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    Posted: 07 Nov 13 at 3:19pm
so they've sold 5 in Annapolis apparently... anyone know of a UK punter taking the plunge?  (down the mine references intended)
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Just been watching the video of the 27 foot version on SA. Seems to make a bit more sense when blown up in scale... Still seems to be sailed on its ear, to get the canting keel clear of the water.
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Originally posted by Rupert

Just been watching the video of the 27 foot version on SA. Seems to make a bit more sense when blown up in scale... Still seems to be sailed on its ear, to get the canting keel clear of the water.
Proably better to say " Still seems to be sailing like a pigs ear"
 
Any boat where the designer publically says his design is "unique, innovative, and sexy looking" you know is going to be a canine of the first order.
Whether you blow it up or scale it down, the MX design concept is just somebody trying to be different with no boat design skills. - Fazisi, its baby brother the MX Ray, MX Next  look like fast boats to a 10 year old + they have an aversion to freeboard.
 
The 27 ft SpeedDream video just seems to re-inforce the old saying about being a race yacht owner - tearing up money whilst having a cold shower.... (Can only assume Mike Golding was on a good retainer and still had his Southern Ocean oilskins available for a force 3 trip around the Solent)
39 years of dinghy racing and still waiting to peak.
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Posts: 40 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Nipper Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Nov 13 at 1:40pm
Originally posted by pondmonkey

it was a poor imitator then... we tested the 302 at our club around the time we were mincing around in 420s, they were awful little boats, windsurfer influenced toestraps, crappy little kite, foils that snapped when you capsized.  

I remember the guy saying they were like 'Mx Rays' but for kids, jumping on the kite-bandwaggon no doubt... a poor comparison.
I had forgotten about the Concept 302, it was worse than awful.
 
The agent came to our club one Saturday with 4 of them as demonstrators. I think we broke something on all of them.
 
On the one I had, the daggerboard snapped of when sailing to windward, if you can call sailing at 70 degrees to the wind "sailing to windward".
 
Actually the concept was not that bad (different size sails, genneker) but they forgot to employ someone who knew anything about dinghy design and construction.
 
 
 
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