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Re: sailboats
Posted by c. mac neill on Feb 17, 2005
Mark old wood Lightings were plank on frame, got to put them in water to swell up, or they will leak like crazy, must wet sail them, end up with heaver boat then modern drysailed glass Lightings
old glass onedesign boats often get soft have sailed old glass Flying Scott's that were simply horrid
some older wood boats will keep up with new fiber glass construction example Thistle Class, wooden Thistles were hot molded 5 ply on a male plug, you can dry sail them, my wood Thistle is right at the 515 lb min alowed weight, Thistle #1 still raced
some one design class asn. are much tighter about changing the boat measurements
some one design classes, have alowed their boat to change over the years put a 50 yr old Snipe, along side a new glass Snipe, you would not think that it could be from the same onedesign class
wood onedesign boats can also be had cheep as most raceing sailers would rather race than work on a boat so they are not intrested in older boats even if just as fast as more expensive newer glass boats
helm down grab your beer Mac
In Response to: Re: sailboats by terry on Feb 17, 2005
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- Re: sailboats by terry on Feb 17, 2005
- Re: sailboats by Mark Camp on Feb 17, 2005