Bell Flyer

   i know where theres one of these for sale for a stupidly cheap price, and as i've just sold my laser 2 i am rearly tempted. But i can't find any infomation on them anywhere, probebly due to only a few ever being built.

Does anybody know any details of these boats? PN, number built, class website etc.

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Chris _Laser2 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 15 Aug 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chris _Laser2 Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Bell Flyer Posted: 04 Sep 04 at 1:55pm
	i know where theres one of these for sale for a stupidly cheap price, and as i've just sold my laser 2 i am rearly tempted. But i can't find any infomation on them anywhere, probebly due to only a few ever being built. Does anybody know any details of these boats? PN, number built, class website etc.
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ChrisJ Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Far too distracted from work Joined: 07 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 337	Post Options Post Reply Quote ChrisJ Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Sep 04 at 9:29pm
	Never heard of it. Its not in my Sailing Dinghy guide from 1973. A company called Bell made the Mirror (and other) kits at one time. If this is a kit boat from 25 years ago or more, it might not be too strong now..... Edited by ChrisJ

Chris _Laser2 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 15 Aug 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chris _Laser2 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 05 Sep 04 at 1:09am
	no, its from the early 90's, just before bell went bust. Its a 2 man, single trappeze asymetric dinghy. it's 14 foot long, wood construction. but thats about all i know.
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Barty Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 240	Post Options Post Reply Quote Barty Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 05 Sep 04 at 6:56pm
	As you rightly said there were very few made. We had one at our club about 5 years ago but it never raced so we had no need to find a PN. Bell was run by Terry Smith but I have no longer got any valid contact details. I know that he did a lot of work with Dave Gebhard of Trident to get the GRP mirror sorted so maybe Dave would have an e-mail or contact numbers (www.trident-uk.com). As far as I know there is no class association as so few were made. Terry is your best bet as he should have the numbers you need. Hope this helps.
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Rupert Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rupert Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Sep 04 at 11:00am
	It was, if memory serves me right, designed by Roland Whitehead, a cat designer (he tried his hand at the C class). I think the hope was to rekindle home building fireball style with a modern asymmetric boat. Sadly, people have more access to credit and less time these days, so it failed.

flyermatt Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 20 Apr 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote flyermatt Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 May 05 at 4:22pm
	hey, not sure if u have moved on the the days of looking at a bell flyer or not, but i currently own one, they are 1007 PY num, sails well, few glitchs tho! there were about 5made thats all i found out about. some have changed over the time since they were built, wings put on them etc. the design was a similar proposal to the BUZZ, but the launch was too late(according to the designer) and this ment the buzz/iso had already taken over the assemetric market.

Chris Noble Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 26 Nov 04 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 710	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chris Noble Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 24 May 05 at 5:55pm
	there is one on ebay right now if anyone is interested..., just type in dinghy in the search
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timnoyce Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991	Post Options Post Reply Quote timnoyce Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 24 May 05 at 9:43pm
	buy it. i've sailed it a few times and its a good boat. in fact... i'm the helm in the ebay pics
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