'Wow' Boats

   National 12, My first real boat. Gave me oodles of fun and taught me loads about sailing. 
Cherub(namely comfortably numb), great fun and s@*t scary in the breeze. Plus it did 14 knots upwind  
Moth, Scared the crap out of me because they make no noise on the foils and they creep up behind you 

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Smight at BBSC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 09 Jan 07 Location: Great Britain Online Status: Offline Posts: 1129	Post Options Post Reply Quote Smight at BBSC Report Post Quote Reply Topic: 'Wow' Boats Posted: 26 Aug 07 at 7:27pm
	National 12, My first real boat. Gave me oodles of fun and taught me loads about sailing. Cherub(namely comfortably numb), great fun and s@*t scary in the breeze. Plus it did 14 knots upwind Moth, Scared the crap out of me because they make no noise on the foils and they creep up behind you
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Lukepiewalker Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 24 May 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1341	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lukepiewalker Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 26 Aug 07 at 6:42pm
	You didn't write a bit for the class newsletter about your start in twelves did you Jack... When I got my first twelve it came with a couple of newsletters including a story about someone who started in a laser two but decided a change was in order when spousal (did I just make up a word?) relations reached defcon 1.....

Jack Sparrow Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2965	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jack Sparrow Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 26 Aug 07 at 11:37am
	Rob Peebles "Fifteen Minutes of Fame" and Nigle Wallers radical "Final Chapter". I saw them at the Chrystal Palace Boat show and they made me want to sail N12's. The boat on the N12 stand was old fashioned in comparision and we were leaving the show thinking we would stay with our Laser 2. MX-Ray. Fell in love with it as soon as I saw one. Moths sort of in general. But Andy P's Hydrofoiler and now the current versions. Cherub - 'Norwegian Blue'. My most recent Wow boat.... Edited by Jack Sparrow
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timnoyce Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991	Post Options Post Reply Quote timnoyce Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Aug 07 at 4:39pm
	Cherub Daemon... Not that i'm at all biassed

sargesail Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 14 Jan 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1459	Post Options Post Reply Quote sargesail Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Aug 07 at 2:04pm
	craiggo - I know what you mean about the Alpha -how I would have loved one instead of my yellow peril and the "Warrior"

craiggo Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 01 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1810	Post Options Post Reply Quote craiggo Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 24 Aug 07 at 8:02pm
	1. Alpha Grad, really smooth boat that got me hooked on the sport. 2. Laser, gave me independance 3. ISO, taught me the basics of high performanc (ish) sailing. 4. Dart 18, made me realise I was actually a fairly good sailor coming 3rd in my first ever event ! 5. RS600, At the time there was nothing like it and I learnt so much. 6. 49er, Perfectly balanced boat. Just a shame it was so ackward to land on the small leeward slipway at my club 7. RS700 or Musto Skiff. Both are truly awesome singlehanders, and I plan to keep my 700 for a long time !

Lukepiewalker Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 24 May 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1341	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lukepiewalker Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 24 Aug 07 at 6:44pm
	Right then.... 1) National 12. I remember having a go in a Cheshire Cat at the club open day when it was reasonably windy, I was used to boats that went 'up' on the plane, this one just kept going forward and faster.... I've owned two in the past 10-12 years even though I am a bit heavy for them but they are just great... 2) International 14. Specifically the Howlett 1B Ian Walker won the 1993 worlds in. I have never sailed a fourteen but I had just started sailing in 1992 and in the pictures in the magazine that boat just looked so cool. I think that was my favourite iteration of the fourteens before the racks and when they still had decks. Still my favourite uber-performance class. 3) Finn. As I have followed sailing over the years I was aware of the Finn, but where I have sailed I had never seen one up close. I went to the boat show in 2001 (post Sydney) and they had Ian Percys boat there. Cool... As a 'large' person I was between boats and liked the look of them. I went to the stand, acquired some class magazines and joined the class association as an associate member. Unfortunately at that stage I didn't manage to acquire an appropriate boat and it wasn't until last spring that the planets aligned and I finally got one. For some reason it just felt 'right' from the start....

Merlinboy Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 03 Jul 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3169	Post Options Post Reply Quote Merlinboy Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 24 Aug 07 at 5:51pm
	I'm going to get laughed off here but hey: 1 the Byte, i bought one of the first boats out i loved it it matched me my weight etc. perfectly (only problem was it has a peeved handicap) 2 Merlin Rocket, i love merlins, stunning boats to sail and look at - just fantastic 3 International 14, i am just in awe of this boat (if thats how you spell it) So much power, a true boat that you will never completly learn or mastr

sargesail Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 14 Jan 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1459	Post Options Post Reply Quote sargesail Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 24 Aug 07 at 2:11pm
	Hey Granite have you no space in your list for those decrepit L2Ks you nurtured!?

sargesail Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 14 Jan 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1459	Post Options Post Reply Quote sargesail Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 24 Aug 07 at 2:10pm
	RS 300 Bought one off the plans and loved it ever since. never fails to bring a smile to my face whether racing, training or playing. So much fun! Nat 12 - 2 sailed at the club I grew up at. Not modern shape but still completlely different to everything else I'd seen. Probably a bit aspirational too - I've pretty much always been too lardy to race one. Foiling Moth - same as above. Love the idea.