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Pete Cooper 
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 Topic: Sigma 8 MetrePosted: 09 Jun 06 at 1:33pm |
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Can anyone remember what the Sigma 8 was called before it became the Sigma 8? I don't know why but it's been doing my head in over the laast few days.
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goyejl
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Posted: 25 Jun 06 at 4:41am |
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The Sigma 8 was sold under the name Sigma from Plymouth based Marine Projects. But the boat was from Slovenia and have been Known under the following names: Shipman 8m (In denmark), Sunbeam 8m (in Austria) and Seaway 8m (in Slovenia)
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Pete Cooper
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Posted: 26 Jun 06 at 7:42pm |
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Thanks for that. However I am sure it was sold in Britain before it became the Sigma 8, and that is the information that eludes me.
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damp_freddie
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Posted: 17 Jul 06 at 2:39pm |
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we called them slovenian 8m's
dunno if that was official but nick stratton was punting them at the time with that being the verbal handel I believe there is another name which relates to the circle of stars used on the boats mainsail prior to the sigma misnomer. Edited by damp_freddie |
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far canal
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Posted: 18 Jul 06 at 3:30pm |
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not where nick stratton lived , called em sigma 8's from the begining .
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Pete Cooper
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Posted: 19 Jul 06 at 12:30pm |
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Nick Stratton works out of Rhu Marina, but they were sold before they were named Sigma 8's - I know as I sailed on one on the Clyde before they were known as Sigma 8's.
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far canal
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Posted: 20 Jul 06 at 9:58am |
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if its troubling youse why not ask Nick then
he can be e mailed through his website @ http://nickstrattonyachts.com
Nick used to lend me his first own boat and demonstrator Djinn something or other with a grey hull ,it was definately called a sigma 8, and probably the fastest ever built. it had an 8 surrounded by *********'s on sail , no sigma sign .
Bill Mc Kay I think was also involved at slovenia end , praps he brought an unbranded demo over at some point before Nick took on agency and distribution. Nick was a or even the Sigma distrubutor for uk , hence the reason why HE branded them Sigma 8's. Edited by far canal |
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damp_freddie
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Posted: 12 Aug 06 at 10:40pm |
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nope.
I raced against Nick and Miles at the time (c93 IFRC) and they only started calling them that after a couple of seasons, when they noticed the trademark wasn't owned by any existing company-
---much to David Thomas's annoyance by some verbal accounts, allegedly, not confirmed.
The later ones were really quite well built but there was a keel-cord issue with cavatation.....
Anyway, they did a better job with the Hydro, which we could do with a modern equivalent
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Stefan Lloyd
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Posted: 13 Aug 06 at 8:30am |
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I don't see why. He didn't own the brand, or even design all the boats e.g. Sigma/400 was Rob Humphreys. |
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catmandoo
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Posted: 18 Mar 18 at 7:16pm |
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Ha ha just bought one :) sigma 8 that is , nearly bought a 400 too few years ago but wont say what i i bought instead 😉
Edited by catmandoo - 18 Mar 18 at 8:05pm |
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