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    Posted: 11 Jan 12 at 4:56pm
And they are such a great boat to sail, at my weight it would be ideal, and as Vronny has built them in the past would be interesting. However, just luv the Blaze too much..

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Post Options Post Options   Quote BBSCFaithfull Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Jan 12 at 5:05pm
Ovington produce the best boats i've found with the whole package being great. If i could afford a new boat they would be my first choice.

If i was local to weymouth as well RMW would be a great choice built loads of 14s i've sailed on and have been great boats

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Post Options Post Options   Quote winging it Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Jan 12 at 5:14pm
no mention of Rondar...
the same, but different...

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Post Options Post Options   Quote Jon711 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Jan 12 at 5:16pm
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Thought the Yanks rated Ronadr, or at least used to, for the 5o5s and for those Viper keel boats?
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Hughph Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Jan 12 at 6:17pm
There is a reason Rondar haven't been mentioned! I personally haven't had a very good experience with their build quality recently on a team racing order of 6 fireflys.. 

I surprised nobody else has mentioned McConaghy as well
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Well, Rondar have done  great job producing hundreds of Fireflies for students to trash at a reasonable price, and are now exporting them to America, so whilst they may not be making beautiful veneer covered boats, they are certainly doing what they do very well.
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Evil Smile  Surely, it has to be Laser, perfect in every way  Evil Smile

Its not like any of their boats are built too heavily, down to a cost, as if it were still the 70's, or anything like that.

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A big overwhelming positive vote for Ovington from me, and I've served my time as a boat builder. They are my favourite, and the reasons behind this are;
 
1) Quality of lamination
2) Finish of hull
3) General quality policy
4) Never had an overweight boat from them
5) Next boat will be as good as the last
6) Service
7) Eye for detail, never seen any of the boats I've had where I've thought someones finished that job and thought "screw it, that's good enough". Can't say that for some other builders.
 
I haven't had a boat from Synthesize, but when they had an A-Rater at the dinghy show, was very impressed by the quality of that boat too.
 


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What's actually wrong with building down to a cost? There's a place for both cheap'n'cheerful and deluxe in this world.
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