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boo123gles
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Topic: What boat for me? Posted: 13 Jul 05 at 10:41am |
I am a 16 year old who is 14stone and 5"11 and i want a boat for sailing inland on my local lake!My budget is around 1000-1500 pounds.I first looked at a fireball and then a cherub.After finding that a modern boat from eiter class thaqt fits into my budget is near impossible that doesnt need a spinny conversion of other work i looked at the more modern classes! I have been looking at a spice? Which boat do you lot recon would be best for me? i would like either a fireball,spice,cherub or buzz! i am almost an instructor so there is no probs about wether i can handle the boat or not and i have a commited crew lined up. SO WHAT BOAT?
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boo123gles
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 13 Jul 05 at 10:42am |
lookin for a boa with single or doudle wire aswell.Cheers for your help!
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Stefan Lloyd
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 13 Jul 05 at 10:50am |
Whatever has class racing at your local lake. Having the only boat in its class at a club is a waste of time.
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boo123gles
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 13 Jul 05 at 10:53am |
there are other fireballs+buzz's and probably another cherub!
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Stefan Lloyd
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 13 Jul 05 at 12:22pm |
How heavy is your crew? There are Cherub sailors here who could comment better than me but 14st sounds heavy for a Cherub. I don't know much about the Buzz but understand it to be a lightweight's boat. Sorry but 14st isn't lightweight. I wouldn't consider a Spice if you would be the only one at your club. You need class racing, feedback and help from others in the same class to improve. That leaves the Fireball as the one from your list left standing, and a very good class it is too. And I don't even sail one, so that is objective advice. |
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redback
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 13 Jul 05 at 10:47pm |
Since you sail on a lake do consider that (unless it is a very big lake) it would be difficult to sail up to your handicap.
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KnightMare
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 13 Jul 05 at 11:06pm |
FIre ball seems to cope well with all types of people and can sail well on lakes (well our ones seem to cope ok on their handicap) |
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Mike278
Far too distracted from work Joined: 09 Mar 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 256 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 13 Jul 05 at 11:20pm |
for your budget you could get a decent wooden fireball (including a wooden Winder), but you should also be able to get a composite severn sailboats fireball for around £1500
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Stefan Lloyd
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Jul 05 at 7:17am |
Lost me there: what boat does that comment refer to? If you meant Fireballs, they did OK in handicap at a lake-based club I used to belong to. Edited by Stefan Lloyd |
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Phil eltringham
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Jul 05 at 11:20am |
get a penultimate I14, twin wire, aymmetric, reasonably quick, good class association and lots of spare/info about, also once they get down to about £1000 they tend to stay there so you wont loose much money on it.
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