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    Posted: 12 Dec 07 at 9:19pm
beast downhill but an absolute pig uphill.
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are they good boats to sail i have only seen the fun rig one at our club and to be honest the person sailing it was a novice so i have not seen what one could do?
when chuck norris does a press up, he doesnt lift himself up he pushes the earth down
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what boat were you sailing?
when chuck norris does a press up, he doesnt lift himself up he pushes the earth down
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Indeed.

TT - I didnt even TRY going upwind on the Grafham day .. Reached off the shore, Reached back etc etc etc

The few times I did try going upwind, It was closer to a close reach with the main almost flogging!

The new sails make a hell of a difference, Downwind was much quicker .. And I got planing much quicker than I would have done with the old kite.

Upwind - Main is much more powerfull ... Hence the heel in that pic It wasnt like that for the whole beat .. Honest!!
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erm 'blym' doesnt get that! *blames trees*
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Looks like another 50 knot day inland to me.............

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Good breeze today. Twinning it and absolutely caning it <!--[if !vml]--> <!--[endif]-->! It's a shame I injured my boat. Stuck my trapeze hook through the side tank getting back in after a capsize. Fairly decent sized whole I have to fix now. Slightly tore the kite as well. <!--[if !vml]--> <!--[endif]-->

i dont know an awful lot about cherubs nor do i pretend to but what little i do know is that isnt fixing your boat like a cherub owners dream or somethink.



Not really the boats fault. Spinnaker got caught on a shackle that I stupidly forgot to tape up. Both of those things could happen to any one in any boat with a spinnaker and a trapeze.



Dreaming of fixing the boat, no. Upgrading it and making it go FASTER, YES!



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Originally posted by Ross

Good breeze today. Twinning it and absolutely caning it <!--[if !vml]--> <!--[endif]-->! It's a shame I injured my boat. Stuck my trapeze hook through the side tank getting back in after a capsize. Fairly decent sized whole I have to fix now. Slightly tore the kite as well. <!--[if !vml]--> <!--[endif]-->

i dont know an awful lot about cherubs nor do i pretend to but what little i do know is that isnt fixing your boat like a cherub owners dream or somethink.

when chuck norris does a press up, he doesnt lift himself up he pushes the earth down
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I read the 1st 7 words and thought we had a record breaker on our hands along the lines of the Albacores...
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