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    Posted: 04 Nov 11 at 2:49pm
So what about the Selden North UK 3.7 class?? Ben McGrane has recently been seen on a Contender doing quite well and at 74kg would be an ideal test pilot / sail developer.
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... mast head as standard.

I wasn't going to have a kite on mine....
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Originally posted by tgruitt

Originally posted by timnoyce

... mast head as standard.

I wasn't going to have a kite on mine....
 
Really?  Why? (genuine question).
 
They appear to have a permenent stick out the front, which is a pain - would it be possible to built in a retracting system?
 
 
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Originally posted by tgruitt

Originally posted by timnoyce

... mast head as standard.

I wasn't going to have a kite on mine....

and already the fledgling class fragments!  
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It is very easy to see why there are 3 million different classes out there, isn't it?!
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what are the rig dimensions? i can get you a sail :)
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I think I'd go down the home build mast route to keep the cost down. Either that or let's get some jigs and build wings?!

Kite has gotta be mast head or nothing... for the look more than anything else. Can't remember the last time I saw a non masthead kite monohull and didn't think it looked like it was lacking something...
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Originally posted by Bootscooter

Originally posted by tgruitt

Originally posted by timnoyce

... mast head as standard.

I wasn't going to have a kite on mine....
 
Really?  Why? (genuine question).
 
They appear to have a permenent stick out the front, which is a pain - would it be possible to built in a retracting system?
 
 


Because I want something I can sit on downwind and just point it at the mark!
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Originally posted by tgruitt

Originally posted by Bootscooter

Originally posted by tgruitt

Originally posted by timnoyce

... mast head as standard.

I wasn't going to have a kite on mine....
 
Really?  Why? (genuine question).
 
They appear to have a permenent stick out the front, which is a pain - would it be possible to built in a retracting system?
 
 


Because I want something I can sit on downwind and just point it at the mark!
 
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This thread reminds me of the six foot skiffs that everyone was going to build.

But... the 3.7 is a modern classic - not too old-fashioned, and not too wacky/ difficult/overcanvassed, so it could happen.
Commercial build + carbon spars etc however won't be less than anything else similar eg solo, streaker

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