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Poll Question: Who would win in a fight?
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    Posted: 21 Oct 09 at 8:35pm
Poll is silly I know but can anyone fill me in on 14 design trends and how they differ between these two?
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I prefer the Proctor VII, built by Souters, with contrasting diagonal veneers....
the same, but different...

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What are you asking i dont get it?  There are very few 14ers on this forum, i used to sail a Morrison 12.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Oct 09 at 9:43pm
The way I heard it, (no first hand experience in 14's myself) If you want to
win the nationals get yourself a morrison and you'll be fine. But if you want
to win the mighty world championship, you're going to want a bieker under
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We were always told the RMW12 was the faster boat, although substantially less stable and harder to sail the the bieker.  The good hing about an M12 is you will pick one up cheaper then a B5, but be prepaired to swim!
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Having built both, it makes little difference which design you go for.

You need a good rig on top, good foils and most of all time in the boat.

Our new 'Pickled Egg' won POW Cup and week (Morrison design) yet a five year old B4 we also built finished second.

All are now being shipped to the Worlds.

Archie sailed a modified B5 in the last Worlds and Dave Alexander actually sailed a Jason Beebe design.
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Go to SA or I14 forum(s) and ask the same question......
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Also, has anyone heared of a Bieker 650? It looks like the love child of an ultra 30 and an sk4!
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To answer your poll its sound like a question for google fight:

http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=Mo rrison&word2=Bieker
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Originally posted by rs405

Also, has anyone heared of a Bieker 650? It looks like the love child of an ultra 30 and an sk4!


I have just realized I have made a grave error with my scale! I should have designed my boat to be a 4 person Sportsboat not a 2 person skiff!

Now what did they say on QI a while back? Convergent evolution was the term I think?









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