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Offline Neil C.

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Evil Plan "Z"
« on: February 12, 2013, 07:49:29 PM »
With a flurry of new, high quality Cherub designs hitting the water this year, I'm going to have to do something radical if I want to win the Nationals. I've got no idea what this thing is, but I'm sure it'll measure as a Cherub. The hull looks less than 12 feet long, it's definitely less than 6 feet wide. OK so it's got a massively long boom with a sail mounted on the end, but there is no restriction on boom length in the Cherub rules. The rig height should scrape in under the 7.1m limit. A couple of trapezes and it ought to go faster still. World domination will be mine!!! Ha ha! ha ha!! Ha hahahaaaaa!!!!


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Re: Evil Plan "Z"
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2013, 07:51:09 PM »
Shame our race courses have waves and corners!

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Re: Evil Plan "Z"
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2013, 07:26:59 AM »
Yeh may need modifying for the racing but any boat that can break the speed limit on a motorway is pretty cool.
Obviously this would need to be a flooded motorway at the correct angle to an interrupted wind but if it keeps raining...

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Re: Evil Plan "Z"
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2013, 01:49:17 PM »
What a ground breaking moment that would be to be able to sail to the event faster than you could drive. 

Next year's nationals could be a series of road stages around the country. 

Offline Graham Bridle

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Re: Evil Plan "Z"
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2013, 02:10:01 PM »
Hasn't that already happened when we went to Phwellhi ?  ;D ;D

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Re: Evil Plan "Z"
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2013, 10:23:39 PM »
True, but we weren't racing. 

The avoid the traffic, take the channel option is not one often considered at present.

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Re: Evil Plan "Z"
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2013, 11:17:59 AM »
Does anybody know what that thing actually is? I don't. I stumbled on the picture on the net the other day.

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Re: Evil Plan "Z"
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2013, 11:41:49 AM »
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