2016 catamaran equipment evaluation entrants
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Topic: 2016 catamaran equipment evaluation entrants
Posted By: Nacraman
Subject: 2016 catamaran equipment evaluation entrants
Date Posted: 01 Feb 12 at 10:31am
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Boats entered for the the trials: Hobie 16 – Hobie Cat Hobie Tiger – Hobie Cat Nacra 17 – Nacra Sailing International Nacra F16 – Nacra Sailing International Spitfire S – Sirena Voile Tornado – International Tornado Class Association Viper – Australian High Performance Catamarans (AHPC) ------------- "God bless those Pagans"-H.J.Simpson "Beer, now there's a temporary solution"-H.J.Simpson http://www.nacra.co.uk - www.nacra.co.uk |
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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 01 Feb 12 at 11:39am
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Why have Hobie entered 1 ancient cat and one simply old? Mind, with the way the ISAF works, they may be onto a winner...
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Posted By: Beast of Bodmin
Date Posted: 01 Feb 12 at 12:37pm
| Plenty of scope for ISAF making a mockery of the spectacle by choosing either Hobie entrant but good to see the F18 pact to not go has held . Lets hope sense prevails and Nacra 17 gets the nod |
Posted By: shadeux
Date Posted: 01 Feb 12 at 3:37pm
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Let's hope they at least go for something designed this century. Who knows, we could see triremes in the rowing next? ------------- Bruce Shadow002 |
Posted By: Menace
Date Posted: 01 Feb 12 at 9:43pm
+1, seems exactly the right boat. The only one we'd sail over a F18 in reality. Sail with my partner and a little concerned we'll always be a bit too heavy for the 16s. Tornado's a quality boat, but not really enough to tempt us away from an 18, time to gently move on for an Olympic boat.
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Posted By: Neptune
Date Posted: 02 Feb 12 at 8:54am
Was it just me that had to google that?  ------------- Musto Skiff and Solo sailor |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 02 Feb 12 at 10:56am
Possibly! I've always thought triremes would make a wonderful Olympic class. You could use them for the sailing and the rowing, then have a new sport, ramming, and then finish with the open water swimming contest where the losers of the ramming contest have to get back to shore. In some locations, added sharks would make things even more interesting... ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: Andymac
Date Posted: 02 Feb 12 at 11:26am
They would also make a very good platform for the Javelin and archery competitions.
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