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    Posted: 07 Feb 13 at 8:00pm
Originally posted by Ruscoe

Im not feeding the troll! But dont compare the Weta to a D-one. Have any Wetas actually been sold in the uk?

Im not sure who would want one!


YES.  There's one at my club.  Provoking a long debate as to which fleet it race sail in (fast asymetric with the K6s apparently).

BUT.  Have any Wetas actually been sailed in the UK?  "our" one has get to get wet I think.
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Must be a drier then
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We have had one regularly on the water at our club in 2012 and he's had a few reasonable results.
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Originally posted by NickA

Originally posted by Ruscoe

Im not feeding the troll! But dont compare the Weta to a D-one. Have any Wetas actually been sold in the uk?

Im not sure who would want one!


YES.  There's one at my club.  Provoking a long debate as to which fleet it race sail in (fast asymetric with the K6s apparently).

BUT.  Have any Wetas actually been sailed in the UK?  "our" one has get to get wet I think.
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We had one sailing regularly throughout 2011 on a PY of 917. He was an older sailor who wanted to keep sailing multihulls but didn't feel 'athletic' enough to right a cat if he capsized. He towed it behind a Mini, unpacked the hulls, rigged and launched in perfectly reasonable time although it was quite a weight to grag up the slipway. Obviously, mixed class sailing is always going to mean imperfect courses for someone but it was no slouch and given his criteria, the Weta made a lot of sense.
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I can remember seeing a fleet of 5 or 6 of them out at Calshot during a Team 15 session and being pleasantly surprised by their performance.
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For the uninitiated:-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I5orbJSYj2A#!   Evil Smile


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4AIisNuG7CI
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over 600 sold worldwide... that's got to be not far off the D1 and RS100 combined???   Confused

food for thought chaps...
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Originally posted by SimonW99

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I5orbJSYj2A#!   Evil Smile


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4AIisNuG7CI


I see why it's called the wetter.
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Just to be clear, I'm not knocking the Weta, I'm just suggesting suggesting that it 'won't capsize' is a bit off... 
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I thought it was described as hard to capsize but easy to right if it does.
oh and that double dammed looks fun.
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