Spi Colours and why you like them
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Topic: Spi Colours and why you like them
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Subject: Spi Colours and why you like them
Date Posted: 01 Sep 06 at 11:46am
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So, what colour and why ? I've had various Kites in my time - Blue one and then a Yellow and Pink ones on my Hurricanes and all the ones for the Inter 17 have been Pink.
Now For the F16 I am 99.99999% certain I'm going to have a Purple one. (the other option I have in mind is Black). I don't want Blue, Red or Yellow as there are a fair few of those around already. What colout Kite's have you had, and any reasons you would/would not have the same again. ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
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Posted By: BBSCFaithfull
Date Posted: 01 Sep 06 at 12:45pm
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Get a black one!
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Posted By: Ian29937
Date Posted: 01 Sep 06 at 2:06pm
| Grey - easy on the eye in the bright UK sunshine..... |
Posted By: far canal
Date Posted: 01 Sep 06 at 2:36pm
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go for black, they say it rots in the sun , but with a cat you will have it trashed before thats a concern . other prob is seeing the tell tales !
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Posted By: Tornado_ALIVE
Date Posted: 01 Sep 06 at 2:58pm
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Subtle........ Grey on white
Not so Subtle
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Posted By: Tornado_ALIVE
Date Posted: 01 Sep 06 at 2:59pm
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Sure as hell is not subtle
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Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 01 Sep 06 at 3:51pm
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Mainsail is going to be "Smoke" so not sure about Grey. I'm sure white will be too bright (sais the man who has had yello and pink kites ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: Worthy
Date Posted: 01 Sep 06 at 7:01pm
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Keep the kite the same colour all over, it avoids different panels stretching at different rates. As for colour apparently blue is the best for speed, a lot of the tornados are using it. But as we all know choosing the colour is nothing about speed and all about how cool you look on the water. My preference is an all white rig, but if that is not your cup of tea I would say a combination no one else has but still looks cool. White main/jib black kite? ------------- |
Posted By: Prince Buster
Date Posted: 01 Sep 06 at 7:09pm
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purple would look awesome - go for it scooby!!
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Posted By: jamesint505
Date Posted: 01 Sep 06 at 7:18pm
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Blue definately my 5oh has a kevlar main white jib and a big blue monster up front compliments the blue hull very nicely ------------- 505 7567 |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 01 Sep 06 at 11:06pm
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Yes, Kite will be all one colour. Re The T's all being Blue - exactly why I don't want a blue kite !!!!!!
Don't you find a White kite does your eyes in after a while ? ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: Worthy
Date Posted: 01 Sep 06 at 11:47pm
The reason I chose white is that not many people used a completely white rig at the time. The light doesn't bother me too much but I have been used to white sails in the past. The glare seems no worse than off my white main or jib (I think you have a white main on the 17 but I may be wrong). I do like the white, but at the worlds in Hyeres recently I used my blue kite so I can't really comment about the glare factor. If used solely in the UK is there ever enough sun to worry about?  Glare wouldn't be my worry if I were you, I would either be after my favourite colour or the one that looks the best against the rest of the rig. If you think white is good then just go for it, otherwise go for the better colour. With smokey sails I would say either black, white or red. I have not seen purple against smokey yet so I don't want to comment but I don't think yellow will go at all. ------------- |
Posted By: markp
Date Posted: 02 Sep 06 at 1:15am
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What ever you choose don't tell the wife what colour it is!!!!!! Then you can always buy a new one without her knowing. I'm talking from expeirence and you don't want to go there unless you want 48hrs of the quite treatment. ------------- MP*MULTIHULLS The UK F16 Dealer http://www.mp-multihulls.co.uk |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 5:22pm
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so what do we think of purple ?
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Posted By: Jalani
Date Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 5:32pm
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Two of us have got black kites. No-one in F16 has purple. Go with purple it's cool and individual!! ------------- Far too old to still be doing this...... Stealth F16s "White Rhino" GBR527 & "Yeah Baby" GBR538 |
Posted By: sailor girl
Date Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 6:54pm
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Pink or Purple!!!!!!!! Just because they are girly!!!!! ------------- Sailor Girl, Queen Of The Forum! |
Posted By: les5269
Date Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 7:02pm
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like the purple,but................ black is soooo cool!!!!!!!
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Posted By: sailor girl
Date Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 7:17pm
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oh yes, black is also very nice but only on Skiffs or fast and beautiful boats! ------------- Sailor Girl, Queen Of The Forum! |
Posted By: jpbuzz591
Date Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 7:33pm
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it also depends on hull colour. With a white colour like most cats, you can have any colour spinni ------------- Jp Indoe Contender 518 Buzz591 Chew Valley Sailing club Bristol |
Posted By: Jalani
Date Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 7:37pm
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DISAGREE!! Purple is NOT Girly!!! ------------- Far too old to still be doing this...... Stealth F16s "White Rhino" GBR527 & "Yeah Baby" GBR538 |
Posted By: Villan
Date Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 7:55pm
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Pink / Purple spinakers on 405's ... great fun, and the best way to get yourself noticed when racing :)
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Posted By: sailor girl
Date Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 8:16pm
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PURPLE IS GIRLY! How many guys have purple bedrooms!
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Posted By: Worthy
Date Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 8:55pm
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Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 9:25pm
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LOL at Worthy
As for girly colours. The 17 has Pink kites and that is a brute of a boat at times. I'm almost going to go with Purple, just because there are not that many around. As for the fact that no-one in the current F16 fleet has one this is an added bonus. ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: kasey3000
Date Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 10:21pm
I find that darkish-blue kites are good as the don't tend to kill your eyes when it's sunny......even when it's cloudy they don't have a glare to hurt your eyes....and they look good aswell.....great for putting sponsor prints on  ------------- 49er 908 |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 10:45pm
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Loads of boats have blue kites, hence I don't want blue. ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: kasey3000
Date Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 10:48pm
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Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 06 Sep 06 at 7:59am
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I've currently ordered Purple, but I have time to change my mind. I dont think I want white as it will get dirty with the Grafham clay when rigging. Grey is possible, but surely a bit boring; Black may be cool, but it's already been done. Could just go back to Pink again, but they do fade a little.... ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: tornado435
Date Posted: 06 Sep 06 at 9:43am
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Red White and Blue is currently the best becaues that's what the boat had when I bought it! As for the next one it will be whatever is the best condition for the lowest price. Aaah the joys of sailing tornados with a ready supply of second hand kit. Adam Piggot's green is not goood on a sunday morning though, way too bright through a hang over |
Posted By: far canal
Date Posted: 06 Sep 06 at 10:42am
| don't want to worry you , but purple been done too . 29ers |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 06 Sep 06 at 11:05am
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But not in the F16 fleet !
No way I could have a green Kite ! ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: far canal
Date Posted: 06 Sep 06 at 11:40am
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right enough on both counts .
my wife said i should get a blackun instead of the blue - who can argue , is this permission to go and buy ??? |
Posted By: 49erGBR735HSC
Date Posted: 06 Sep 06 at 12:36pm
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I'd take that as permission granted On purple kites, seen quite a few on the training Omegas kicking about down here and reckon that there are quite a few purple kites in some RS classes from what I've heard also........ ------------- Dennis Watson 49er GBR735 http://www.helensburghsailingclub.co.uk/ - Helensburgh S.C http://www.noblemarine.co.uk/home.php3?affid=560 - Boat Insurance from Noble Marine |
Posted By: Harry44981!
Date Posted: 06 Sep 06 at 1:27pm
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Our 200 has a purple kite.
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Posted By: kasey3000
Date Posted: 06 Sep 06 at 1:56pm
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The most popular colour in the RS200 fleet this year has been purple...we had one at the beginning of the year but changed to red for the Nationals..... we also had a white one for a spare but I found it a bit too bright even when it was cloudy! ------------- 49er 908 |
Posted By: Blobby
Date Posted: 06 Sep 06 at 2:10pm
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I've gone for black on my 29er...suits me. ------------- One step forwards, 2 steps back... |
Posted By: markp
Date Posted: 11 Sep 06 at 6:18pm
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I'm really glad you've finally made up your mind and gone for a unique colour in the F16 fleet. Now I can easily tell how far behind you are (I hope). Should meet you soon at Grafham, where you can officially join our Circus "Sword Swallower"
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Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 11 Sep 06 at 10:37pm
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What's the sword swallower thing ? As for being behind you, we'll see Currently I'd say 60:40 against it being ready in just over a months time... ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: Worthy
Date Posted: 11 Sep 06 at 11:07pm
Well good luck on getting it on time and I hope you get loads of fun out of it. ------------- |
Posted By: Dermot M
Date Posted: 13 Sep 06 at 11:32pm
Got my Black spin on Thurs from Hyde, matches my black trim, - won Irish Nats (mix of 27 F18s, Hurrys, Spits & Darts) on Sat & Sun. Entered my 60th year on Sat midnight. Why Black ? - Why not ? Dermot. P.S. Was registered here before - Seem to have lost password ------------- Dermot Shadow 075 |
Posted By: markp
Date Posted: 16 Sep 06 at 3:13am
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Posted By: Dermot M
Date Posted: 16 Sep 06 at 10:28am
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Thanks Mark - OK, So I celebrated the birthday and win a bit too much on Wed night. I'll have to make a rule - "No posting, under the influence" ------------- Dermot Shadow 075 |
Posted By: Dermot M
Date Posted: 17 Sep 06 at 12:44am
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Posted By: markp
Date Posted: 17 Sep 06 at 8:50am
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Thats Ok then, I,m an Osprey fan myself. Talking about posting under the influence, check out the time of my post on a Friday night. (sad)
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