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MerlinMags 
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 Topic: Wayfarer for a family river boat?Posted: 28 May 15 at 1:50pm |
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Weight becomes more of an issue when you have to haul it up a slipway and there's no-one else around but your 10 year old child.
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Rupert
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Posted: 28 May 15 at 2:49pm |
The car is your friend... but it does limit where you can launch. |
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ASok
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Posted: 28 May 15 at 3:10pm |
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Luckily the slipway isn't steep.......Well it isn't whilst the river levels are good. Who knows what it will be like come mid-summer if we have a dry spell.
My previous boat was a Dart 18 launched off a shingle beach. I must be a sucker for punishment! |
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dtalbot
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Posted: 31 May 15 at 12:25am |
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Comet Trio is an option, we have river and estuary sailors. It is a bit lighter than a wayfarer, so should plane more easily - if conditions are right, and the asymettric spinnaker can be used for a lot of wind angles.
See the website www.comettrio.org.uk, they recently have a new builder in Peak Dinghies: http://www.peakdinghy.com/ |
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Rupert
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Posted: 31 May 15 at 8:29am |
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We use Trios for training. Because they are open, there is a space in the bows to put a small child, swallows and Amazons style.
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rogerd
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Posted: 01 Jun 15 at 12:29pm |
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I found the Wayfarer is great for ghosting along in liht winds. That enormous Genoa certainly drives the boat on and the weight keeps her moving in the lulls. The other boat we have had a load of fun in with the family and not quite as heavy is the GP14
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getafix
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Posted: 08 Jun 15 at 10:52am |
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+1 for the Comets, although I do have a soft spot for wayfarers
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NickA
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Posted: 08 Jun 15 at 8:03pm |
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We have comet trios for training and I've never seen one approach planing speeds. Good for loading up with kids and nervous adults.
Comet are a great little company however - you can have many options and any colour you like for instance.
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Rupert
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Posted: 08 Jun 15 at 8:28pm |
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A planing Trio does leave a great big groove in the water behind it!
Yesterday I was teaching a beginner in his 2000, and we joined in the racing as he wanted to experience crewing. My son was in a Trio with another teen, and were certainly faster upwind. Downwind, we didn't have a kite and the Trio did, so we never got near them. Can be a fairly quick boat when sailed right. |
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