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RS400atC 
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 Topic: I'm saying nuthing :)Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 2:38pm |
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JohnW
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Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 2:41pm |
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I like the bookshelves under the padded thwart.
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Nick Peters
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Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 4:56pm |
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and the fairly serious rowing kit.....thats not just a cruising Solo its got some real functionality for "raiding" - events where sailing and rowing are combined either by necessity through venue (eg broads) or rules (eg Sail Caledonia). Don't ask...
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RichTea
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Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 8:34pm |
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Just needs an engine on the back and it will be sorted
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Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 8:50pm |
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There are places you can get help you know, you don't have to bottle it all up and say nuthing
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sargesail
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Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 9:24pm |
Nick, I'll ignore the don't ask.....tell us more! I've done yachts and mountains in the SIPR and 3PYR....but dinghies would be much more fun!
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MerlinMags
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Posted: 21 Nov 13 at 5:00pm |
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It appears to have some cunning steering ropes, so is that contraption at the back a seat for a disabled sailor? Not sure how they would avoid the tiller thudding on their head though.
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ColPrice2002
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Posted: 22 Nov 13 at 10:11am |
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Just a suggestion or two:-
1) the rowlocks (side decks) do appear to be oversized... 2) It looks like there is a stern well for an outboard as well as the oars - can you confirm? Obviously, it solves the problem of getting caught in stays, but how many bits of string are there? Surely the jib should be self tacking? Colin |
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JimC
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Posted: 22 Nov 13 at 10:47am |
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If the prime purpose of the jib is for control rather than speed - for example to enable the boat to lie hove to with jib and main battens backed, or to make tacking more certain and provide an easy way to get out of irons - then a self tacking jib would tend to defeat the purpose. And in circumstances where short tacking was required it would probably make more sense to drop the jib competely.
I suppose the ropes on the rudder and the other stuff might be some kind of foot stop or even foot steering arrangement for serious rowing singlehanded. At the very least I'd want to be able to lock the rudder, maybe with the tiller unshipped. Edited by JimC - 22 Nov 13 at 10:53am |
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Riv
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Posted: 24 Nov 13 at 10:27pm |
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Really good sliding seat on this one, the box at the back is the foot rest so your feet are locked in and you can use the seat properly. The ropes are to lock the rudder, with such a short boat you wouldn't need to use the rudder to steer.
My old Finn was a really good rowing boat......a lot quicker than paddling. Padded thwarts would make a lot of sense if you were cruising and in the boat for more than a few hours. Drop the main and put the jib up for a nice sedate blow downwind. If you raked the board forwards it would sail fine with the the jib up |
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