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Rupert 
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Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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 Posted: 27 Nov 13 at 9:22am |
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Just been thinking about boats I've sailed. Little point in listing all the well known ones, but who else on here can say they have sailed a Gannet? There will be more who have sailed a Duckling. How about an Embassy? The Beachcomber should be known by a few, and the Goblin?
And on Sunday I'm hoping to add the Icon to the list, thanks to Mike L. Not that I think it ranks with the above for being obscure! |
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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Neptune
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Joined: 08 Jun 09 Location: Berkshire United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1313 |
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Posted: 27 Nov 13 at 9:52am |
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Owned: Merlin Rocket, Laser, RS600, Musto Skiff (in that order)
Regularly: 505, Sonata (regularly for a few seasons) Sailed: Byte, Phantom (tin rig), Blaze, RS400, Lark, Laser 2, YW Dayboat, lots of goes in an old FD too Edited by Neptune - 27 Nov 13 at 9:53am |
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Musto Skiff and Solo sailor
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jeffers
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Joined: 29 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3048 |
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Posted: 27 Nov 13 at 9:55am |
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Need to add sailed a Solo last weekend....
Lowered the average age of the fleet considerably and managed to beat most of the local Solo guys in both races....think that may have turned a head or 2..... Not bad in light airs on a boat with a flat cut sail and a floppy mast (they guy who sails it is 10 stone wringing wet) with my 13 1/2 stone of lard in it.
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Paul
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AlanH
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Joined: 17 Apr 10 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 84 |
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Posted: 27 Nov 13 at 10:06am |
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Owned; Mirror, Enterprise, 4 Lasers, 4 505s, 2 RS300s, 2 Grads,2 RS400s, Fireball, Osprey.
Sailed fairly often; Hornet, Flying Fifteen, Lark, Firefly,RS100, Laser 4000, RS200, Laser 2000, Sigma 8m, Solo, Sonata, Wayfarer, GP14, Pico. Once; Jollyboat, Tornado, Dart 18, Beaufort, 49er, Radial, Gull. Forgotten others. Test sailed about 3 boats per year for about 20 years, can't remember all but here's a few; RS500, 600, 800, Vareo, Vision, X1 Riverboat, Icon, Int Canoe, Moth, Melges 24,Topper Omega, Topper Cruz,Topper Xenon, Buzz,Blaze, Laser eps, Streaker,K1, classic Merlin, modern Merlin, MX-Ray, 29er... Would like to sail; a one design people's foiler. Strict one design, simpler than current ones, cheaper. Think Volkswagen. |
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The Moo
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Joined: 01 Jun 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 807 |
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Posted: 27 Nov 13 at 9:28pm |
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Had a long think about this at lunchtime. Quite a trip down memory lane.
Boats currently owned National 12 and Sprint 15. Boats previously owned in no special order 3 National 12s, 2 Cherubs, 2 Streakers, Miracle, Laser, Laser 2 Regatta, International 14, 1/2 share in Fireball, 1/2 share in 505, Comet, RS300 and British Moth. Other boats sailed Mirror, Heron, GP14 Enterprise, Wanderer, International Moth, International Canoe, Flying Fifteen, Solo, Lightning, Supernova, Foxer, Pacer, Wayfarer, Otter, Javelin, Firefly, Laser Pico, Topaz, Tideway, RS Feva, RS Vareo, RS200, RS400, 29er, Hobie 14, Optimist, Zephyr, Lark, Merlin Rocket, Topper, Topaz, Comet Duo and Comet Trio On the To Do List (for now!) OK, Phantom, Icon and X1 Riverboat. |
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iitick
Far too distracted from work 
Joined: 09 Sep 13 Location: Tunstead Milton Online Status: Offline Posts: 392 |
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Posted: 27 Nov 13 at 11:33pm |
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Owned, 36 r, Marblehead, 10 Rater (models). Brown box like an Oppy, Grad, Lark, Javelin, Laser 2, Tasar, Merlin Rocket, Zoom, Lightning x 2, Byte c2 x2.
Sailed or crewed, GP 14, Laser, Iso, Enterprise, B14, 505, Topper, Fireball, probably others but I forget. I was crap in all of them. Claim to fame?
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Blue One
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Joined: 09 Nov 13 Online Status: Offline Posts: 317 |
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Posted: 28 Nov 13 at 9:17am |
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It is a claim to fame, but it's one you will have share.
 I am also crap, whatever boat I sail.
 but I do have fun!)) |
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JimC
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Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Online Posts: 6644 |
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Posted: 28 Nov 13 at 9:51am |
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I wonder how this would compare with other equivalent bits of hardware. I've certainly owned and sailed much more variety in boats than I have cars. I must have ridden some hundreds of different motorcycles though, but that's because I worked in the trade for a few years.
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yellowwelly
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Joined: 24 May 13 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2003 |
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Posted: 28 Nov 13 at 11:44am |
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For some people I think the equipment intensive sports creates a side line hobby. I'm certainly far more interested the boats that are out there, the boards I have sailed and the snowboard kit I've used than any of the trainers or rackets I might have used on badminton court when I played that as a kid. You see the same in cycling, although personally cycling kit seems the dullest of the dull to me.
Some people get as much pleasure from building or renovating a boat as they do racing it. And we can't deny the technical aspects that drive the desires of development class sailors- I don't buy for one minute it's all just about incremental performance improvements on the race course, it can also be about just making something nicer, or simply an interest in experimentation. Sailing's a divserse sport... from the zero equipment yacht crew (bar some wellies and oillies) to the highly tuned world of something like C-Class... lots to offer everyone.
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winging it
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Posted: 28 Nov 13 at 11:57am |
I certainly enjoy fiddling with my boats as much as I do sailing them, in fact some I definitely enjoy the renovation more than the sailing. I suppose also the perfectionist in me finds it hardf to any boat that doesn't work as it should. |
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the same, but different...
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