I'm saying nuthing :)
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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: I'm saying nuthing :)
Posted By: catmandoo
Subject: I'm saying nuthing :)
Date Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 12:48pm
over to you
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Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 12:51pm
| So Low |
Posted By: Blue One
Date Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 12:51pm
One for grf to comment on I think
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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 12:52pm
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A cutter rigged Solo - wonderful! Something to do with all those old, uncompetitive Solo hulls at long last. I do wonder about the centre of effort, though... importance over rated, maybe? ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 1:06pm
| Better looking than a D1, easier hiking than the 100. Needs a lilac deck... |
Posted By: fab100
Date Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 1:16pm
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fee-fi-fo-fum
I smell lee-hulm looks like plate will need to be about a foot further forwards( or the mast back) well actually it looks like something that should have been strangled at birth ------------- http://clubsailor.co.uk/wp/club-sailor-from-back-to-front/" rel="nofollow - Great book for Club Sailors here |
Posted By: Dougal
Date Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 1:19pm
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But in its defense it does appear to have cushions on the thwarts.
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Posted By: iitick
Date Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 1:29pm
| A mizzen should sort it out. |
Posted By: rogerd
Date Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 1:41pm
| But will the jib lift the bow? |
Posted By: gbr940
Date Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 1:46pm
looks like some sensible upgrades to the Solo...might even tempt me into one ------------- RS400 GBR1321 |
Posted By: RS400atC
Date Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 2:38pm
I was going to say that! |
Posted By: JohnW
Date Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 2:41pm
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I like the bookshelves under the padded thwart.
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Posted By: Nick Peters
Date Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 4:56pm
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and the fairly serious rowing kit.....thats not just a cruising Solo its got some real functionality for "raiding" - events where sailing and rowing are combined either by necessity through venue (eg broads) or rules (eg Sail Caledonia). Don't ask...
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Posted By: RichTea
Date Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 8:34pm
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Just needs an engine on the back and it will be sorted ------------- RS200 |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 8:50pm
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Posted By: sargesail
Date Posted: 20 Nov 13 at 9:24pm
Nick, I'll ignore the don't ask.....tell us more! I've done yachts and mountains in the SIPR and 3PYR....but dinghies would be much more fun!
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Posted By: MerlinMags
Date Posted: 21 Nov 13 at 5:00pm
| It appears to have some cunning steering ropes, so is that contraption at the back a seat for a disabled sailor? Not sure how they would avoid the tiller thudding on their head though. |
Posted By: ColPrice2002
Date Posted: 22 Nov 13 at 10:11am
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Just a suggestion or two:-
1) the rowlocks (side decks) do appear to be oversized... 2) It looks like there is a stern well for an outboard as well as the oars - can you confirm? Obviously, it solves the problem of getting caught in stays, but how many bits of string are there? Surely the jib should be self tacking? Colin |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 22 Nov 13 at 10:47am
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If the prime purpose of the jib is for control rather than speed - for example to enable the boat to lie hove to with jib and main battens backed, or to make tacking more certain and provide an easy way to get out of irons - then a self tacking jib would tend to defeat the purpose. And in circumstances where short tacking was required it would probably make more sense to drop the jib competely.
I suppose the ropes on the rudder and the other stuff might be some kind of foot stop or even foot steering arrangement for serious rowing singlehanded. At the very least I'd want to be able to lock the rudder, maybe with the tiller unshipped. |
Posted By: Riv
Date Posted: 24 Nov 13 at 10:27pm
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Really good sliding seat on this one, the box at the back is the foot rest so your feet are locked in and you can use the seat properly. The ropes are to lock the rudder, with such a short boat you wouldn't need to use the rudder to steer. My old Finn was a really good rowing boat......a lot quicker than paddling. Padded thwarts would make a lot of sense if you were cruising and in the boat for more than a few hours. Drop the main and put the jib up for a nice sedate blow downwind. If you raked the board forwards it would sail fine with the the jib up |