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by Nessa
Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:47 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: Shipping a boat to Aus
Replies: 45
Views: 10782

Re: Shipping a boat to Aus

There will definitely be some aussies coming over for the contender worlds in Denmark in July. Likewise there will be Brits, possibly me included, going to Brisbane for the Worlds there this time next year - can you wait that long? Unfortunately you have missed the boat as far as the FFs and the B14...
by Nessa
Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:20 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: RULES - Which are the most important?
Replies: 91
Views: 17396

Re: RULES - Which are the most important?

Yet another anecdote from Kingston. In one of the crucial final day races my rival was way ahead of me after the first beat and two reaches, so I was surprised to see her loitering at the leeward mark. At first I thought she was in trouble, but no she was deliberately backing her sail so that she co...
by Nessa
Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:37 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: RULES - Which are the most important?
Replies: 91
Views: 17396

Re: RULES - Which are the most important?

Unfortunately there are a lot of instructors who have never raced - it's not a requirement of the instructor course. The boy friend of my closest and only rival attempted to sail me off the course last year in Kingston. Unfortunately they were Canadians in Canada and I felt I would have had little o...
by Nessa
Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:26 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: Talking to our loved ones
Replies: 27
Views: 6985

Re: Talking to our loved ones

My present contender does not have a proper name as such, but does get called all kinds of names during our on the water adventures. Unfortunately laws of good taste do not allow me to repeat them here.... :roll: My phantom is called the Phantom Menace, but perhaps unfairly because he/she is a nice ...
by Nessa
Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:07 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: RULES - Which are the most important?
Replies: 91
Views: 17396

Re: RULES - Which are the most important?

Yes, didn't I also read about the 'pecking order' concept in a Twiname book - wasn't it in Sail, Race and Win? All too prevalent in small clubs I fear. As an Instructor I get very hot under the collar generally about the treatment of beginners by experienced racers. The greatest fear a beginner has ...
by Nessa
Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:59 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: 2009 Event at Bough Beech SC - Saturday 27th June
Replies: 24
Views: 11101

Re: 2009 Event at Bough Beech SC - Saturday 27th June

Cherubs welcome of course, there is a qualifying one of those at the club as well. There's a local one which will be I think a few months the wrong side of 25years on thedy, plus rather more updated than QSJB. Is anyone going to mind if he comes along - I shall suggest a suitably vicious handicap:-...
by Nessa
Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:48 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: RULES - Which are the most important?
Replies: 91
Views: 17396

Re: RULES - Which are the most important?

I am a member of a tiny club in Bedford. I have only ever raced there once - I use this club for cruising and do a lot of instructing there, hence the club racers don't know me at all. I turned up to help out with safety duties - it was an extremely windy day - but wasn't needed, so I took out a clu...
by Nessa
Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:02 pm
Forum: Boats and bits for sale
Topic: Credit Crunch Sailing
Replies: 26
Views: 5249

Re: Credit Crunch Sailing

My take on this is slightly different. She and I between us own ye olde phantome, Agamemnon, her olde streaker and my ten year old contender. Last year we boat this latter for £1700 and also bought a new main, carbon boom and mast for more money than I care to think about. But, in terms of month to ...
by Nessa
Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:46 am
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: Pisces
Replies: 45
Views: 16474

Re: Pisces

I don't think it's a laser either, on closer inspection. It certainly isn't a row boat!

A couple of years ago I did some private coaching with a chap on Wimbleball who had a supernova. He weighed about 10 and a half stone and did not seem to have the weight for the boat.
by Nessa
Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:16 pm
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: Pisces
Replies: 45
Views: 16474

Re: Pisces

I agree with Rupert about the Supernova - it's not a boat for lightweights. My byte size choice would have to be the Europe. Naturally I agree with all the good things said about the Contender. There is a boat on ebay at the moment which the seller is describing as a rowing dinghy. I'm fairly sure i...
by Nessa
Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:00 pm
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: Pisces
Replies: 45
Views: 16474

Re: Pisces

Can we have pictures of the first sail? Then we know what to look for. :shock:
by Nessa
Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:01 am
Forum: Events
Topic: 2009 Event at Bough Beech SC - Saturday 27th June
Replies: 24
Views: 11101

Re: 2009 Event at Bough Beech SC - Saturday 27th June

I do like the sound and look of Bough Beech. Unfortunately this date clashes with a contender open at HISC and also my crew is being officious on an athletics track on that date. However, if conditions look poor for contendering then I may either bring Agamemnon - possibly the first CVRDA outing for...
by Nessa
Fri Jan 09, 2009 11:41 am
Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
Topic: Would it work?
Replies: 19
Views: 5910

Re: Would it work?

That would be phenomenally helpful! Thank you! :D
by Nessa
Fri Jan 09, 2009 11:40 am
Forum: Boats and bits wanted
Topic: lowers bracket
Replies: 11
Views: 4872

Re: lowers bracket

The honest answer is because I am being a cheapskate! Most of my sailing pittance gets poured into two other boats, (contender, Agamemnon) so the phantom tends to get done on the cheap. But maybe I should invest.... For the lowers themselves I am doping a similar thing but I'm planning on attaching ...
by Nessa
Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:06 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Whitefriars Winter Classic and Lost Class Meeting. 8th Feb
Replies: 100
Views: 27669

Re: Whitefriars Winter Classic and Lost Class Meeting. 8th Feb

I did post details of this in the phantom forum, but really wish I hadn't bothered. They seem to think that because the helms are as aged as their boats, they will not turn out.

The words 'pathetic' and 'ungrateful' immediately spring to mind. :evil: