Christmas Presents
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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: Christmas Presents
Posted By: Oinks
Subject: Christmas Presents
Date Posted: 28 Dec 17 at 7:23pm
A lady friend of mine got a new jockey wheel for her launching trolley on Christmas Day. As you can imagine, she was elated  . I got a new rash vest from my sister-in-law which was inspired as mine looks like its been used for cleaning the khazi! Any decent sailing prezzies out there?
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Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 28 Dec 17 at 8:16pm
| Mirror class sweatshirt |
Posted By: TwoCrew
Date Posted: 28 Dec 17 at 8:40pm
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Three of Mr Cockerill's finest Boat Whisperer DVDs - apparently it's now just a question of time before we win a national title... |
Posted By: KazRob
Date Posted: 28 Dec 17 at 9:01pm
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Did anybody get the new Petticrow's RC Dragon - with very cool self tacking genoa ? https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10214534920197358&id=1551338568 ------------- OK 2249 D-1 138 |
Posted By: The Moo
Date Posted: 29 Dec 17 at 9:54am
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Sadly I am now of an age and infirmity where a trolley jockey wheel under the tree would have been greatly appreciated.
However, I was greatly appreciative of the financial contribution towards a Trident made to measure dry suit which I am well chuffed with 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 31 Dec 17 at 3:44pm
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I got an RS800... well, half of one. And I picked it up a little before Christmas. Not sure quite how many events we'll get to next year but an old crew is local(ish) for a while and after nearly 8 years of 200 sailing a bit of trapezing is nice. Hopefully I'll get some better footage once the grey skies clear and I get good enough that it's worth sharing publicly! [TUBE]https://youtu.be/qvLEWfMhuwo[/TUBE]
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Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 31 Dec 17 at 3:50pm
| Looks exciting, is it off the boom sheeting ? |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 31 Dec 17 at 3:53pm
| Yes, off boom. Not sure I'd have considered getting without the rule change. |
Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 31 Dec 17 at 4:03pm
| Off the boom sheeting was suggested a few times to me for Sprint, have had problems with sheeting for years, never seen it in action before looks good, may have another look |
Posted By: Sam.Spoons
Date Posted: 31 Dec 17 at 4:13pm
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It definitely works on the Blaze, I guess the advantages are the same, clearing the cockpit and reduced sheet loads (plus on a skiff thing being able to pass the mainsheet to the crew to play upwind). I may revisit it on the Spice but my cobbled together dual tiller extensions may need an upgrade before it will work properly. ------------- Spice 346 "Flat Broke" Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish" |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 31 Dec 17 at 5:24pm
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The 800s had a rule that the crew couldn't play the main. That change is probably more significant than whether the sheet comes from the boom or the deck. Having a deck jammer made life a little easier for the helm, but with the crew carrying the sheet having it straight off the boom opens up space in the boat. I think tacks are faster too as you can hit the wire much sooner as a helm. Getting the weight out to bear away and power up on the new tack is more important than role. Having a mainsheet to play as you clip on a step out as a helm makes that difficult. Having said all that, you need an excellent crew who has a good feel for sheeting and is also able to wire to wire tack whilst carrying the sheet. The crew will be in control of mode changing much more than the helm, so it's a very different way of working. |
Posted By: Sam.Spoons
Date Posted: 31 Dec 17 at 8:23pm
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Yeah, not sure I'll ever have such a crew in the Spice TBH but anything that makes our lives a little more flexible is worth a try. ------------- Spice 346 "Flat Broke" Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish" |
Posted By: Daniel Holman
Date Posted: 31 Dec 17 at 11:33pm
Nice looks like you’ve done it before. Think I might have sailed past you in that race was a good laugh. Apart from a grounding pitchpole! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 01 Jan 18 at 10:07am
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I take it you were in a 14? Yeah, it was a nice race, perfect breeze for us just getting back in to things. And not too cold for the time of year. Shame we all went the wrong way! I used to sail a 49er with this crew about 10 years ago, he then sailed an 800 for a couple years after but other than the odd day here or there I think this was his second time out in 7 years or so, so very impressive. I'm a bit more wobbly at the back of the boat!
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Posted By: Daniel Holman
Date Posted: 01 Jan 18 at 10:26am
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Yeah white i14.
Ah ok thought you looked conspicuously good for a sit down sailor 49er explains it - I’m still like a newborn giraffe at the back of the boat :-) |
Posted By: Daniel Holman
Date Posted: 01 Jan 18 at 10:44am
| Was great weather for the time of year though. |