49er Mainsail in Weymouth
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Topic: 49er Mainsail in Weymouth
Posted By: Hughph
Subject: 49er Mainsail in Weymouth
Date Posted: 18 Oct 12 at 10:00am
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Hi all, We are in a bit of a tight spot, we are supposed to be sailing at Weymouth this weekend, however we a lacking a main for our boat, and can't really stick an Old rig main up a new mast. It is a very important weekend for us- and we were ideally going to be training with our new rig on, however without a main this could be hard aha. Is there a 49er sailor out there who could lend us a main for the weekend? (Doesn't matter how knackered it is). Payment would have to be in cake and endless gratitude , as I am a student so can't really afford to rent one. Hope this comes across the right way, we've been searching for ages but I don't get paid till the end of the month etc as otherwise we would have bought one second hand... Normally I would try to avoid doing this however me and my crew are getting desperate! Thanks guys, HughPH BTW we are in Weymouth from Friday, or am in Oxford today and friday morning.
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Posted By: old fart
Date Posted: 18 Oct 12 at 11:25am
| You could try phoning Simon Hiscocks 07771 890056 he fits out 49ers at Portland & probably knows most of the fleet |
Posted By: Hughph
Date Posted: 18 Oct 12 at 12:58pm
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Cheers, Simon very kindly offered us a virtually new mainsail for £100- which was very fair and good of him to offer, however we cannot afford that combined with the other costs for the weekend. ------------- |
Posted By: Contender443
Date Posted: 18 Oct 12 at 1:42pm
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What about the bankofmumanddad for the £100 until you get paid. If not there is always Wonga.com
No point in asking Larry Ellison for a sub just now as his sailing budget has just been blown out of the window. ------------- Bonnie Lass Contender 1764 |
Posted By: ASok
Date Posted: 18 Oct 12 at 2:43pm
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Can't you refer to your footer? Surely the provision of nice new sails is a sponsors job! ------------- |
Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 18 Oct 12 at 3:25pm
And I'm sure your title sponsor would prefer it if you spelled their name correctly....  ------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: gordon1277
Date Posted: 18 Oct 12 at 3:36pm
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Come on guys give the bloke a break.
He is only trying to get on the water in s boat with no budget. I am sure you have scrounged bits of other people in your time, maybe a bit smaller like tape or the odd shackle just to get you out. Fair comment about spelling sponsors names correctly. Cheers Gordon ------------- Gordon Lossc |
Posted By: old fart
Date Posted: 18 Oct 12 at 4:47pm
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Hugh That's a very good price Simon has given you. Why not offer to work for Simon in your vacation to pay off the debt - kip on the floor of one of the other 49er sailors who live in Portland. That is how I part-funded my sailing when I was a student -working for a sailmaker |
Posted By: MartinG
Date Posted: 18 Oct 12 at 5:23pm
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I have one you can borrow - contact me on Oxford 873150 Martin Oxford SC asymmetric fleet captain ------------- 49er 865 K6 159 RS800 1133 (sold) |
Posted By: rodney
Date Posted: 18 Oct 12 at 5:24pm
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I almost feel like we should have a whip round! Almost Maybe we could all be listed as his sponsors? ------------- Rodney Cobb Suntouched Sailboats Limited http://www.suntouched.co.uk" rel="nofollow - http://www.suntouched.co.uk [EMAIL=rodney@suntouched.co.uk">rodney@suntouched.co.uk |
Posted By: rodney
Date Posted: 18 Oct 12 at 5:37pm
Problem solved thanks to Martin G. Perhaps Simon H will hold the sail and price for Hughph for when the funds arrive? ------------- Rodney Cobb Suntouched Sailboats Limited http://www.suntouched.co.uk" rel="nofollow - http://www.suntouched.co.uk [EMAIL=rodney@suntouched.co.uk">rodney@suntouched.co.uk |
Posted By: Hughph
Date Posted: 18 Oct 12 at 6:43pm
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Thanks guys! Simon H's price to rent the sail was very good- it was just my funds! Martin has sorted me out which is great, and he is very close. Also Dragon Medea is actually spelt that way.... :) I'm always open to new sponsors Rodney if you want to have your name on the boat ;) :P Cheers PHS
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Posted By: pondmonkey
Date Posted: 18 Oct 12 at 6:57pm
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Here's a tip... No one wants to sponsor the team that can't find the funds to compete... If you're really serious about sponsorship, you'll need to understand ROI. Coming on a public forum and acknowledging you can't fund the <£100 to RENT a sail is not good for brand association.
All the best though. ------------- |
Posted By: kevg
Date Posted: 19 Oct 12 at 10:32am
That's your take, mine would be how good is the team? Not their personal finances. I think some sponsors would actually fund these guys because of their predicament. What a great PR story, we helped them when they were struggling and now look at the results.
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Posted By: pondmonkey
Date Posted: 19 Oct 12 at 10:54am
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Valid points Kev, but I'll stand by the fact that any significant sponsor would still look to an overall campaign management as well as the results to judge progress on their ROI, and this thread is a little on the desperate side for a professional/semi-professional campaign. But I do understand what you're saying and can see the positive PR angle of associating your brand with someone from grassroots to the podium.
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Posted By: Hughph
Date Posted: 19 Oct 12 at 11:16am
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Cheers for the points pondmonkey and Kev. Ultimately this was a very last ditch attempt to sort out a main. However, if you looked into what we are running at the moment, our overall campaign management is very organised atm, consistent training camps, structured sessions, and a very well organised boat. Obviously you guys weren't to know this, so the thread would give a bad impression. However we have sorted out a mainsail now, and so can get the most out of our weekend, which is what matters. Appearing desperate is better than not getting to train at all! And time on the water is what matters. Happy sailing, PHS ------------- |
Posted By: Mark Jardine
Date Posted: 19 Oct 12 at 12:27pm
Hats off to you - you've had the balls to post on the forum to get hold of a main and it has worked. I call that using your initiative. Now go and get a result in Weymouth and tell us how it went!  |
Posted By: Nihil
Date Posted: 19 Oct 12 at 12:39pm
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Yeah please do post back with how you did/do. ------------- Laser 197679 |
Posted By: ASok
Date Posted: 19 Oct 12 at 9:02pm
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I think it's nice to see the power of the forum. Post a problem and get it solved. ------------- |
Posted By: radixon
Date Posted: 22 Oct 12 at 8:12pm
Now we see why... Taken from the Virtual Rigger FB page Piers and Ashley - in the now infamous GBR151 'stolen' 49er sail - a very very important GBR coach wasn't impressed with the boys borrowing a mate's sail but then calmed down when he understood what VR was trying to achieve during the weekend....— at http://www.facebook.com/pages/WPNSA/133353793380602 - WPNSA .
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Posted By: radixon
Date Posted: 22 Oct 12 at 8:18pm
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They are wearing the Gul 'onesie' thoughts http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/306604_462530923797342_2104889708_n.jpg - Click here http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/306604_462530923797342_2104889708_n.jpg">
Btw this is not Piers ------------- |
Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 22 Oct 12 at 9:05pm
Sorry I don't quite understand? Can't you explain why the coach wasn't impressed with them borrowing a sail? ------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 22 Oct 12 at 9:06pm
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Nope - I'm lost, the facebook link is a map, or something. Care to explain in words of one syllable or less to a thicko, please, starting at the very beginning? ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |