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Second Post:
Where are the GBR Norlin and Strad's ?
We are now in the same position as the States, we have a shortage of boats and with the new price of boats, the entry level into the class is now quite expensive.
We need to find a cheaper way of allowing people into our fleet, that is we either need a cheaper new boat or we need to find and bring back to life all the older boats which are lying in boat parks and not being used. If you know of any boats that are not being used, please email the association. If you have the owners details, please let them know about our " for sale" service. Maybe we can keep these boats in the UK and get these boats back on the water.
Is now the time for an alternative to the Norlin 3 to come out of hiding and allow people a cheaper method of getting into this exciting class?
Author: Simon Hill
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Reply from Hasse and builder of Stradivari: (who will be at the Grafham open meeting) Heard of good old amateur building in plywood. Friends joining together to build a couple of boats in a common effort. Used to work. Good Old England must be full of examples. Fireball, Cadet. Cherub, OK, Mirror, Miracle is what comes to my ignorant mind at the moment
Problem is nobody wants to stick his/her head out and start the ball rolling.
It cannot be impossible to get some of the very competetive dinghy builders in the UK to have a go at building a couple of hulls from any of the available moulds (Stradivari Mk II, Södergren Mk V, Howlett). I belive any of these would be competitive given the mouldings where competitively built.
Dedication is key. -Keep on sailing, Hasse/SWE335 -- Hasse Malmsten phone +46 738 226601 www.wallhamnmarina.se-www.malmstenboats.nu
Author: Hasse Malmsten
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First Post:
Should open meetings be segregated?
What I mean by this is that the 2.4 is an equal opportunity boat, Male, Female able or not sailors can race on equal terms with each other.
Should meetings like Sail for gold in Weymouth be open to all? Why shouldn't an able bodied sailor like myself be able to go to Weymouth and get beaten by the disabled competitors.
Who is being disadvantaged? Is it the able bodied sailors by not being able to sail or is it the disabled sailors because they are being disadvantaged by not having the opportunity of beating the able bodied people?
Mind you, the way Megan is sailing at the moment, do I want to be finishing a race after she has won, packed up and been in the bar for 30 mins!
Author: Simon Hill
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