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    Posted: 17 Nov 14 at 3:22pm
Originally posted by iGRF

Why is it, just because we're light, everyone seems to think we have to have short length boats?

I seriously looked at that Farr, it should be right up my street, but 370? Really? I wouldn't look at a race board that short, even 380 is pushing it.

And that picture in Y&Y a 'new' boat for us to enjoy here in the 21st century, made of wood and looking like just about every other 1970's design, it really is 'back to the future' back here in good old 1985, even the Rooster Streaker looks more modern I'd sooner put a trap on that.

If you looked a little further, say on Butler Boats Facebook page, you might see that there is a composite mould being made iGRF.

Size has a relationship to weight as well as a relationship to being able to make one in your garage. But the biggest relationship that size has is to is FUN. Shorter boats are more lively and therefore more FUN to sail. The first two relationships also add to the FUN triangle as moving light boats around is more FUN and certainly building one yourself is a lot of FUN....

...So you see it isn't that light people (& kids) have to have short boats, it's just that light people ( &kids) like to have FUN.
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Like your spirit Jack  Beer , I'm all for FUN. 

For what it's worth. I've nothing against wood either, good stuff selected by people who know their trade weight to stiffness there are boats made of a lot worse materials. 
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Yep it's a lot of fun going off the line beside some 4,20 Laser stuffing it as high as he can.

Larking about FUN? Get a kite and kite board, 3 dimensional fun, up and down as well as across.

I note they feature a carbon rig though having had a look on the website, so the day may well yet dawn that they build a composite and feature a carbon rig.

Do they offer self assembly pre cut kits? I would have thought that would be a useful item to market.

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But if you did that to a phantom it would become a medium weights boat which is already serviced by the contender so what would be the point other than the higher boom, which isn't that much different once you take the rig on a phantom anyway
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Originally posted by iGRF



Do they offer self assembly pre cut kits? I would have thought that would be a useful item to market.
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Originally posted by maxibuddah

But if you did that to a phantom it would become a medium weights boat which is already serviced by the contender so what would be the point other than the higher boom, which isn't that much different once you take the rig on a phantom anyway

Yep and not as good as a Contender.
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Loads of cheap Rondar Contenders out there....just cut 2' off the foot of the sail.
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Could do Tick, but, she's a bit too heavy to lose sail area and power though, I suspect a Contender with less wouldn't go in light or heavy.  
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Originally posted by iiitick

Loads of cheap Rondar Contenders out there....just cut 2' off the foot of the sail.

I'm loving the use of the word 'just' in that sentence!  LOL


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Originally posted by iGRF


Do they offer self assembly pre cut kits? I would have thought that would be a useful item to market.



That's as clear as mud and as useful as a chocolate fire guard.

Is there a box of bits, with a retail price tag and instructions? Then next question (note the buying signal) how much?

Don't you just love trying to buy stuff from dinghyists, it's so simple.
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