Class Insignias
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Topic: Class Insignias
Posted By: Chew my RS
Subject: Class Insignias
Date Posted: 02 Mar 06 at 2:19pm
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Best and worst. Best: Merlin Rocket Worst: RS600 |
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Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 02 Mar 06 at 2:41pm
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Random. ------------- |
Posted By: andyrj
Date Posted: 02 Mar 06 at 2:45pm
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why IS the GP14 insignia a bell????? ------------- water, water, everywhere... but not a drop to drink |
Posted By: Chew my RS
Date Posted: 02 Mar 06 at 2:47pm
| Probably. Sleepless nights addle the brain! |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 02 Mar 06 at 2:49pm
Orginally sold by a company called Bell Woodworking The Fireball insignia is pretty neat. I think the Cherub scores top marks for inappropriateness The Laser 4000 etc bit of putting the insognia on the jib really sucks. |
Posted By: Chew my RS
Date Posted: 02 Mar 06 at 2:53pm
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You should post that in the useles facts thread! |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 02 Mar 06 at 3:09pm
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What about some pics? Contender's insignia is quite bland, but someone in Germany raised a question: he's having a new sexy black mainsail and wonders if the insignia on the sail is still class-legal; instead of being blue/white/red/white/blue, he's got blue/black/red/black/blue... Maybe he should get a length of white cloth to patch it up, or a bit of paint... ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC 
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Posted By: Offshoretiger
Date Posted: 02 Mar 06 at 5:11pm
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The osprey and hornet ones confussed me the first time i saw them. The hornet symbol looks like it could be an osprey coming in to grab a fish. And the osprey symbol looks like a head on view of a hornet
(or a moose) ------------- ...yesterday I couldnt spell enginner...now I are one!...... |
Posted By: BBSCFaithfull
Date Posted: 02 Mar 06 at 6:30pm
Yea the name on the jib on the 4K is pretty poo. Would look good on the main but hey the worlds not perfect lol 
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Posted By: laser47
Date Posted: 02 Mar 06 at 7:39pm
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the official bosun symbol and the kestrel one are almost identical. does anyone know why newer boats seem to have abondoned class insignia in favour of names in fancy fonts? ------------- |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 02 Mar 06 at 7:43pm
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Hurricane 5.9 and the stealth are cool IMO ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: hurricane
Date Posted: 02 Mar 06 at 8:09pm
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the hurricane 5.9 is so plain and simple thats why i love it! the new spitfire one is the same with text i suppose it helps people to know instantly what the boat is! ------------- lifes to short to sail slow boats! RIP Olympic Tornado 1976-2007 |
Posted By: neilw
Date Posted: 02 Mar 06 at 8:25pm
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Nope - it originates from the burgee of the founding club (Dovey Sailing club) and represents the legendary bells of Aberdovey.
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Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 03 Mar 06 at 8:30am
Gather round folks someone has questioned the font of Jim ------------- I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e! |
lets have some evidence or its fistycuffs at dawnPosted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 03 Mar 06 at 8:41am
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WE WANT PICS!! Anyone from Dovey Sailling Club could confirm? Does it ring a bell??   ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 03 Mar 06 at 8:57am
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Ouch ------------- I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e! |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 03 Mar 06 at 9:13am
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http://www.doveyyachtclub.org.uk/ - http://www.doveyyachtclub.org.uk/ ------------- |
Posted By: rogerd
Date Posted: 03 Mar 06 at 9:16am
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I have to say Neil is right. Sorry Jim. |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 03 Mar 06 at 10:05am
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Fireball has to be the best. Rick ------------- |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 03 Mar 06 at 10:49am
Fair enough. Must have been synchronicity for Bell then. I wonder if that encouraged them to sell the things? Its interesting how stories get about. There was a long standing rumour about the Cherub getting its name because the first owners' wife said "I don't know what class it is, but its a little cherub to sail". Nice story, but when I researched the history I found that
So the story was 100% myth! |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 03 Mar 06 at 10:50am
personal i like the phantoms sail thingy. very grovy. they need to make it a bit fatter then it would suit the class ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 03 Mar 06 at 11:03am
Dare you to go to the class stand and tell them that........ ------------- Paul ---------------------- D-Zero GBR 74 |
Posted By: Olly4088
Date Posted: 03 Mar 06 at 11:20am
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Yeah me to. I used to sail a phantom and some of the guys in the class wouldnt pass as skinny. ------------- Phantom 1298 |
Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 03 Mar 06 at 11:24am
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The fleet at Hunts range from 1 lad who is very similar in height and build to me (but is a very very good sailor) to 1 guy who is 6ft 5 and around 18/19 st..... Come on Luke...are you chicken? (I am!) ------------- Paul ---------------------- D-Zero GBR 74 |
Posted By: Olly4088
Date Posted: 03 Mar 06 at 11:32am
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The phantom is the best insignia and on the other side of the coin you ahve things like the finn, solo and even the albacore insignia that have clearly had no thought put into them at all. ------------- Phantom 1298 |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 03 Mar 06 at 11:44am
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yer i vote chicken aswell ------------- International 14 1503 |
especialy if they are like the guys we have at our club one is very harazontaly excelled and is also the oldest chav sailor even. nicknamed by us at "fat chav"