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    Posted: 10 Aug 20 at 8:20pm
Originally posted by tink

As a counter poise, the Tera Pro is styled to look like an adult dinghy. If you’re going to increase the cost of the Topper there are probably more appropriate and appealing ways than striped sails. 

Also roto moulded dinghies are generally the same colour and it costs nothing to change the colour of them compared to an injection moulding (not sure many people here understand what an injection moulding machine is)

I understand what an IJ machine is; the Topper was the largest ever injection molded panel at the time ... very innovative. The mold cost a fortune.

The used to change colours frequently so why not now?
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Still a couple of pink boats at my club, one recently sold.
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As a counter poise, the Tera Pro is styled to look like an adult dinghy. If you’re going to increase the cost of the Topper there are probably more appropriate and appealing ways than striped sails. 

Also roto moulded dinghies are generally the same colour and it costs nothing to change the colour of them compared to an injection moulding (not sure many people here understand what an injection moulding machine is)
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I liked the stripy sails, just a nod to it now.
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I had a yellow one and a couple of blue ones ... they also used to do limited editions in odd colours like tope and grey ... so it can't be that big a deal changing colours.

Also - it used to be class rules that the 3 middle panels on the sail had to be coloured; now they are all white ... 

Shame to turn it into a one colour only class.
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Originally posted by tink

1000 tones is the clamping pressure of the injection moulding machine. I have designed a plastic parts requiring a few £M of tooling so come with a little knowledge (my ex boss in the team that developed the Topper tooling) . Perhaps if you had two colours you would get cost increase of somewhere north of £50. Increase the number of colours and the increase will skyrocket. 
Makes you wonder how anyone affords a Hobie sail ;)
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I have heard stories of very odd patterned decks from when they used to change colours. Whether true or apocryphal I have no idea.
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1000 tones is the clamping pressure of the injection moulding machine. I have designed a plastic parts requiring a few £M of tooling so come with a little knowledge (my ex boss in the team that developed the Topper tooling) . Perhaps if you had two colours you would get cost increase of somewhere north of £50. Increase the number of colours and the increase will skyrocket. 
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Yet they used to manage - and they used to sell more.  At the very least, a different colour sail would cost less than £50 more, being very generous, to make in different colours.  

1000 tons?!  Not the weight of the machines surely? 
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Purging two 1000 ton injection moulding machines will not be cheap plus  purchasing and inventory management everyone wins with a standard colour. 
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