Fireballs Nationals

They should have made the fireball assymm years ago, with that nose it could also have a fabulous swinging pole, imagine what one would be like fully down to weight, sandwich construction, carbon rig and mast head assym kite on a long swinging pole, it would absolutely rock.

Originally posted by iGRF They should have made the fireball assymm years ago, with that nose it could also have a fabulous swinging pole, imagine what one would be like fully down to weight, sandwich construction, carbon rig and mast head assym kite on a long swinging pole, it would absolutely rock.

Edited by mozzy - 25 Jul 18 at 8:19am

Originally posted by mozzy it's now too fast to sail at half the venues fireballs are popular at.

Ha I could just imagine you telling some Escort Mexico driving fireball owner from the past that one day some snowflake would think his Fireball was too fast. And the only people who think swinging sprits are a relic of the past? They never learned to use one to good effect or drove a boat with one with a wide angle.

Edited by iGRF - 25 Jul 18 at 9:53am

Originally posted by turnturtle Originally posted by iGRF They should have made the fireball assymm years ago someone tried it, it sucked...

Well they didn't do it properly then. No good letting sym sailors try to design assyms, would be like using a windsurfer to design SUPS..

doh.

Yes - there seem to be a lot more Fireballs around than any other medium sized two man trapeze boat - fairly healthy generally

They are fairly useful in most breezes and acre indeed one of the few trapeze boats that can be sailed at smaller venues

Messing about with an asymmetric would certainly kill it off - if you wanted an asymmetric why would you simply not go for a boat that was designed with it already ?