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Vronny 
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 Topic: Single-hander for estuary sailingPosted: 03 Jun 15 at 10:53pm |
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The average weight of the top 10 helms in last year's Streaker Nationals was 70.1 kg, and that was very much a light wind championship. The winner was 74 kg. So it's probably wrong to think that you have to be particularly small and light to do well in a Streaker. The heaviest in that top 10 group was 80 kg.
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turnturtle
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Posted: 04 Jun 15 at 7:23am |
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There speaketh someone joining 20 same class boats next Wednesday |
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jeffers
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Posted: 04 Jun 15 at 8:20am |
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In a kneewrecker...enough said!
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turnturtle
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Posted: 04 Jun 15 at 10:12am |
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Tape them up n replace them later.... Besides its only a temporary measure until our club gets its proper fleet of Zeros or Aeros.
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Woodburner
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Posted: 04 Jun 15 at 10:23am |
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Unnatural behaviour, if you were going to enter Formula 1 would you expect 20 exactly the same cars? Or 20 exactly the same horses in a horse race? Or twenty exactly the same bicycles in a bicycle race? Or Twenty exactly the same snail in a snail race? Or Twenty exactly the same pairs of shoe in a running race (fit might be an issue for a start)? Or Twenty exactly the same lawn mowers in a lawn mower race? Or twenty exactly the same powerboats in an offshore powerboat race? Why? Because once everyone has achieved the requisite skill required to pilot said craft expertly, the event then becomes a procession ordered according to the body mass and dimension in relation to the power supply of the day. You may call that 'Fullers Law'
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Rupert
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Posted: 04 Jun 15 at 10:49am |
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In a formula one race I'd not expect 1 formula one car, one Le Mans car, a classic ford Escort Mexico, a Mazda MX5 and a Ford Galaxy, which is roughly what a handicap race is. The Formula one thing is more like the Merlin Rocket fleet - design ideas round a pretty tight set of rules. Same with bikes, running shoes (unless someone is going to use DMs) and even snails - I'd not expect someone to bring a millipede.
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Woodburner
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Except the formula one cars all have different engines. And the bikes can have different pedals, be made of different metal types...
Sorry that argument doesn't hold, is there any other field of human conflict where everyone is expected to use exactly the same weapon?
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Rupert
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Posted: 04 Jun 15 at 10:55am |
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Yes.
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turnturtle
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armadillos
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Posted: 04 Jun 15 at 4:17pm |
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Hi Dave,
On the East Coast you are surrounded by a hot-bed of International OK sailing. For a 40 year old, 75kg+ sailor there are few better boats available. There are a fair few boats just down the road sailing on the Deben. There are also fleets dotted around the East Cost which include Waldringfield, Brightlingsea, West Mersea, Felixstowe Ferry, Ardleigh and Up River - plus we all get together for some great fleet racing at Alton Water over the winter. Then we can get started on the international competition (Worlds in Poland 2015 with 98 boats entered so far, Quiberon 2016, BARBADOS 2017, Germany 2018 and Auckland 2019) and the standard of the fleet sailing the boats (Nick Craig, Jim Hunt, Charlie Cumbley... the list goes on). Boats are readily available with a number of fine examples up for sale currently. If you want to have a go then give me a call at Synergy Marine (01473 809298) and you can test sail my boat at AYC for a weekend - I might even be able to deliver it! Cheers, Simon |
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