Laurent Giles 'Jolly Boat' Exeter |
J24 (Sail No. 4239) Dartmouth |
29er GBR 074 Tynemouth |
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29er or musto |
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carshalton fc
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Topic: 29er or musto Posted: 07 Mar 05 at 8:08pm |
yer but they wont be around every weekend will they?
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sailorguy
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 05 at 8:18pm |
buzz or 29er. probably twin wiring not a good idea for trapeze novices.
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RS 500 (twin wire)
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carshalton fc
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 05 at 8:32pm |
yer but we wernt talking about twin wire boats.
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sailorguy
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 05 at 9:13pm |
ok sorry
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carshalton fc
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 12:23pm |
so what does your mate pro wannaby want a single or a double?
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Guest
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 6:13pm |
I have owned 29er, RS800 and Musto Skiff. 29er is a great boat but is really a youth class not great for couple looking for socials. RS800 - good for parties but the boat is very heavy and the mainsheet loads horrific. Musto Skiff - obviously single handed so no crew problems and a great boat (I am biased of course). All of the above seem a big step up from the Stratos but anyone with a bit of ambition should manage OK.
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Bobbins
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 6:45pm |
So you're looking for an introduction to trapezing and a good racing circuit? And fireball's only been mentioned once? What about FD's, hornets etc.? Can pick up a decent boat dirt cheap and they make for far better introductions to trapezing/racing than many more modern assymetrics. Mosey on down to www.fastsail.org (not that i'm biased or anything ) |
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ssailor
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 7:26pm |
A Buzz is a good first fast assymetric boat to learn to trapeze in, I
myself started in one then a 29er and then a Spice (which is great for
practising and learning twin wire!) and now by far the best an Int 14.
I think the 29er or MPS may be a bit ambitious for someone with previous experience only in flying fifteens and stratoses - it also depends on where you sail because there is a very large speed differenece between the stratos and the MPS/29er! The Stratos is like a floating pontoon compared to the 29er - and without any trapezing experience the task of hoisting, balancing on your feet, goin out on the wire etc will definetly take a long and very wet time to master! |
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carshalton fc
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 7:41pm |
maybe his mate put the trapeze kit on the stratos so he has learnt to trapeze but wants a faster boat?
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ssailor
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 7:57pm |
If this is the case then the buzz or the iso may well be a sensible
option as they are both single wire and pretty fast along with fairly
good race associations (ok maybe not the best but they aint that bad) I
have sailed both boats and both are nice fun fast boats to sail.
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