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Are all dinghies beautiful? |
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Bootscooter 
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 Topic: Are all dinghies beautiful?Posted: 17 Dec 18 at 7:30pm |
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In no particular order;
Flying Dutchman Finn 505 Tornado D-Zero RS300 Europe Magnum-era Moths SSD Rocket Moth B14 Cornish Shrimper Should have been drowned at birth (for crimes against aesthetics; Skipper (all of them) RS Aero Hobie 16 Superfoilers Super-narrow Moths (lowriders) British Moth |
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Cirrus
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Posted: 17 Dec 18 at 7:44pm |
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I love my Shrimper (the 'other' boat) dearly and think they are an all time design classic ... But I do struggle to see it as a 'dinghy' really at 1,065kg and with that more 'relaxed' approach to speed !
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ttc546
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Posted: 17 Dec 18 at 8:09pm |
Have been looking at buying a Shrimper myself for next year when we move to Mersea Island. Agree they are an all time classic and perfect for the Blackwater area. My Aero for racing/blasting, Shrimper for relaxing fun with the other half.
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Sam.Spoons
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Posted: 17 Dec 18 at 9:24pm |
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The Shrimper is a lovely looking boat, definitely not a dinghy, but I do fancy one when I'm too old for the Spice (it'll be that or a Sadler 25, another gorgeous non-dinghy).
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Spice 346 "Flat Broke"
Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish" |
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Bootscooter
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Posted: 18 Dec 18 at 11:27pm |
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Centreboard - tick. Why not a big Dinghy?😜
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Sam.Spoons
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Posted: 19 Dec 18 at 9:10am |
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'Cos it has a lid on it
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Spice 346 "Flat Broke"
Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish" |
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Cirrus
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Posted: 19 Dec 18 at 10:07am |
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... So a 'Sportsboat' then I suppose.... No not really
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Sam.Spoons
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Posted: 19 Dec 18 at 10:37am |
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Spice 346 "Flat Broke"
Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish" |
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getafix
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Posted: 21 Dec 18 at 10:35am |
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Dragon for me, absolutely the most beautiful keelboat IMO. Etchells look good under sail, as do Solings, Swallows and Redwings. I suppose the Shrimper has some oldy-worldy charm.
Beautiful dinghies is a tougher job to narrow down to just one. If pushed I'd have to say NSM/Summer Wine/NSM2 era Merlin Rockets were gorgeous, as were Nat12's around the same time. Scorpion hasn't had a mention yet and should have done! Old-school cold-moulded Firefly's and the redoubtable Osprey's both have lots of charm. Hard to look past a Bonnezi Contender with single-handers for me. D-Zero is pretty, so are British Moths, in an odd-but-charming sort of way (bit like Thales A-Raters and Norfolk Punts)
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