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iGRF 
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 Topic: Dinghy Show 2017Posted: 22 Feb 17 at 12:48pm |
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Not on a boat that weighs 72 kgs I agree even sailing off 1070 (What my spreadsheet suggests it should be), Now if the hull weighed 50 kgs had a trapeze and sailed off 1033 as a result, well that would be interesting. |
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RS400atC
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Posted: 22 Feb 17 at 12:43pm |
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F101 on the Harken stand.
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Cirrus
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Posted: 22 Feb 17 at 11:37am |
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Blaze Fire = 8.8m sail area
But please 'No' GRF - we are certainly not recommending it for you - it really would not be your cup of tea ! |
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maxibuddah
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Posted: 22 Feb 17 at 11:29am |
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Yep agreed James. Always went just to see the latest canoe, moth and other development boats. Let's face it seeing a laser or aero every year is not very interesting.
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Everything I say is my opinion, honest
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turnturtle
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Posted: 22 Feb 17 at 11:04am |
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it's seeing boats like Canoes which arguably make the Dinghy Show worth attending..... I'm not sure it really does much to actually encourage someone with vanilla tastes to go and buy one, but a show without a well-strung Merlin, International Canoe, the latest Cherub etc would make an otherwise dull day, even duller.
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Jack Sparrow
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Posted: 22 Feb 17 at 11:01am |
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Looks like Vlad Murnikov has been designing canoes! MX-Next anyone? Funny how a canoe is cool and a Russian designer is not.  |
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iGRF
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Posted: 22 Feb 17 at 10:56am |
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Best not to confuse indifference with sympathy.. ;-)
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Rupert
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Posted: 22 Feb 17 at 10:32am |
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I had a great chat to the IC folks last year, and look forward to popping by again.
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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iGRF
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Posted: 22 Feb 17 at 10:20am |
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Well that certainly looks worth going to have a look at and being ignored by somebody with a self satisfied smirk with a thought bubble above his head which says 'You wouldn't get it even if I tried to explain to you sonny so move on'.  Edited by iGRF - 22 Feb 17 at 10:21am |
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iGRF
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Well as a rule of thumb, I'm finding the optimum sail size one can handle across a broad range of conditions is ones weight in kilos over 10 in sq mtrs, given the volume of the boat is at least double that weight in litres, which most dinghys are. Ad a trapeze to that and the size increases by at least twenty five percent. So 70 kg over 10 = 7sq mtrs, plus 1.25 x 7 = 8.75 which is a guideline to the sort of sail size my weight should be capable of supporting at the top end with a trapeze providing the boat didn't weigh any more than me all up. I'm not sure what size that Fire rig is, but the Blaze is a similar Lump to the Contender and a well sailed Blaze can match a Contender in marginal conditions, not so when they're fully wired, but we're talking averages here, so I think in a perfect world a redesigned smaller rig could work for lightweights on a Contender just as it does on the Blaze certainly when the breeze is up. Edited by iGRF - 22 Feb 17 at 10:16am |
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And those are generally old designs - 470, FF, FD, IC, Oppie [joke!]. Or is that just me showing my age?! |
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