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    Posted: 14 May 06 at 12:55pm

Originally posted by JimC

A couple of thoughts on my thoughts...
More elegant by far to have a boat that hardly needs one.

But that means it would still be slightly better with one...

One step forwards, 2 steps back...
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Sail a 12, it means almost no rules and therefore you don't have to dream about it. Its allowed.

But maybe a 14ft long 12fter
12footers. The Only Way to FLY

Remember Professionals built the titanic, Amateurs built the ark.
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im dreaming about t foils, will 12's help me?
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up the sail size on a moth an put a trapeze on it!!! haha!
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Re the foiling 300, Clive Everest has a cut down 300 hull with a big rig, wings, traps and foils. Looks very difficult to sail....
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Originally posted by Blobby

Originally posted by JimC

to have a boat that hardly needs one.
But that means it would still be slightly better with one...


Almost any boat at current state of the art would get down a run faster with a big asymettric - even, I imagine, a foiler Moth. The new wave canoes will be no different. But that doesn't necessarily mean that stuffing a kite one would make them more enjoyable boats to own and race. A spinnaker less boat that never the less is slippery enough to sail hot angles is a lot more versatile for instance. which is great if your club does more complex courses than windward/leewards.
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havent IC sailors got enough on their hands without great big kites?

modifications:

1) a 1 piece mast with spreders instead of silly shroud things on the feva.

2) a bigger (mast head) kite on the feva (the main reason for the stiffer mast).

3) sod it lets go the whole hog, an all carbon feva.
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Originally posted by mike ellis

havent IC sailors got enough on their hands without great big kites?

modifications:

1) a 1 piece mast with spreders instead of silly shroud things on the feva.

2) a bigger (mast head) kite on the feva (the main reason for the stiffer mast).

3) sod it lets go the whole hog, an all carbon feva.



Why not just buy a real boat?
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Originally posted by Isis

Originally posted by mike ellis

havent IC sailors got enough on their hands without great big kites?

modifications:

1) a 1 piece mast with spreders instead of silly shroud things on the feva.

2) a bigger (mast head) kite on the feva (the main reason for the stiffer mast).

3) sod it lets go the whole hog, an all carbon feva.



Why not just buy a real boat?


Isis, i second that, motion forwarded! Time for a reall boat it is mike!
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mike.......he's right!
international moth - "what what?"
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