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winging it
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Topic: Great sailing failures Posted: 07 Aug 09 at 6:52pm |
At the risk of repeating myself, and in response to the best innovations thread: lost class or lost cause?
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the same, but different...
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zailor
Far too distracted from work Joined: 10 May 09 Location: Penparc Online Status: Offline Posts: 249 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Aug 09 at 8:04pm |
Is it a wind surfer with a hull and rudder
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JimC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Aug 09 at 8:49pm |
Laser 5 Tonner?
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Phil eltringham
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Aug 09 at 9:12pm |
is that the first version of the punk?
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FLAT IS FAST!
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Rockhopper
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Aug 09 at 9:36pm |
is it a tonic or a whizz i know we a whizz in our club best one i think is pete goss and his big cat that broke up |
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Retired now after 35 seasons in a row and time for a rest.
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alstorer
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Aug 09 at 10:17pm |
The 5 tonner is a bot of a qaulified failure though, isn't it? After all, it did briefly have a semi-televised circuit, and was being sailed by top sailors, so in that repect it was a success- at the time. Certainly, more of a success than the many, many stillborn classes that have been produced (and that winging it has subsequently bought ). But at the same time, much more of a specatacular fall from grace into ignomy and THAT part of the boat park.
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Aug 09 at 10:48pm |
The Fusion was designed by Jo Richards, so has pedigree. I think the trouble was it tried to jump on the windsurfer bandwagon (it could sail, windsurf or row) without the current understanding that what works for sailing doesn't really work for windsurfing and vice versa. So it was poor at everything it did, as it was compromised by having to do the other 2. Phil Bolger, another great boat designer, once said that it is difficult to make a boat do 2 things well, and almost impossible to make it do 3. He was talking about sailing, rowing and motoring. Making it windsurf too is just one step beyond.
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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tickler
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Aug 09 at 11:00pm |
This thread is called biggest sailing failures, that has to be me
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winging it
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Aug 09 at 9:40am |
What about these Ultra 30s? They enjoyed a brief five minutes of fame, but a bit like Big Brother contestants, they hardly make the z list nowadays..
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Merlinboy
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Aug 09 at 9:54am |
I'll tell you one thing thats doomed and thats Zhik clothing over here, if they think they can charge that much for a pair of hikers! Should wear a striped jumper and a mask!
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