Projection 762 Help please?

   I'm still watching with interest , I've had a couple of e's from Brys , the assoc sounds good to me but I'm not so keen on one design ,SBR might well suit me, so far from anywhere.
To have others at hand to share probs and get info from is great .
Doug K7632R

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DOUGk911 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Groupie Joined: 23 Nov 06 Location: Blyth , Northumberland Online Status: Offline Posts: 65	Post Options Post Reply Quote DOUGk911 Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Projection 762 Help please? Posted: 07 Jan 07 at 6:51pm
	I'm still watching with interest , I've had a couple of e's from Brys , the assoc sounds good to me but I'm not so keen on one design ,SBR might well suit me, so far from anywhere. To have others at hand to share probs and get info from is great . Doug K7632R

chic Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 20 Dec 06 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 146	Post Options Post Reply Quote chic Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 07 at 3:54pm
	After a flurry of activity in December (when I wasn't able to post) this topic seems to have gone a bit quiet... I just wanted to reconfirm my support for the idea of a 762 class association. Have any owners heard from Brys who was the original author of this thread? I'm worried I may have missed the boat... Chic

TimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Posting king Joined: 18 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 153	Post Options Post Reply Quote TimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 07 at 9:40pm
	My boat (7633R, built November 1998) is Hull No19 if that helps shed any light! And it's the boat you used to sail Barnsie!
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chic Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 20 Dec 06 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 146	Post Options Post Reply Quote chic Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 07 at 6:52pm
	I stand corrected over sail numbers, I have to admit that it hadn't occurred to me that some numbers might already have been taken... it would however be interesting to know exactly how many have been built so far. And thanks George, Hobbes will most likely be kept at Port Edgar... I don't know that I'm brave enough to leave her on a mooring at Dalgety Bay; apart from anything the keel's a bit deep for those huge spring tides!

BarnsieB14768 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 30 Dec 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 126	Post Options Post Reply Quote BarnsieB14768 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 07 at 6:33pm
	Hi Folks We had a Projection 762 for a number of years, Wild Willie. We raced in Sail East and Ramsgate Week etc. The main reason we sold her was that we tended to be handicapped to too greater disadvantage when racing larger boats such as X332s etc in Class 2. However, we did enjoy sailing the boat and beat all boats of our size most of the time on the circuit and Medway. Those who have not sailed one and wish to get some great sailing will find the boat well balanced and very responsive if set up correctly and sailed well. Most of our team were B14 sailors. Have fun and bye for now Barnsie

DOUGk911 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Groupie Joined: 23 Nov 06 Location: Blyth , Northumberland Online Status: Offline Posts: 65	Post Options Post Reply Quote DOUGk911 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 07 at 3:00pm
	Re sail numbers , I don't suppose the 762 sail numbers started at 7620 ? There are some below this number ? What size assy kite do we use if we get a 3.5 metre pole then ? anyone got the dimensions ? Doug GBR7632R

GM Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 19 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 122	Post Options Post Reply Quote GM Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 07 at 1:55pm
	Good luck with the new boat Chic - are you going to keep her at DB?

Stefan Lloyd Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 03 Aug 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1599	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stefan Lloyd Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 07 at 8:22am
	[QUOTE=chic] which would seem to indicate that at least 36 were built!...[/QUOTE] Maybe, maybe not. Some numbers in the range might already have been in use and some sail numbers may never have been used. The highest sail number in a class is not in most cases a reliable indicator of the number of boats built. This subject has been discussed a number of times here. Edited by Stefan Lloyd

chic Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 20 Dec 06 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 146	Post Options Post Reply Quote chic Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 31 Dec 06 at 10:46am
	I've been trying to register for Y&Y forums for a while (finally sorted out today). We have just taken delivery of Projection 762 'Hobbes Express' (sail number 7636) which would seem to indicate that at least 36 were built! This one was built by Rowan Composites in 1998 and although we're not planning to put her in the water until March she'll be based on the Forth in Scotland. I suspect that having just bought the boat we won't be travelling this coming season but I feel strongly that starting a class association is the way to go. With regard to one design racing I believe the issue is how strict to make the criteria (ie rather than specifying a particular sail area it could be expressed as a maximum), the important thing being getting the thing off the ground! The aim would then be to standardise sail areas through the natural turnaround as individual owners replace their sails. I don't know how practicable this is but it is a suggestion...

j hasson Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 12 Dec 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 18	Post Options Post Reply Quote j hasson Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Dec 06 at 3:39pm
	HI, HAVEN SPOKEN TO A SAILMAKER ABOUT THE SPINNAKER HE SAID THAT TO FLY A LARGE ASSY KITE YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE A POLE LENGTH OF 3.5 METERS. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL LENGTH OF POLE SUPPLIED WITH THE OLDER MODELS WHEN THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE THE 762 A ONE DESIGN ( I THINK). I WOULD GUESS THAT RATING A POLE LENGTH SUCH AS THIS WOULD BRING HER RATING TO 0.980 REGION.