All I want for christmas is..
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Topic: All I want for christmas is..
Posted By: yellowwelly
Subject: All I want for christmas is..
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 1:25pm
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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 1:33pm
A nice new radial cut Dacron Lightning 368 sail. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: Ruscoe
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 1:34pm
Got everything i need sailing wise....------------- |
Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 2:17pm
Christmas came early here! ------------- the same, but different... |
Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 2:34pm
------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: Ruscoe
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 2:47pm
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Posted By: Jack Sparrow
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 2:51pm
 ------------- http://www.uk3-7class.org/index.html" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Class Website https://www.facebook.com/groups/1092602470772759/" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Building - Facebook Group |
Posted By: maxibuddah
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 2:53pm
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Time that would do me, I can sail the old heap I already have. Oh and a new camera wouldn't go amiss... ------------- Everything I say is my opinion, honest |
Posted By: bferry
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 3:07pm
 ------------- Bernard Vareo 249 Miracle 2818 Malta |
Posted By: hobbiteater
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 3:08pm
| rope, mmmm rope |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 3:09pm
| I'd quite like the body I had 30 years ago, providing I can keep the mind I have now... |
Posted By: Daniel Holman
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 3:09pm
I hear you brother. Another 4h in the day. Or a paid 6 month sabbatical to scratch those relentless itches. |
Posted By: gordon1277
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 4:22pm
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I want an early present, a few of the quotes I have out at present to say yes. Then I could afford to upgrade the boat.
Phantom 1277 for sale on class association website ------------- Gordon Lossc |
Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 4:34pm
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I'd like more time to go sailing and less time in cars / meetings / airports please!!!! Oh, and I wouldn't say no to a nice new faux-clinker carbon tales derrivative .....  |
Posted By: Mister Nick
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 4:44pm
A driving license and a vaguely reasonable car insurance quote. 
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Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 4:51pm
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All they want for Christmas.... http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/173340/RYA-revokes-boat-builder-licence" rel="nofollow - our feckin moulds back please (Squib Owners Association)
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Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 5:18pm
They only have carbon decks! ------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 5:22pm
| Cosmetic? |
Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 5:24pm
If that's what you want....  ------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: maxibuddah
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 5:40pm
he could put that lot on a Solo and improve the performance immensely without the PY changing from the boat as it was 20 years ago. ------------- Everything I say is my opinion, honest |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 5:58pm
| I could put some foundation on the phantom side decks to hide to stress cracks if you want? ;-) |
Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 6:09pm
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If I had sufficient land, I'd be happy to have few Solos routing around, rolling in the mud and occasionally eating scraps from the kitchen... It might even be amusing to put some lipstick on one and post a photo up here. Sorry, not Solos, i meant Pigs.....
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Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 6:13pm
Mine would be all carbon and vastly underweight. But I'd still claim it "in the spirit of the class rules" when entering the SJ winter series ...
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Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 6:23pm
I think the class measurer might notice the hull being made of carbon. Worth a go though... ------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 6:29pm
We'll you know the lengths some of us have to go to make 'an archaic old sh*tter' look interesting... I couldn't afford the General Lee decals... A lilac deck was as far as the budget would stretch... But then I guess we eventually realise it's not about the looks, it's about the class racing. Some even realise it's not about looks or class racing... Although they tend to ride mountain bikes rather than get wet these days. |
Posted By: RichTea
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 6:32pm
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Time to slow down. 2013 past so quick I didn't get a chance to go sailing apart from teaching. Oh well ------------- RS200 |
Posted By: Ruscoe
Date Posted: 11 Nov 13 at 8:27pm
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Posted By: iitick
Date Posted: 12 Nov 13 at 12:19pm
| 50 boats at next years Byte Nationals. |
Posted By: Blue One
Date Posted: 12 Nov 13 at 12:33pm
Better sailing skills, so I could sail my new boat to somewere near its potential.
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Posted By: redders
Date Posted: 12 Nov 13 at 1:12pm
------------- The older I get the faster I was! |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 12 Nov 13 at 1:37pm
Want one of these, too, but the sail is cheaper... ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 12 Nov 13 at 1:56pm
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yep, Mrs Welly has a pink one and swears by it. I have a lilac Solo and swear by it too. I try to avoid the F-word.
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Posted By: iitick
Date Posted: 12 Nov 13 at 2:06pm
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A new writer for the Archers as well. It has been crap recently. |
Posted By: laser193713
Date Posted: 12 Nov 13 at 3:17pm
Oh and I quite fancy an AC45 to play with, about as likely!
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Posted By: iitick
Date Posted: 12 Nov 13 at 4:36pm
| Evidently a fat man........... |
Posted By: laser193713
Date Posted: 12 Nov 13 at 6:07pm
No actually. In fact I tried to borrow a boat for the nationals when they were held in Plymouth but the class couldn't find me one to have a go in. Admittedly I am too big for a byte to be a serious boat to buy but I did want to give it a crack. I was 78kgs at the time. |
Posted By: Blue One
Date Posted: 13 Nov 13 at 9:20am
402 not on your wish list that you sent to Santa then, Rupert.
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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 13 Nov 13 at 10:45am
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Happy with Percy, my old Giles boat. Having a thwart meant I could just about walk on Sunday after Sat's drifter - I'm not as young as I was!
------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 13 Nov 13 at 10:50am
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Her indoors has got a Pod kit as early Christmas but is now undecided about fitting it for those very reasons. She keeps coming 2nd in the Saturday racing. Life is not like it was.
------------- the same, but different... |
Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 13 Nov 13 at 10:51am
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oh and I have a white industrial kitchen aid. Fabulous.
------------- the same, but different... |
Posted By: iitick
Date Posted: 13 Nov 13 at 10:51am
| You could always dump the thwart Rupert and get a little folding fishing stool for quiet days. |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 13 Nov 13 at 10:55am
Now there's an idea... suckers on the bottoms of the legs so it doesn't tip up when the boat is healed over? ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: Blue One
Date Posted: 13 Nov 13 at 12:18pm
I understand where your coming from, a guy at our club thinks the same.(For me removing it transformed the boat for the better.) On the other hand I can think of a young man, very close to you, who would suit 402 very well.
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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 13 Nov 13 at 1:06pm
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In his dreams!
------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: iitick
Date Posted: 13 Nov 13 at 1:09pm
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Yes, I have one of those, but older. Buying a house has preference over buying boats at present.......My don't they grow up! |