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    Posted: 15 Jan 08 at 7:01pm

Apparently the older boats in the early 600 numbers are built to a higher standard, and RS lowered this as they had to build more to demand. I think there were some serious problems with either the 7 or 800 numbers. There's a possibility that the early 600's were Ovington built?? Can't really remember, maybe someone with a better memory than me would care to clarify???   
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Early 600s were indeed built by Ovington. Production switched to RMW somewhere in the 800 numbers I believe, certainly my old boat GBR783 was an Ovington boat. You can tell the difference by looking at the gel coat, Ovington grey is lighter than the RMW grey and doesnt seem to have the slight green tinge to it.
All the boats were built solidly and the only issues with quality crept in with a batch of RMW boats in the 900s (around 924 I think), The problems cropped up due to new staff at RMW not understanding the build process fully and I believe that a few bits (bulkheads) were missed out in the build. Matt Humphreys boat suffered this fate and he found that it flexed visibly around the daggerboard box/ kickbar, and ended up with the rudder post cracking away. LDC took these boats back seperated the deck from the hull and fitted all the bits they'd forgotten first time around and sold the boats on, I believe as approved seconds.
So dont worry about 600's they're bullet proof.
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yep that's what i was thinking about! thanks
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I did a month's work experience at Ovi's in 1997(?) and they were building the 600s then.  Amazing build quality and attention to detail.
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Mines got a serious grove in the back of the case which means the board can move massivly. The boat also leaks and is getting progressivly worse. It was sinking at the back at the BM through tacks which was very annoying. I'm going to have
to stand it on it's end and fill the grove with epoxy and some other wonderful substances. 
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you dont need to stand it on its end, turning it upside down worked fine for me. (is that george not alex?)
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If you stand it on it's end the back of the case is then horizontal rather than vertical so you're not trying to work against gravity
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but you need good weather or somewhere wih a 14 foot high ceiling. also can you get high enough up to be able to see what you're doing properly if you stand the boat on its end?
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Originally posted by mike ellis

but you need good weather or somewhere wih a 14 foot high ceiling. also can you get high enough up to be able to see what you're doing properly if you stand the boat on its end?

Depends how tall you are

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And today's alliteration award goes to TT!
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