, but I'm going to seriously suggest something else if you want to clear his head ready to return to the pursuit of Olympic glory later down the path, I'm going to suggest you let him have a bash at Racing Sailboards, he sounds like he's the right build, they aint expensive, they are fun and he'll learn wind awareness that becomes totally instinctive beyond anything he'll pick up in a dinghy, he'll also have to get a bit fitter.
Then when he returns to what is it he'll go into a Laser? It'll be with a new awareness of what he's dealing with, he already has all that stuff I don't, the rope and wiggle stick control, if he then gets the senses you pick up from the sort of 'hands on' no compass, no telltale use your senses only sailing you have to learn on a sailboard I'm sure he'll end up a better sailor for it..

Just a left field thought, other than that I think what you're doing with him is a good idea, all that squad system does is mess with their heads and creates a pecking order that becomes difficult to break.
That is actually a very good suggestion,  particularly as you still have the lasers for a bit of dinghy sailing when you/he want to.
 
 
What could possibly go wrong?
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Dart 15 is an absolute blast! I had one and even at only just touching 11 stone I could just about handle it in full 'Sport' mode single-handed (Jib, Main, Trapeze).
I didn't take it class racing, but there looks like a good set of well supported events. They can be picked up fairly cheaply and parts are easy to get hold of - Steve Sawford at SpeedySports is very helpful (The new 'DX' sails look awesome!).
I'd go back to the Dart/Sprint 15 in a heartbeat if I had the chance - and if I wasn't banned from owning more than two boats! Smile
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