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Black no sugar
Really should get out more Joined: 04 Dec 04 Location: Somewhere between Brighton and Lancing Online Status: Offline Posts: 3941 |
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Topic: single hander for heavyweight Posted: 01 Nov 05 at 3:04pm |
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Yeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaa Congratulations!! Another member of the family!!!! Was that black Contender in Weston SC? It was for sale last time we were there... It's got a picture of something with teeth on the hull... A toy for boys, that one. Good luck, remember to DUCK when you tack, don't break your nose on the tower in the process, use your teeth liberally (à la Contender443, who's always biting the mainsheet), hold on to whatever you can on a broad reach, watch the trapeze hook on the centreboard trailing edge when (if !) you capsize...... errr, that's it for me, I've only sailed a Contender four times! Oh yeah, one more thing: HAVE FUN !!!
See you in open meetings next year?? |
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damp_freddie
Far too distracted from work Joined: 20 Oct 05 Location: Aruba Online Status: Offline Posts: 339 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 05 at 9:53pm | |
well if it goes pear shaped and uncomfy in the light sttuff , are there no Megabytes (bruce farr) in blighty?
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Jon Emmett
Really should get out more Joined: 15 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 985 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Nov 05 at 7:22am | |
Mega Bytes are sold by the Dinghy Store (located at Datchet).
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bigum
Newbie Joined: 06 Oct 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 32 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Nov 05 at 9:20am | |
Well I thought I was sending a final message to this thread but your still suporting me! turnturtle : your on but my madien voyage may be next weekend due to a poor forecast and lack of a harness Black no sugar : brilliant message and yes i will be at some open meetings next year if i get any way at all up the learning curve Danp freddy : you answered your own question, megabyte is a lovely boat but makes giant pandas look common! still excited!! d
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damp_freddie
Far too distracted from work Joined: 20 Oct 05 Location: Aruba Online Status: Offline Posts: 339 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Nov 05 at 8:28pm | |
pandas?
I eat panda for breakfast. have fun in the contender! |
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Matt Jackson
Really should get out more Joined: 21 Sep 04 Location: Darlington Online Status: Offline Posts: 962 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Nov 05 at 9:52am | |
Absolutely! you're part of the family now.
I went to the Inlands the other week (unlike some), don't ask about results - no wind, but there was lots of newbies there some of which beat me fairly robustly. There was also a great evening in the pub with an impromtu teach-in by no less than 3 former Nats winners! You'll see me at the Midlands events (Oxford is about as far south as I come) if you can make them. Burton is good if it blows, Filey is fantastic if there's waves (there usually is) and Rutland? well it's Rutland isn't it. |
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Crewless
Newbie Joined: 21 Nov 05 Location: Wales Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Nov 05 at 1:15pm | |
Hi Bigum, What sailing club are you at. I'm just about to pick up my Contender and live about 20 miles east of Cardiff. I haven't decided on a club yet although there is one close by (Llandegfedd) which looks favourite at the moment.
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bigum
Newbie Joined: 06 Oct 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 32 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Nov 05 at 9:26am | |
Hi turnturtle and crewless I've been away for the last two weekends and the contender has yet to get launched ( Im ashamed to say ) This weekend the forcast says SNOW but if the winds are not tooo strong I shall be down at cardiff bay breaking the ice to get launched. Maybe the cold will be the insentive I need not to fall in to often. Crewless, I'm a member of the Cardiff Bay Yatch Club which is the one on the Penarth side of the bay, the sunday morning dinghy racing there is fairly well supported and runs all year except for a Jan/Feb break. I work near the Llandegfedd reseviour which also looks like a nice peice of water but I have never sailed there. It's great to know of another contender near by, maybe we could have a self help group once the snow has passed!
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Crewless
Newbie Joined: 21 Nov 05 Location: Wales Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Nov 05 at 1:22pm | |
Penarth is a noce looking club, with a decent bit of water, so I might consider going there later on. I sailed at Llandegfedd a couple of years ago. It is a nice bit of water but hasn't got much of a club house . The launching facilities are improving, and you do get nice strange courses set with loads of marks. Can be a bit still near the edges, with gusts all over the place. As I will be learning how to sail the contender, I'll probably go there first as it is fresh water, and usually a bit warmer. Definately not sailing in the snow.
Hope to see you on the water some time for a tune up. |
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