Good stuff at the dinghy show

Our Club received the prize for getting 20 or more members to purchase tickets, so two training bouys ready for cadet training.

Originally posted by Rupert But for me the Exocet edged it. Who discovered that a bowsprit for the wand was allowed in the rules?

Originally posted by G.R.F. Originally posted by Rupert But for me the Exocet edged it. Who discovered that a bowsprit for the wand was allowed in the rules? No idea, why did the Exocet edge it for you, it wasn't even red.

2nd bit was aimed at a mothist, really.

It edged it partly because I just loved the hull shape, and partly because of the engineering involved in the mast stump. For all I know the red one was V similar in this, but it was the exocet that I looked at more closely.

Rather liked the A class cat, too.

For me, worst boats at the show, the Hartley 10 and 12. Was it just me, or did the thwart in the 12 really look like kitchen work top?

enterprise stand looked good, new rondar mk3 looking nice, lot of young faces on the stand too, obviously the class done some hard work to get the youth in

Highlights for me (considering staff as well as product) were;

OK (I'm biased)
Europe
Finn
D1 (just to keep Russ happy)
Supernova
Contender
Alto (hopefully going to get a go shortly)
Rooster

Dissapointments;

Streaker stand
Very few cats
No (genuine) "show special" deals like there used to be
Int Moths seemingly completely forgetting that they. Used to be water-bourne (same as their website)


Edited by Bootscooter - 04 Mar 13 at 11:22pm