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2547
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Topic: Farr 3.7 Posted: 02 Jan 18 at 5:18pm |
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Incredible that Jack has kept this going ... some dedication to the cause ... |
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jan 18 at 5:48pm | |
It is impressive. I think it is also that the boat looks fun, so we all still enjoy reading about people with the get up and go to stop reading and start building.
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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Do Different
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jan 18 at 6:24pm | |
Absolutely Rupert and also how refreshing it is to have seen minimal fretting about what rating it is allocated.
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Sam.Spoons
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jan 18 at 7:17pm | |
If I was 20 (ok maybe 40) years younger and had the time and skills........
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Noah
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jan 18 at 7:46pm | |
+1 to that, and subtract 10kg or so...
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NickM99
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jan 18 at 7:53pm | |
Jack: how have the Farrs got on at Lyme? I understand the usual open sea conditions there tend to favour longer boats.
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Jack Sparrow
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 18 at 10:51am | |
They have been getting on fine at Lyme. There is another interested young sailor at Lyme to. We just need to find a way to get him a boat! To my knowledge there haven't been many A over T incidents, even in the prevailing Lyme conditions. But at the end of the day that's one of the fun things about the boat. It's light, lively and doesn't need super star skills to handle, but provides enough interest to make you want to master it.
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2547
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 18 at 5:15pm | |
The swell is pretty long at Lyme so there shouldn't be any problems; i would have thought the problems would be more in the short chop. |
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Jack Sparrow
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 18 at 5:18pm | |
Yes, a windy, wind against tide at Stone S.C would sort the men from the boys.
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far-fetched
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 18 at 11:12pm | |
I can honestly say that I have not noticed the lack of length being a problem for me at Lyme (add your own witty comments here!). If you have the big waves that Lyme is famous for then chances are that you also have wind and will be trapezing and therefore will also be planing, so length becomes less important (or again here!). I guess it might be slightly easier to get it wrong downwind on broad reaches but my last A over T was down to incompetence (again!) and not bothering to put my foot in the loop going down over a wave and thus slipping forward, loosing my balance and over we go. Upwind in waves when on the trapeze is a joy and you wouldn’t notice the length issue at all. So I really don’t think that 3.7 metres is a problem. The same sadly can’t be said of my arthritis which means I can’t now get across from one side of the boat to the other quickly enough, but that is another story. |
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