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The Great Wallsendo
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Not a Topper...
Or a Mirror...
which is basically a bathtub with a sail...
Looks like it could be a National 12...in one of my previous lives I was big into Dinghy sailing and sailed every weekend at Derwent with the faux Yachty types...I enjoyed the sailing part but not the "scene"...4x4s on Posh Housing Estate types
It's great fun though...I always wanted to try "heaving to" which creates a perfect drift fishing situation...if you had the balls to try it 3 miles out in the North Sea you could have some great laughs
Or a Mirror...
which is basically a bathtub with a sail...
Looks like it could be a National 12...in one of my previous lives I was big into Dinghy sailing and sailed every weekend at Derwent with the faux Yachty types...I enjoyed the sailing part but not the "scene"...4x4s on Posh Housing Estate types
It's great fun though...I always wanted to try "heaving to" which creates a perfect drift fishing situation...if you had the balls to try it 3 miles out in the North Sea you could have some great laughs
mark
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I flogged a set of sails on ebay the would have fit perfect, came off a 12 footer.
get it sailed!
one of the things I'm really looking forward to with the panser is getting some canvas up while fishing. get it trimmed correctly and you stop dead over a wreck or set whatever drift speed you want, keep it nose into the wind/sea so you end up with a very stable fishing platform
get it sailed!
one of the things I'm really looking forward to with the panser is getting some canvas up while fishing. get it trimmed correctly and you stop dead over a wreck or set whatever drift speed you want, keep it nose into the wind/sea so you end up with a very stable fishing platform
been looking here
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looks good in full tilt , would it still be ok with a smaller sail set on it ? (i know not as fast but that is not a concern to me
just need to do something with the 2 big holes in the transom that drain it if i an going to have it parked some place out at sea and a water proof locker of some sorts for a couple of boat rods
ooh ooh i dont have any boat rods will have to go shopping again
Google Image Result for http://www.tenbysailingclub.org.uk/ospreytraining180207.jpg
looks good in full tilt , would it still be ok with a smaller sail set on it ? (i know not as fast but that is not a concern to me
just need to do something with the 2 big holes in the transom that drain it if i an going to have it parked some place out at sea and a water proof locker of some sorts for a couple of boat rods
ooh ooh i dont have any boat rods will have to go shopping again
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mark
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fit 'elephant trunks' to the bilge drains, same as used on bigger ribs, you lift em up when stationary and drop em when moving, the drain holes should have none return rubbers in them already, but they are not terribly reliable if stationary for a long while
its not necessarily the size of sails, its how much is up and how its trimmed at any given time. you can put relatively huge sails on very small dinghys, but then end up sitting on a trapeze while you moving to stop you falling over
the sails in the pic look ok, the spinnaker on the nearest one would fair make it shift with a good breeze. we could get 15knots plus out of a 12 foot mirror dinghy, but its tiring work as you've got to give it 100% attention all the time at those sort of speeds. 6 to 8 knots would be a nice leisurely speed to get out the piers with not too much sail.
its not necessarily the size of sails, its how much is up and how its trimmed at any given time. you can put relatively huge sails on very small dinghys, but then end up sitting on a trapeze while you moving to stop you falling over
the sails in the pic look ok, the spinnaker on the nearest one would fair make it shift with a good breeze. we could get 15knots plus out of a 12 foot mirror dinghy, but its tiring work as you've got to give it 100% attention all the time at those sort of speeds. 6 to 8 knots would be a nice leisurely speed to get out the piers with not too much sail.
Charlie_Thompson
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picked it up today , its way bigger than i thought 
looked funny sticking out the back of the sprinter by about 2 meters
have the mast to pick up but thats going to be way too long to fit it in the van might have to do something odd to tie it on top
will post a pic when i have it cleaned up a bit
looked funny sticking out the back of the sprinter by about 2 meters have the mast to pick up but thats going to be way too long to fit it in the van might have to do something odd to tie it on top
will post a pic when i have it cleaned up a bit
