something for grf!
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Category: Dinghy classes
Forum Name: Dinghy development
Forum Discription: The latest moves in the dinghy market
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Topic: something for grf!
Posted By: winging it
Subject: something for grf!
Date Posted: 23 Jun 13 at 8:23pm
Lost class status creeps ever closer... though actually it promises to be a great event, despite the plastic presence. ------------- the same, but different... |
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Posted By: Mister Nick
Date Posted: 23 Jun 13 at 8:56pm
How very unfortunate. 
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Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 23 Jun 13 at 9:23pm
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I saw that, even went to check it out on the map, it's way up in black pudding country and I might catch ash die back off those CVDRA wallers.
I've already had a dose of black pudding up north in Princes Risborough recently, enough to worry I might get rickets. Haven't sailed the EPS of joy much lately either, went down the lake today to check she's still there & purring. I am presently discussing a pikeyvan with the Breadknife, who knows if the weather were to turn, I might get my passport and Brummie/English dictionary out.. ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 23 Jun 13 at 9:39pm
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I think they are expecting a fair few EPS s. Time to come along and meet some wood botherers in teh flesh. You never know, you might like them. And learn things.
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Posted By: patj
Date Posted: 23 Jun 13 at 9:51pm
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Not black puddin' country but Staffysher Oatcake country!
Best thing to go with bacon and eggs - http://www.staffordshireoatcakes.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.staffordshireoatcakes.com/
Go on Grf - you can do it - it's not far off the M6 motorway and it's not real north, just middle England. Imagine - a whole fleet of EPS! Just look out for our pikey transit van and tupperware Albacore!
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Posted By: Rockhopper
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 8:06am
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Does a whole fleet of EPS mean more than two ????? ------------- Retired now after 35 seasons in a row and time for a rest. 2004 national champ Laser5000 2007,2010,National Champ Rs Vareo |
Posted By: rogerd
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 8:20am
| Grumf I have a very nice pikeyvan for sale. Its the best way to keep the shore crew happy. |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 8:56am
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BLACK PUDDING? It's not lancashire you fool... it's staffordshire... think Faggots and Grey Peas, although strictly speaking that's 'Black Country'* rather than Staffs, close enough though. * the Black Country is what Tolkein modelled Mordor on apparently- nice...
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Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 9:32am
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They gave me Black Pudding for breakfast at the pub we stayed at nr Princes Risborough, it's an abomination, people should be stood by the side of the road and shot and I told them as much, they seemed to think I was joking...
There are half a dozen EPS's at Blithfield from what they say on the EPS bulletin board (how I heard about them risking a nasty bout of ash die back, wanting to hang out with the coffin polishers), I have to say I was strangely drawn to the idea, if only to try a new strain of death watch I've been cultivating, but my key issue is lack of toe bar since I flogged the truck. So as much as I'm tempted by the thought of driving into the valley of the shadow of the sl*g heap, risking culinary capitulation and all manner of wood fungal infestation I'm not sure it would be even feasible with my current transport situation. ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 9:34am
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plus you might get beaten.
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Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 9:43am
It would have to be a Winnebago at the very least to keep the bread knife happy, many eons ago we used to take the girls to events so had no choice but to acquire this bloody great six berth thing, which, the damn kids would go straight out and fill up the toilets whilst it was parked at home, just to give me toilet emptying practise. Then when you drive along, have you noticed, as well as the long queue of traffic you garner behind, every RV coming the other way salutes, like it's some sort of special society of supreme traffic disrupters. Then the culture that it brings to events, gone are the typical post event bar sessions of drink, banter and hilarity, it's all 'come round to ours for a meal' and 'scrabble anyone' or 'naked twister' with fat old people.. They are the ruination of regatta culture and the reason all classes are in decline imv.  ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: 2547
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 11:09am
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Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 11:18am
I can picture it now, rained off alfresco eating replaced with a squash around the table, eating grilled sausages and burgers with an M&S 'three bean salad' and some slightly warm Mateus as the fridge only runs when the engine's on.... this is the life hey Barry? ------------- |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 3:22pm
Last nail in my coffin on this one and I quote "Don't think you're going off on some dinghy event on our anniversary like you did on my birthday last year, then come back and I find bondage equipment in your kit bag!"  ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 3:43pm
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Bondage Gear... you never told us you bought a Graduate dinghy??? I'll be packing a Starboard Futura and Tushingham Lightning combo for the slalom events... surely you can resist such easy post-event ribbing? Can you imagine if you lost to me at windsurfing... ouch. New User ID first thing Monday morning for sure. ------------- |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 3:53pm
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I can imagine lots of things...
But that? I'm trying really hard here... Nope, sorry can't imagine that, that would be like you beating me in a dinghy in my conditions.. Unlikely. ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 3:59pm
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But hey you know what?
If you did ever? I'd genuinely be pleased for you, and that sentiment Wing wang would also apply to those poor unfortunates in the EPS's that will miss my challenge, it's not much fun going into a race expecting to win, it's a far better experience going and knowing you'll be beaten and trying to figure a way not to be, the journey is a lot better than the final destination I have come to appreciate albeit a little late in life..  ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 3:59pm
and pray tell... what are 'your' conditions? I seem recall beating you in a drift around a tideless lake in Hertfordshire- and that was on the day when a hangover wasn't a valid excuse. Plus beating you at Parkstone when there was a bit of breeze... so much breeze that a few of us coined the phrase, 'fowl conditions' - given the number of chickens who didn't launch. ------------- |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 4:05pm
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Shifty and Manageable.. (That means manageable without all that un gentlemanly arse hanging nonsense...)
I have absolutely no recollection of you beating me around a tideless lake in Hertfordshire, then again I have very little recollection of anything much after the post changing rooms dwarf tossing incident... Show me the results again... Wait now where were you?  ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 4:12pm
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If you want hilarity, banter, camaraderie and drink then cvrda events are the place to be. We'll even let you diss the boats without taking offence because we're a seriously good bunch of people who love our sailing and our boats, plus all the festivities that go with it. It's quite possible, in fact, that we love our boats even more than we love sailing them...and we still won't take offence. ------------- the same, but different... |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 4:17pm
I was in a Finn, (a boat I'd never sailed before) and you were in Peaky's Blaze (a boat you claim to know better about than Mike), anyway I beat you fair and square (and on that silly handicap sheet). As for dwarf tossing, count yourself lucky you weren't arrested Anyway shifty and manageable.... you'll have to enlighten me, that sounds like lottery wind- everyone is capable of sailing around the course, but some nasty shifts will f**k the results up. Not that I mind taking the challenge.... any wind, any where, any boat... and now a board at Hayling. Or are you still trying to dodge the challenge ;-) ------------- |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 4:37pm
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Peaky's Blaze? You mean that thing with nowhere to sit? I remember now, I was focussed on Peaky who was busy chucking himself out of mine, the only time I beat him was when we swapped Boats, and those FInns? They're faster than a fat boy on fire on the way to a water butt...
I have yet to accept any challenge surrounding NWF, I don't often get to that, it always clashes with Eurobike or some other diversion, and it is a muppet fest, they let all manner of no rule idea muppets into this out and back dash which has all the skill requirement of that nail bashing with the wrong end of the hammer Northern Mastermind game... ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: drifter
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 6:08pm
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[QUOTE=yellowwelly] Bondage Gear... you never told us you bought a Graduate dinghy??? ------------- Stewart |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 6:20pm
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Probably non Class Association members... ------------- |
Posted By: SoggyBadger
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 7:03pm
Most of the Black Country used to be in Staffordshire until all the boundaries were messed with in the early 1970s. Black Pudding has nothing in particular to do with Lancashire. In various guises it's eaten all over Europe and probably beyond. ------------- Best wishes from deep in the woods SB |
Posted By: craiggo
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 7:38pm
I didnt realise I joined such a group 
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Posted By: craiggo
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 7:44pm
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How about a pre-FOM bash this weekend at Thornbury SC.
Thanks to Y&Ys #GetOutAndSail campaign, we've got loads of great prizes, free camping or space for your van, plenty of beer and a great band. http://www.thornburysc.org.uk/ |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 8:01pm
You only said that now you know I can't come.  I've been suggesting a summer FOM for ages..------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: craiggo
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 8:10pm
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Its been in the Y&Y calender since the end of last year Graeme, so no excuses old chap!
And you'd have been safe as I'll be race officer so you wouldn't have gotten beaten by my Graduate and my 5yr old crew! |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 8:22pm
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What sort of straps do you use to hold him in then? ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: craiggo
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 8:24pm
 my crew is my daughter!
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Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 8:28pm
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I took my daughter out racing when she was young, she's never sailed since..
Probably a mistake making her helm whilst I trapped... ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: craiggo
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 8:29pm
Thats understandable 
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Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 9:01pm
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Hey Soggy - if you're ever in Spain try some Morcilla de Burgos- best black pudding I've ever had.
As for Black Country- I never knew that, why did they mess with the borders??? ------------- |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 24 Jun 13 at 9:07pm
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A fascinating read- I don't think Stornaway got their PGI for black pudding... which is understandable given the history cited here:
http://www.blackpudding.org/history/" rel="nofollow - http://www.blackpudding.org/history/ ------------- |