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Jack Sparrow ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2965 |
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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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Do Different ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 26 Jan 12 Location: North Online Status: Offline Posts: 1312 |
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Like your spirit Jack
![]() 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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iGRF ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Mar 11 Location: Hythe Online Status: Offline Posts: 6499 |
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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. Edited by iGRF - 17 Nov 14 at 3:49pm |
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maxibuddah ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 06 Mar 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1760 |
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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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Everything I say is my opinion, honest
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Jack Sparrow ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2965 |
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Jack Sparrow ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2965 |
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Yep and not as good as a Contender.
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iiitick ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 04 Jun 14 Location: gb Online Status: Offline Posts: 478 |
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Loads of cheap Rondar Contenders out there....just cut 2' off the foot of the sail.
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Do Different ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 26 Jan 12 Location: North Online Status: Offline Posts: 1312 |
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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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Jack Sparrow ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2965 |
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I'm loving the use of the word 'just' in that sentence!
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iGRF ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Mar 11 Location: Hythe Online Status: Offline Posts: 6499 |
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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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