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    Posted: 17 Jun 05 at 5:52pm
Originally posted by fergus h

does an ultra 30 not count as a skiff?

Nope. No way. Not a hope.
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Why doesn't it class as a skiff, it planes upwind and downwind and when we did round the island we had 3/4 of the boat out of the water on 2 sails!

Why would you say not a hope?

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does anyone else think that if 12ft skiffs were more available they would become quite popular, they are lookers and seem to go very well indeed, in my opinion they would plug a whole in the market. any other opinions as i may be completely wrong, anyway just a thought.
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The UK has a 12ft skiff just minus 2/3 of it's rigs.... it's called a UK
Cherub.

Avaliablity is an interesting word. 12ft skiffs / UK Cherubs are freely
avaliable. You just need to get a boat builder to build one or build one
yourself. The plans for both are freely avaliable.

To build a 12ft skiff in the UK you are looking at around £17,000 perhaps
more.
A UK Cherub is more like £8,500 / £9,000 i.e it only has one rig.

Interest in the UK Cherub is high, so yes 12ft Skiff would / will become
popular. But you still need the skills to sail one.
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