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Rupert
Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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Topic: What features about a boat are important to you? Posted: 03 Apr 20 at 8:11pm |
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40 in dim and distant in the rear view mirror, and I have no idea what you are talking about. |
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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zeon
Far too distracted from work Joined: 20 Aug 16 Online Status: Offline Posts: 316 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Apr 20 at 10:22pm | |
Come on Rupert, your not that young . You remember a world with points, feeler gauges, manual choke and carburettors before every car had electronic ignition and engine management systems
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Rupert
Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 20 at 7:05am | |
Age isn't the problem. So long as a car could tow a boat, and could be fixed using bits of scaffold pole and wire coat hangers, I really didn't have any clue as to what was happening under the bonnet. Just glad cars have reached the point where I sometimes struggle to remember how to open the bonnet to put windscreen washer in there.
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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iGRF
Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 11 Location: Hythe Online Status: Offline Posts: 6496 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 20 at 7:14am | |
There lyeth proof of my oft used quote... Never let a dinghy sailor near an engine. ;-)
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E.J.
Posting king Joined: 19 Feb 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 184 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 05 Apr 20 at 8:18am | |
For me it has to be a single hander, one design. Not bothered about much else, Modern enough for Carbon is preferable and with not too much to adjust.
Fleet racing is critical, and a class that has proper international events that are open to amateur sailors, now I have experienced a few of these I don’t think i could go back to a class where the nationals is the main event of the year. It has changed my life in such positive way. I also like the asthetics of a boat which is of course completely subjective, but somehow not. |
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ttc546
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 05 Apr 20 at 9:41am | |
This. I would like a 'Solo' version of the Aero. A boat that is a little less athletic for us older and (now) weightier people - but maintains all the design principles of the Aero - lighweight, looks good, has great support from the builder and fleet racing etc etc (though I love my Aero as is) (no offence to Solo sailors ;-) ) Edited by ttc546 - 05 Apr 20 at 9:43am |
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E.J.
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 05 Apr 20 at 11:25am | |
Interestingly, I hadn’t considered the Aero when I wrote this as I sail a Contender, I was thinking of boats like that and the OK but I can see the Aero now has this as well. Let’s hope it doesn’t get too professional or Olympian, from a purely selfish perspective.
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Peter Barton
Posting king Joined: 10 Oct 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 129 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Apr 20 at 9:59am | |
For those who didn't want to see the RS Aero professional and Olympic the RS Aero Class lost the singlehanded selection quite successfully by winning the World Sailing trials report and then losing the vote. So no Olympic cigar to choke on for now.
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For inclusive international events for amateur sailors looking for travel and holiday with some good racing too, check out the RS Aero reports from Lago Maggiore and the 100+ Garda Europeans last year; RS Aero European Event Reports (click on 2019, see June & Aug) We have an informal European circuit of 9 major RS Aero events across 8 counties over 6 months this year, plus the USA World Champs in August; April - France May - Ireland June - Italy July - Germany x 2 August - Sweden & UK Sep - Czech Rep & Holland RS Aero European Calendar 2020 We will see how that all plays out... Edited by Peter Barton - 07 Apr 20 at 10:08am |
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