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sawman
Far too distracted from work Joined: 04 May 11 Online Status: Offline Posts: 205 |
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Topic: The rise of the OK Posted: 03 Dec 19 at 7:29pm |
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nice to see what you can do with an old boat! I fancy a single hander to keep on the beach and use when there's no crew handy, I don't want to go laser, or solo, always thought OK looks nice. in terms of "reasonably competitive" what I am looking for is something that will do alright in club handicaps, and not give me the feeling that the boat is holding me back excessively, I am probably not likely the turn out for open meetings, unless they are on my doorstep. A fundamentally sound boat, with whatever mast it comes with, I would probably invest in a new(er) sail and be happy to upgrade running rigging etc' Don't want to invest too much, in case I don't get on with it - if money was no object I would be knocking on Ovi's door
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The Moo
Really should get out more Joined: 01 Jun 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 807 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Dec 19 at 10:00pm | |
All credit to the OK Class Association and donors for making the loan boat happen.
Would hate to be the first person to put a scratch on it though. |
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jaydub
Far too distracted from work Joined: 06 Jan 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 267 |
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Yep. Great initiative.
I can remember sailing an OK in the mid 70s at a not very strapping 8.5 stone. I was definitely fitter then, but another 5 stones or so later I'm probably better suited to the boat.
Good to hear that they have removed some of the rake from the rudder. I used to fall in a lot on gybe marks as the boat would wheel around and then the boom would hit the water with inevitable consequences. Happy days! Edited by jaydub - 05 Dec 19 at 9:43pm |
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Sam.Spoons
Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3398 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Dec 19 at 6:56pm | |
Me too, '68-'72 or thereabouts in my case. I've only put on 3 ½ stone since then but I am only 5' 6" Wooden masts back then, we used to go up to the club early to glue some wood to the sides or front to stiffen it up then next week we'd plane it off again rig tuning really meant something back in the day. As you say "happy days".
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