Frankenboat - what's yours?

Originally posted by Sam.Spoons Yup, I bang on about the PN of the Spice to the despair of some on here ;) Spice is the same length as an I14 (I believe the hull form is a pretty much a copy of an '80s I14 though I suspect more rocker) with a smaller rig and more weight (both of which make it somewhat less frisky). Like you I bought mine as my first dinghy when returning from 30 years of windsurfing. Not so much for the racing in my case and to sail on the sea so it has been perfect. What did you replace your Spice with?

Having not had good class racing (and other half seeing the challenge of tactics) I went to a Hunter 707 in 2000 where there was generally around 50 boats on the startline at every race of the season. Didn't return to dinghies again until 2011, which was initially a Solo until I realised it was only a Phantom that I fitted in.


Edited by rb_stretch - 27 Feb 17 at 7:37pm

So.... take an old 700 and 49er. Rip the deck off the 700 and put a flush Skiff style deck on it (or mate the 49er deck with some extensive trimming). The spinnaker can run under the deck so no sock to wear out and trip over. Attach the 9er wings and rig (minus the jib) now you have a monster! Sort of what they did for the 900 but for a 7

Edited by Oli - 12 Mar 17 at 9:13am

As it happens just started one today  ......

Icon prototype hull now otherwise redundant - cut freeboard off it to lighten it even further and reduce aero drag.  Put new lower simplified deck on it.   This narrows it considerably as well ... so add tubular wing system (rather familiar to me anyway !) but wide enough to get heeels outside of hull and add an uber lightweight carbon stick rig. 

Halo area type sail (so very much D1 / Phantom area) and then we'll see about a spinnaker.  We know the underwater profile is extremely easily driven and refined without being 'difficult' on any point of sailing and this one will plane all day up and down wind with total ease.... Been wanting to do it for years ....

No it is not commercial at all but it will show just what 'might have been' at a different time..... A fun winter project if nothing else gets in the way..... 

Edited by Cirrus - 26 Sep 17 at 3:28pm

oh er - single-hander as you ask .... 

So, another Blaze, this time with a pointy bow to go down the mine even faster?