J24 (Sail No. 4239) Dartmouth |
Laurent Giles 'Jolly Boat' Exeter |
29er GBR 074 Tynemouth |
List classes of boat for sale |
Women's skiff re-vote |
Post Reply | Page <1 34567 8> |
Author | ||
2547
Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 11 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1151 |
Post Options
Quote Reply
Topic: Women's skiff re-vote Posted: 06 Mar 12 at 9:16am |
|
BarnsieB14768; I pointed this out some time ago, I have seen lightweight 49er crews that were highly skilled have big problems recovering a boat that has gone turtle ... I'm sure this is a side effect of the solid wings. I expect they will test all of this at the trials though ...
|
||
RS400atC
Really should get out more Joined: 04 Dec 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3011 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 12 at 9:17am | |
RS400 foredeck, any Vauxhall Nova on an estate near you! There are some awful examples in motorcycle accessories like the 'carbon tax disc holder'. We ought to have got over it by now, my bike is 21years old with its carbon mudguards! |
||
rogue
Really should get out more Joined: 04 Dec 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 978 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 12 at 10:00am | |
well the next on trend will be technical renewables... like bamboo.
yep, you heard it hear first, by the next decade woodie boats will be cool again.
|
||
|
||
Bootscooter
Really should get out more Joined: 15 May 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1094 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 12 at 10:07am | |
|
||
Chris Turner
Posting king Joined: 09 Jul 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 142 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 12 at 10:25am | |
There was a foiling Moth at the last JEC composites show made from Hemp laminate...Didn't know if to sail it or smoke it.
|
||
alstorer
Really should get out more Joined: 02 Aug 07 Location: Cambridge Online Status: Offline Posts: 2899 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 12 at 10:29am | |
Oh wait, you might actually be serious here? Oh my. No.
As for polypropylene fibres- well they make for really cheap and nasty ropes... Plus, you're almost certainly using polyethylene fibres on your boat.
|
||
-_
Al |
||
G.R.F.
Really should get out more Joined: 10 Aug 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 4028 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 12 at 10:36am | |
Check back to the beginning of the V twin thread, I did specify bamboo as a potential material, we've been selling kite boards built with it, and board shorts, did you know it eliminates jock itch? Natural anti bacteriological wonder material bamboo, difficult to get anyone that up to date in the Marine Industry I fear. *Wood is good *In certain not varnished coffin applications Then again isn't Bamboo a form of grass?
Edited by G.R.F. - 06 Mar 12 at 10:37am |
||
timeintheboat
Really should get out more Joined: 01 Feb 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 615 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 12 at 11:07am | |
Like some other things - sailing is more enjoyable when you do it with someone else
|
||
alstorer
Really should get out more Joined: 02 Aug 07 Location: Cambridge Online Status: Offline Posts: 2899 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 12 at 11:20am | |
Smartphones aren't exactly subject to high structural loads.
I have heard tale of a smartphone manufacturer that decided that carbon fibre might be a good material for a case.
|
||
-_
Al |
||
RS400atC
Really should get out more Joined: 04 Dec 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3011 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 12 at 11:24am | |
Yours might not be! I've seen a few broken ones :-) |
||
Post Reply | Page <1 34567 8> |
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |