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    Posted: 05 Jan 10 at 8:12pm

Originally posted by laser4000

the 1st ISAF TR Worlds was hosted by West Kirby in Freddies with Playstation branding. The boats were all Porters with swept-back rudders. I'm pleased to see that those boats are still going strong amongst the northern universities, but roll-tacking those is a nightmare - if you're not careful you fill up.

Or when the wind gets up and people start to capsize them! Looking round from the safety RIB and seeing 3 boats with transoms below the water crew looking bemused and of the other 9 2 going through nasty looking gybes and the other 7 planeing around is abit of a daunting moment.
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Originally posted by patj

[QUOTE]However its a bit limited as our uni bar is run by an outside company (hence the £2 a pint unlike other unis).[QUOTE]

Now I know why my daughter's skint. Pity she's not interested in sailing being in such a great location. Good luck with the boat hunt.

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Is she a fresher then? Hope she is enjoying herself. If she does nothing else, get her to try surfing. As for the sailing, we are working on it, these things take time.

We were talking and thought the J24 is great for teaching people on. Been looking at other keelboats which are relatively cheap. Before I say anything, can you guys reccomend some good, cheap keelboats?

Potentially we have access to a flying 15. Never sailed one so no idea what they are like. How about squibs? What else is cheap?
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Originally posted by Quagers

I think newcastle got 6 new to them lest year, not sure who they brought them off, but assume is was another uni who got them new. They had sponsered sails (playstation) so that would suggest they had been involved with someone like west kirby at some point.


the 1st ISAF TR Worlds was hosted by West Kirby in Freddies with Playstation branding. The boats were all Porters with swept-back rudders. I'm pleased to see that those boats are still going strong amongst the northern universities, but roll-tacking those is a nightmare - if you're not careful you fill up.
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I think newcastle got 6 new to them lest year, not sure who they brought them off, but assume is was another uni who got them new. They had sponsered sails (playstation) so that would suggest they had been involved with someone like west kirby at some point.
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Did they buy 6 new all those years ago, or have they gathered them together since? Impressed either way - the former because they have kept them running, the latter for having stayed glued to boats and outboards for years at a time!
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Originally posted by Rupert

Certainly not for uni boats. If owned privately, it is certainly possible to get them up to speed if you look after them, but they certainly wouldn't take a bashing, and you'd never find 6!

Tell that to Newcastle and Leeds unis to name a few! Lots of unis have flights of 6 porters, but ive never seen a set in good nic.
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[QUOTE]However its a bit limited as our uni bar is run by an outside company (hence the £2 a pint unlike other unis).[QUOTE]

Now I know why my daughter's skint. Pity she's not interested in sailing being in such a great location. Good luck with the boat hunt.

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Originally posted by Quagers

Btw, i was getting confused earlier, for harken fireflys read porter. And still dont do it!

Certainly not for uni boats. If owned privately, it is certainly possible to get them up to speed if you look after them, but they certainly wouldn't take a bashing, and you'd never find 6!
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Btw, i was getting confused earlier, for harken fireflys read porter. And still dont do it!
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Originally posted by tmoore

With regards to outside funding, what type of creative, community involvement would be needed? Could we run courses open to the public yet still make healthy profits to keep upgrading/expanding? Is there anyone/anthing specific we need to be targeting or including to secure funding?



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