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    Posted: 14 Dec 04 at 6:59pm
The subject speaks for itself-what on earth happened to that little pocket
rocket the MX Ray.
Anyone?
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Manufacturer went bust I believe
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There's a couple at MRSC, but spares may be a bit hard to get.
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Nik - Did you ever sail one?
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I just had a look at some pics of the mx ray.................IT LOOKS BLIMIN AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Its such a shame that boats like that dont keep selling because it looks just my sort of thing!

 

Anyone know why they didnt sell enough, was there a major problem with them?
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Apparently they were brilliant offwind (I wonder why??) but atrocious upwind; wouldn't point & had no speed whatsoever. Saw a couple of them at Ullswater when we visited a couple of months back.
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They looked kinda cool, but were in reality awful boats. JimR is right. There were a few at my club, but they were slower upwind than the club GP14. Free market forces prevailed and you no longer see very many. Hooray!
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Bruce is a little harsh! Keeping a Ray moving upwind can be tricky, they need to be dead level, if you drag a wing everything slows down. On the plus side the two rigs options are good - in light/medium winds the 10m main and 13m spinnaker generate plenty of power, while I have had some real blasts with the standard rig in a F5/6. If you want a cheap singlehander with an asymmetric.... well I'm not selling mine!!
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wow i like it! looks like a single handy 29er (my dream!)

i want one i want one i want one!!

anywhere i can get one (in a few years time)?



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Just keep searching the classifieds. They show up from time to time.
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