Farr rebuild - this time it's real.

Looks fantastic 

What you trying to do? Pop my bubble? The bolts at the back I think have been sorted, doubt they'll do anything about the boom, the foils have all been sorted, not that they were rusty or anything, I've asked for the gantry to be increased in length.

Great job

Bit confused, is the picture still a wrap or now real Carbon 

So, here's an idea I'm thinking about. I'm trying to convince folk I come in contact with on the option of a 'kit' in carbon, to bring the self builders into the now. There is already a ply self build thing going on with the Farr and several folk have built their own, but, they end up like my first iteration, wood and whatever you think about it, wood needs looking after and is more susceptible to idiots like me puncturing it with our harness hooks. OK carbon might get scratched but it should be more resistant to puncture and the price of carbon is so much more reasonable now especially in sheet form.
Does anyone think there would be an appetite for a self build class for kids, if there were say significant prize money at say a national event once a year? Obviously Dad would have to help, but this boat is ideal for youngster moving into the realms of trapeze sailing, I wonder if such a carrot might help a)Getting kids into actually building things and b)growing this class a bit. Just a thought. It's an absolute joy to sail once you get the knack and being on the wire is a great relief from knee and back pain from hiking hence it's appeal to us oldies, I dunno, it just need some sort of shove to get wider appeal.

Edited by iGRF - 05 Apr 19 at 11:47am