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yellowhammer
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Topic: Evolution Posted: 09 Feb 07 at 11:15pm |
Evolution of the Moth that is
Maybe this should be on the drunk postings thingamibob, but seeing the picture of Steve Nicholson in his Moth on the homepage made me think just how like a moth the boat has become in its looks and flitty behaviour What were the originals like, did they fit the name? |
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Black no sugar
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 07 at 11:39pm |
Yep you're right! They've got wings, they fly, they flop about... The next stage in Moth evolution is to sail at night, erratically, as fast you can towards a very bright light and become unappetising gunk on somebody's windscreen. The original Moths looked like boats, I'm sure. |
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JimC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 07 at 11:52pm |
Prewar Moth page... http://moth.iointegration.com/Moth19.htm Edited by JimC |
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Black no sugar
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Iain C
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 10 Feb 07 at 2:46pm |
Please don't tell me she is sailing in a skirt...
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Merlinboy
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 10 Feb 07 at 4:01pm |
Whats wrong with that dont we all???
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 10 Feb 07 at 8:42pm |
It is the boom that caught my eye...looks like it is made from a long sausage... The boat, however, looks so similar to a British Moth that I wonder if there has been some confusion between the 2. |
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yellowhammer
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 10 Feb 07 at 11:45pm |
Laser 3000 @ Leigh & Lowton SC
www.3000class.org.uk |
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JimC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Feb 07 at 7:26am |
I don't believe there was originally any difference... I seem to remember that when the International Moth class was coalescing from a number of related boats world wide called Moths that some or all of what is now the British Moth elected not to join in. |
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Stefan Lloyd
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Feb 07 at 7:53am |
1938 in fact. http://moth.iointegration.com/Moth19.htm has more information. |
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