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Phil eltringham
Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105 |
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Topic: wacky races Posted: 06 Sep 04 at 11:28am |
very cool!!! Wonder what the handicap for it would be? My guess is about 1200, if you can stop it going down the mine.
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Phil eltringham
Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 30 Sep 04 at 2:57pm |
And for my next trick.... currently working on putting a 49er rig on my B14, should be cherub-like in that the missing 2&1/2 foot of hull length should make for an interesting bear-away. any donations of an old rev.5 rig much appreciated.
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Gael
Posting king Joined: 12 Mar 04 Location: Southampton, United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 187 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 06 Oct 04 at 9:49am |
lIghtweight boats should come with a warning - the problem is it's too easy to forget they're there... not good if you go past a man in blue. |
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merlin2349
Newbie Joined: 04 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Oct 04 at 12:29am |
We attached a Fireball mast and sails to an Express, it worked quite well.. certainly got a few funny looks off of the fireball sailors on Ullswater |
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Merlin Rockets whipp ass
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merlin2349
Newbie Joined: 04 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Oct 04 at 1:09pm |
there you go an express and an 'ex-ball' |
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Merlin Rockets whipp ass
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405man
Newbie Joined: 04 Nov 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 5 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Nov 04 at 7:45pm |
Dude! Y dont someone just put an ultra 30 rig on an 18 and then put some foils on just to kick some serious slow boat butt!! look at sum pics of aussie 12ft skiffs then times that by 10 that would be coll
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why are laser top masts so rubbish?
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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: 30 Nov 04 at 12:26pm |
I'd heard that during development of the Magnum 8, Claridge built a Moth using the front bit of an 'A' class cat hull to prove you didn't need any stability.
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Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36
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Phil eltringham
Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 30 Nov 04 at 4:40pm |
had a thought today, anyone ever taken a flying fifteen and swapped the keel for a daggerboard to see how fast it would go (given all up weight would be down by about a quarter)?
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malawirich
Newbie Joined: 01 Dec 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 04 at 11:58pm |
I have made some fairly stupid machines, most break pretty soon after being lanched. However the highlights are the old classic of a laser full with an assymetric and a trapeeze. Mast broke. Then an Dart 18 hull (with no tramp, couldn't find it) with a breeze 6.0 spinniker and racks added. We took it out in a 4 and it flew, gybing was fairly hard running across the beams but fun. If you ever do this don't ever dig the rack in as the boat stops and you don't. |
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