59er sailing.

Originally posted by turnturtle Originally posted by alstorer I think it also had problems in that a "difficult to sail welll, high performance two man hiker" is a tiny niche to aim for. Whilst I love the B14 (which is arguably more difficult), it's not like there's massive numbers of those have sold. The 59er would really have needed to kill the B to succeed, but it is a slower boat- hardly stood a chance. ... and those that did buy one couldn't decide if they wanted to put a wire on it or not. This indecisive little pimp not only questioned whether the boat was designed correctly, (if it was, why pimp?) but it opened up a whole can of worms on anti-competitiveness for those with our without a string. Quite frankly anyone interested would have gone straight for a B14 instead- they'd killed off the single string version 10 years ago. Good luck with the revival- best thing you can do is get those boats in pseudo-early retirement back on the open market for new owners to appreciate all the more than their originals... then maybe, you never know, some of you might just decide to upgrade to new craft in a few years and inadvertently become the pilot light for whole heap of new boat sales.

Thanks for the critique and input lads. .

As for the B14 vs. 59er thingy, I'm not going there. The two boats have their respective advantages/disadvantages. As for being slower than a B14, it's interesting to note that the 59er was faster upwind in restricted waters than the 49er, due to it being better to roll-tack. Naturally, downwind, there's no doubt the B14 is faster, but the 59er is easier to kite launch and the drops are much cleaner due to the shute. I guess I'm happy with what I've got.

As for increased boat sales or further manufacture, I'm not sure. I'm certainly not holding my breath. Dave Hall is apparently very supportive. John Bennett is doing the donkey work at the moment to revive the class and I'm just using my mouth. .

Jim.

Edited by Slippery Jim

I think the 59er looks like a great boat, i for one would love one as a second boat.  The problem is finding one!  The other problem is the price people ask for a second hand racing dinghy with no class back up.  (I can see it from their point of view guessing how much they probably paid for it new!)  The 59er looks perfect for me and my brother to sail when we do the handicap events,  Does anyone fancy lending us one??!!

Originally posted by Merlinboy I think the 59er looks like a great boat, i for one would love one as a second boat.  The problem is finding one!  The other problem is the price people ask for a second hand racing dinghy with no class back up.  (I can see it from their point of view guessing how much they probably paid for it new!)  The 59er looks perfect for me and my brother to sail when we do the handicap events,  Does anyone fancy lending us one??!!

If you fancy coming over to Munich on a cheap sleezy jet flight next summer, you can try it on the Ammersee. No probs, beer and brezen all inc. I'll be going up to Belgium and North France a couple of times to link up with the skiffbenelux.com sailors. LucM did have a go on the Ovingtons demo boat, but plumped for an RS400.

Keep in touch,

Jim.

 

 

 

 

Great stuff Patj!

Where do you sail? Hae you got in touch with John Bennett? Tel. No.´s on in
the 59er class section under "Calling all 59er owners"

Cheers!

Jim B. 59er GBR103 Slippery When Wet.

Originally posted by skslr If you want to help your "class", maybe you should move a little bit more carefully when "using your mouth" in general...

That seems like a very aggressive and offensive reply to a quite harmless and inoffensive comment... Perhaps you should rephrase it.