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    Posted: 06 Jun 13 at 7:00am
Actually, thinking about it. I take my last comment back. Perhaps it was a cheap shot. I still don't believe the sail numbers relate to physical boat sails. But you are right given my relationship to a competitor, it's out of order so I retract it.

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Anyway... I'm cracking open the 8.4 sail this weekend. But not on my boat 0 I'll be on one of the ones out in Menorca... yep, booked a last minute holiday there last Friday and fly out tomorrow for a week. 

It's looking like a steady 10-14knts this weekend so should be a good start. Oh, and the 29°C weather forecast isn't bad either!
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Hanna, I am in Menorca at the moment. It's roasting hot out here but has been pretty windy all week. The conditions look perfect for you! I am very jealous. I had enquired about hiring a boat whilst out here but Menorca sailing don't do hire only courses/holidays. The other option was hire a laser pico locally but that wasn't worth upsetting the wife over.

Good luck and enjoy the Menorca sunshine, it's stunning out here!

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Originally posted by Ruscoe

I still don't believe the sail numbers relate to physical boat sails.  

of course they do.  You can call 100 sailors (current and old) muppets for any number of reasons, but we do/did at least stick our sail numbers on the sails in the correct order.  Wink


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No soreness here, just trying to be fair.
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Originally posted by yellowwelly


Originally posted by Ruscoe

I still don't believe the sail numbers relate to physical boat sails.  

of course they do.  You can call 100 sailors (current and old) muppets for any number of reasons, but we do/did at least stick our sail numbers on the sails in the correct order.  Wink


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Didn't they start at 100, so if they are in the 400's now then that's about 100 boats a year which sounds about right given they sell globally, and the time it took for production to even deliver the first fifty, it doesn't mean there are necessarily any more than about fifty or sixty in circulation in the UK but I'd be surprised if it was less.
This it the fourth year of production and we're in the home market, a bigger market than perhaps the D1 enjoys if it is the comparison with the D1 which is in consideration, for all their faults, I think it is in everyone's interest that RS continue to succeed. They may churn out mediocrity now and again, but on the whole they back their play with consumers, have a good customer service record, run events (even though they make the mistake of timing out their sponsors)and are a beacon of near professionalism in a business of cottage inefficiency so to be fair this probably isn't the thread to be having a go at them anyway..
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Originally posted by Neptune

No soreness here, just trying to be fair.

I think given that there is a bucket load if 100 sailors and owners of the rs business posting here. Your post hardly airs on the side of 'fairness' but there you go.

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Originally posted by Ruscoe

Originally posted by Neptune

No soreness here, just trying to be fair.

I think given that there is a bucket load if 100 sailors and owners of the rs business posting here. Your post hardly airs on the side of 'fairness' but there you go.

Fancy that given the thread title...  Wink
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Originally posted by Ruscoe

Hanna, I am in Menorca at the moment. It's roasting hot out here but has been pretty windy all week. The conditions look perfect for you! I am very jealous. I had enquired about hiring a boat whilst out here but Menorca sailing don't do hire only courses/holidays. The other option was hire a laser pico locally but that wasn't worth upsetting the wife over.

Good luck and enjoy the Menorca sunshine, it's stunning out here!

Good to hear... I'd better dig out that SPF50! 
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