Which Skiff....

dont you think that the development classes are for preety young people or you have loads of time to build the boat and stay competetive. 

Yes what Phill Eltringham says is quite true, being in the student with little money but plenty of time category, its true the top guys are sponsered. However the fact the boats are development mean that you can get second hand good condition sails etc for a quite a reasonable price, also being students me and my mate have developed a t foil for the boat using foils off of windsurfers (recomended by one of the top i14 blokes) this means that if you have some skills in boat work its actually not to bad copst wise - the most expensive thing has to be new up to date sails, as they can charge the top guys loads. However new old style sails (slight difference in size, cut etc) are very very cheap!

Hopefully someday someone will sponser us for new kit which would be brilliant.

The problem with the one designs like the laser is that they control the sail design and production and thus laser charge £300 + for a new radial (4.76sqm) sail, in comparison for a brand new I14 jib (4.64sqm) is only 50 quid from batts sails!


Edited by ssailor

there is a reasonable looking cherub on the class site for £800.  Its one of those boats where you get a cheap one to learn in, and once you have mastered it get the new kit and spank the opposition!  Such is the way of the development class.

thats where your wrong i'm afraid blobby if you shop around like me and big man did you can pick one up for a decent price we paid 4 grand did a little work and its now worth about 5 grand. We should finish in the top ten at the nationals, Though scorps can win the nationals at any age aslong as its the new hull shape

never sed it was just answering blobby's question