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    Posted: 26 Jun 05 at 9:30pm

The current ISAF Youth boat is currently the 420.

How can you say the point all the kids want to sail the 29erX is not far off when the boat has not even been made yet!!



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Originally posted by Jon Emmett

Well the 29er is the ISAF Youth boat so I think its future is pretty bright! (There will be lots of boats at the Weymouth Youth Nationals next year!)

Designs do get improved (the 49er is now a better build, especially the mast and sails) but will not get replaced, ten years and still going strong!

29erX is designed to full a specific gap ("49er" Olympic performance boat for Women).

The 29er is designed for Youths and is by the sound of it much easier to sail than the 29erX.

Full details may be found on Bethwaite website...

It was you who said the 29er was the ISAF youth boat. Your confusing yourself, and me with it!

And what I'm saying is that WHEN the 29erX comes out all the kids will want to sail it.
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Sorry to be clear the 420 is the current boat and the 29er will be....

 

I am sure as you put it "all the kids" want to sail the 49er but the fact is they do not. They sail the 29er, as it is appropriate for the skill/size of the sailors...
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Is the 29erX not going to be designed for a similiar weight and skill range to the 29er? I'm sure the majority of 29er sailors would be looking to step up to the bigger rig.

Are there any 29er sailors out there to comment on this?
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At something like 3000 pounds for the new all carbon mast and new sails they can look for a long time before they actually fork out the readies...
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And if you don't believe me...from our friends at Breizh Skiff...

"J'ai mailé Julian pour avoir qq infos et voici la réponse :

The present plan is that one rig will go with me to San Fran on Friday this week and another rig will go to Europe/UK again on Friday with a consignment of mast to Ovingtons.

The Canadians/US and UK/Europeans will play for the month of July and if everyone is happy , we can then comitt to a rig and rig plan on Aug 1st.

Sails will cost about $AUD 3000 and the mast complete will all the bits you need, about $AUD 4400 so about $AUD7500 will get you a rig. Presently the $AUD = $US0.77 or Euro 0.62 so its about 4300 euro complete.

C'est donc pour bientôt...  Cheesy Cheesy"
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Originally posted by Blobby

And if you don't believe me...from our friends at Breizh Skiff...

"J'ai mailé Julian pour avoir qq infos et voici la réponse :

The present plan is that one rig will go with me to San Fran on Friday this week and another rig will go to Europe/UK again on Friday with a consignment of mast to Ovingtons.

The Canadians/US and UK/Europeans will play for the month of July and if everyone is happy , we can then comitt to a rig and rig plan on Aug 1st.

Sails will cost about $AUD 3000 and the mast complete will all the bits you need, about $AUD 4400 so about $AUD7500 will get you a rig. Presently the $AUD = $US0.77 or Euro 0.62 so its about 4300 euro complete.

C'est donc pour bientôt...  Cheesy Cheesy"

Dis, Blobby, tu peux traduire tout les trucs en anglais, stp ?
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Oui - bref - tres cher, peut etre trop cher...

 
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Originally posted by Blobby

And if you don't believe me...from our friends at Breizh Skiff...

Glad to see that breizhskiff.com is an international reference !!!

Tu passes souvent Blobby ?
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