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    Posted: 03 Oct 13 at 6:17pm
I enjoyed Tom G's review of the Hadron in the latest Y&Y. It is a lovely, traditional looking boat, but the article left me wondering about its comparative performance

What would be the ideal helm weight? In terms of power/righting moment it looks to be somewhere between a Phantom and a Blaze. What is the projected handicap?

With lots of other single handers out there, will its USP of home build be enough?
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It looked like a bit of a wibbly wobbly Merlin style single hander to me could see me falling over a lot in that.
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some stuff on it here

http://www.bluelightning.co.uk/Hadron/Hadron01.shtm

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This video shows it sailing against some old tubs 
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Interesting that they're sailing it in the good old USA of America, sorta makes sense I guess, competition in this sector is tough in dear old Blighty.

Does tho, IMHO look a bit like a two man dinghy being sailed singlehandedly with the jib taken off.

That said, a singlehanded Merlin... what's not to like?




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Provisional PY rating of 1060? Hmm, I reckon that's the bandit that Graeme has been looking for. Pity about the woodwork though...
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Originally posted by NickM

Provisional PY rating of 1060? Hmm, I reckon that's the bandit that Graeme has been looking for. Pity about the woodwork though...

Says on the web that plastic is an option...
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I always liked the look of them since they first made an appearance, and there's nothing stopping anyone getting one made out of plastic.  But the age old chicken and egg.... will there ever be a class?  Secondly, is the development of class even the real intention?  As a very nice dinghy to go sailing in... big tick by the looks of it.
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Originally posted by NickM

Provisional PY rating of 1060? Hmm, I reckon that's the bandit that Graeme has been looking for. Pity about the woodwork though...


1060? Definitely going for that Merlin Cheating B'stard Heritage then, I mean you can forgive (almost not really)boats like lipsticked Streakers and Solo's but coming straight out of the box with an obvious attempt at Banditry, it's such a shame the new boat development has come to this.
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Posts: 1312 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Do Different Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 Oct 13 at 9:55am
All the wasted breath on talk of bandits / banditry astounds me. 

PY is only numbers and some rough attempt to have some sort of race. 

I'm saving my breath for living, sailing and racing my mates when we meet up for some boat on boat.

Looks a nice enough boat though, why taint it with what the bean counters think? 
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