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SimonW ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 15 Dec 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 26 |
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Those keelboat harnesses, including the one I used on Solings, are quite different in that the direction of support is nearly vertical upwards by the time you are sitting on the side of the boat. Very comfortable, but still a b*gger to get back in after a long beat.
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Simon Wilkins
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fab100 ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 Mar 11 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1005 |
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400s and Merlin's have mainsheet hoops that might make this workable.
But grumph, has no one told you they are called toe straps not shin straps for a reason? And even with your new device, you don't actually seem to be anywhere near hiking fully
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alstorer ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 02 Aug 07 Location: Cambridge Online Status: Offline Posts: 2899 |
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yes it is a step away. The star and yngling "hiking harnesses" clip to a point in the boat. I'm not convinced this is any way a sane idea.
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boatbasher ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 17 Aug 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 76 |
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Innovation is great but stupid ideas will always be stupid ideas ... |
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kneewrecker ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Apr 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1586 |
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much as I'm first in line to chuck to rotten tomatoes, turds and cabbage at Fuller in the stocks, maybe we need to be a little open minded.
After all, there's enough love going around for Mr Simpson in that chest harness right now, is this that much of a step away from hiking harness seen on the Star Crews? He just seems to have stepped-up the system for singlehanded smaller boats... it might not work, but bless him for having the courage to have a go. I actually think that with some adapted technique, it's not as dumb as it seems- I'd certainly try it before writing the idea off and I'd certainly take the piss more if he bought a beach cat...
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getafix ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 28 Mar 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2143 |
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But respect for him, once again proving he is willing to go to self ridiculing lengths for this great sport!
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getafix ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 28 Mar 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2143 |
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You missed the obvious but heretical suggestion; a keelboat. It might actually help dear GRF sort out a lot of the stuff crashing around in his head, for me yacht racing is far more tactical than dinghy in that situations tend to evolve slower, take longer to work or correct, there is a plenty of one design so no need for handicapping rants and he can do it with others, so there's a solution to his well know dislike of single handing.....
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dohertpk ![]() Posting king ![]() Joined: 28 Sep 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 172 |
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There are two infinitely more elegant ways to deal with hiking pain; hit the gym and/or buy a trapeze boat. Occam's razor springs to mind...
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winging it ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 Mar 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3958 |
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I think we'd have to take at least ten points off his py if he went out with such a blatant piece of banditry.
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the same, but different...
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JimC ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662 |
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Na, rather than bother with the harness and stuff, why not have a plank that you can slide over the side of the boat and sit on...
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