fun
family
fiddly
friendly
Would be useful if all those who have looked at this string would leave a few adjectives to work with!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am not sure we have ever beaten 'sorted for ease and whizz' as a slogan, but i do not fancy being involved in re-use of that one. I am struggling to come up with anything better, although we have a lot of different aspects of the boats and class that we can play on.
'it is not the speed that matters, but the sensation of speed' is something i always try to expalin to people that say that the boats look a bit slow and boring. This is the go-kart vs Ferrari thesis.
I agree with Mike that clothes for children will prove popular, even children that are too small to really appreciate a 12.
Antony
Young man, I need a good crew?
I said, young man, this is a Big Issue 2.
I said, young man, 'cause you're in a Design 8
There's no need to be unhappy.
Young man, don’t be Foolish you know.
I said, young man, when you're short on your dough.
You can sail there, and I'm sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time.
It's fun to sail with the N T O A.
It's fun to sail with the N T O A.
They have every 12, for you to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the carbon toys ... <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
It's fun to sail with the N T O A.
It's fun to sail with the N T O A.
You can get your hull cleaned, you can have a good meal,
You can do whatever you feel ...
Young man, are you listening to me?
I said, young man, what do you want to be?
I said, young man, you can make real your dreams.
But you got to know this one thing!
No man does it all by himself.
I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,
And just go there, to the N T O A.
I'm sure they can help you today.
It's fun to sail with the N T O A.
It's fun to sail with the N T O A.
They have every 12, for you to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the carbon toys ...
It's fun to sail with the N T O A.
It's fun to sail with the N T O A.
You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,
You can do whatever you feel ...
Young man, I was once in your shoes.
I said, I was down and out with the RS blues.
I felt no man cared if I were alive.
I felt the whole world was so tight ...
That's when someone came up to me,
And said, young man, take a walk up the street.
There's a place there called the N T O A
They can start you back on your way.
It's fun to sail with the N T O A.
It's fun to sail with the N T O A.
They have everything for you men to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...
N T O A ... you'll find it at the NTOA.
Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down.
Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground.
N T O A ... you'll find it at the NTOA.
Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down.
Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground.
.N T O A ... you'll find it at the NTOA.
Young man, young man, are you sailing with me?
Young man, young man, what do you wanna be?
Shes a perfect 10, but she Sails a 12
Baby keep a little crew for me
She could be sweet 16, bustin out at the seams
Its still love in the first degree
When hes at my gate, with a Design 8
You wanna see the smile on my face
And even at my door, with a poor Mark 4
There aint no man can replace
cause we love our 12,
In different sizes
we love this boat, especially the lines
Time takes its toll, but not on the eyes
Promise me this, sail em tonight
If hes extra large well Im in charge
I can work this thing on top
If hes xxl well what the hell
Every penny dont fit the slot
The anorexic chicks, the model 6
They dont hold no weight with me
Well 8 or 9, well thats just fine
But I like to sail with something I can see
cause we love our 12,
In different sizes
we love this boat, especially the lines
Time takes its toll, but not on the eyes
Promise me this, sail em tonight
Ive bought a watch, to time your beauty
But Ive had to fit a second hand
Ive bought a calendar, and every month
Is taken up by lover man
cause we love our 12,
In different sizes
we love this boat, especially the lines
Time takes its toll, but not on the eyes
Promise me this, sail em tonight
cause we love our 12,
In different sizes
we love this boat, especially the lines
Time takes its toll, but not on the eyes
Promise me this, sail em tonight
Or go retro 70s;
Quick-tackin', close-racin', ace-sailin', motivatin', good-buzzin', cool-talkin', high-flyin', fast-reachn', ever-givin', cool-lookin'... 12!
here's some ideas Jeremy:
wet, wobbly & wild
go designer - feel the difference
have you forgotten how good they race?
12 feet (12 footprints on a t-shirt)
Think different - think 12
12 - the original and the best
Nippy
Awe-inspiring
Tactical
Invigorating
Original
Nimble (Nosedive?)
Arty
Legendary
12
The reason that I have been asking for adjectives is that I was thinking of doing a t-shirt based on an extract from a dictionary adapted to suit a twelve. this would then be combined with the N12 logo either wrapped or beneath the text.
Was thinking of words such as exhilarating..
Below is the text from a t-shirt I did back when I had a 29er and wanted to do something for my trapezing crew. Was thinking of this sort of thing, though much shorter and related to the adjectives in conjunction with sailing a 12.
Teabag ~noun & verb (~ed; ~ing; to~; ~er)
Definition ~ perforated bag containing detritus which when dunked into cold fresh or salty water will enable the helm to laugh and get his own back
Often performed by inexperienced crew who believe that they have the upper hand in a water fight whilst hanging on the wire. Unaccountably it is common for the said crew to be unable to learn from the experience and hence find themselves swimming with the fishes more than strictly necessary. Additional reasons for being ~ed include wearing pink whilst on board, decorating said vessel with flower motifs and falling asleep on the wire whilst racing is underway.
~ed â€" past tense; refers to crew lying idly in water having found themselves unable to remain (unaccountably) securely attached to the said vessel
~ing â€" action of helm purposefully releasing mainsheet in order to teach crew a lesson. To ~ Verb planning of above scenario~ not often used beyond the second person but occasionally can be used in the plural when it all gets a bit too much. ~er â€" person or persons responsible for the unfortunate position that crews might find themselves in. Little or no remorse is ever observed on the ~ers face indicating a dire warning to the crew for the future
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Love the songs!!
Particularly the secind one.... but who was the original tune by..... its winding me up as I can't remember!
We think it was Beautiful South:)
Roly and Co
yeah beautiful south
Grazz should really get most of the credit for YMCA / NTOA.
The 2nd one is from Beautiful South, "Perfect 10" was the orginal title. NO I can't sing it in tune!! ;D
Could modify the chorus a bit more to fit;
cause we love our 12,
In different guises
we love this boat, especially the lines
Time takes its toll, but not on the eyes
Promise me this, sail em all right
Back on thread more - one issue we have now is the mad 12' skiff guys call themselves 12s too. Those 12s are even more niche and totally mad with all that rag and rigs. So just having the 12 feet (foots?) is a 8) idea but could get misconstrued.
Tremendous
Welcoming
Evolutionary
Loveable
Vaavavoom!
Elegant
Play about with some sort of tag lines;
SMOD - SaMe Old Difference
N12 - Diversity Originality Multifacted Surprising
Choose to be different - Choose a 12
National 12 - pure genious
Pure Genious, Ah that was the Name of my vintage Merlin Rocket Painted in Black with the top plank painted white.;D;D
James
N3402
N3304 Up For SALE
Ex Merlin Rocket 2293
Don't snort at a twelve - it's better than coke - and that ain't no joke! (Sorry THG) :D
The National 12 - Peps at Sea (Another one!)
Sailing a Twelve - The unbearable lightness of being
Goes faster - even without the stickers
National 12 - an RS 200 without her running nickers! :o(the asymmetric at the front end if you hadn't already guessed)
Have a Twelve and a smile ;)
If you're bored on your board have a delve on a Twelve ;)
Up yours, RS whatever - National 12's Rool! :P:K)
Get Nationalised - Get a Twelve!
Get a Twelve - put the rational back in National! ;)
Bring back National12 service!
National 12 - the boat you can sail between regattas without ruining your appetite ;D - in other words the Milky Wave! :B
Surf's Up - time for a Twelve.
National 12 - Wave Function (my daughter's idea - it's the name of her Optimist!)
On the crest of the wave - National 12. (Wasn't there a 12 called "Wavecrest"?)
National 12 - "Vive la Difference!"
Oops - Burst my brain! :o
Cheers!
Jim.
Of course the old schoolers will point out they were oft known as Nationals, to avoid confusion with the 12 metres, rather than Twelves.
I'll get my coat...
or 'Love in the Nth Degree'
Pip Pip Onk Onk
A ride in a 12 is better than the Ninky Nonk!!
(refer to a small child (under 5 at least) if you don't understand!!)
back, back , back is an old favourite.
sorted for ease and whizz was good, but it is sadly no longer 1997. for those who were not there, we went ot the dinghy show with these stickers whilst pulp had the song of this name out. We stickered the show! We also invented the dinghy show balloon - they are now 2 a penny - probably four or five years ago.
following the dictionary definition idea, how about the 12 logo on front and then on the back the word Class and then a suitably arrogant and aspirational definition
keep the ideas coming
John
I have been thinking hard over the past two days and havn't comeup with much but just to show I tried ( Everybody to the limit).
N12 The power of perfection.
N12 the closest I'll get to heaven
N12 if I had known heaven was this good i would have died years ago.
The perfect 12 Plenty of body and abit of a handful
Nothing of Johns class (I rather lked that one) but it might stir people into action.
You can reach for it, You can run for it, But you cann't beat them..... N12
By the way on the t shirt front I'm not so keen on them after starting to collect them from every hill race I ran in I've got enough to last me a life time. Somthing with a bit morre class please
Have done a few samples,
would welcome comments..........
next one
oops posted two by accident!
and another!
last for the minute
Need to try and get these ordered by tuesday so need a quick response on comments/choices to give me time to prepare graphics for printers.
couple more...
...
Brilliant work Jeremy - The Power of Perfection appeals to me (perhaps I have a slightly biased view on this?). I particularly like the idea of involving the "N" in the design as that is what is recognised by many more sailors that our 12 on a wave logo (much as I like that too). It would be great to bring both together on the shirt.
Cheers
Agree about the 'N'. I'm a recent 12 convert, but a couple of years ago the wave logo would have just passed me by.
How about a subtle (inch sq) wave logo on the left chest and the main text on the back. When the wearer has humps it makes reading it without getting your face slapped so much easier! (I was just reading your chest...honest!).
I like
Darwin was right...
N12
In a way the evolution tag is redundant, as its the only thing that Darwin is famous for. Nice colour shirt but polo??
They are brilliant - our favourites are the 12 feet and 'develop' but we havn't consulted Miss Clark (who could be said to be the only style conscious member of the team) as she is in bed, sleeping the sleep of the just and preparing herself for a full on day at Ryton tomorrow. :)
Team RM
Ah 1997... that was my first boat show... in fact I think I still have a sorted for ease and whizz sticker somewhere... Yup, on me bedroom door... If I remember correctly some stealthy lass slapped it on my forehead before disappearing into the ether....
i've still got a couple of sheets of ease and whizz stickers...
I rather like the vertical listing of Reply No.7 - but take out the word "nosedive", after "nimble"
Ken Goddard, N.2300
They are all very good - well done. I particularly like The Power of Perfection. And I agree totally with the positive comments about the "N".
Like the logo on the front, design on the back and on a polo shirt.
How about on the back
N (But much bigger)
Twelve
Reasons for sailing one
Fast
Fun
Friendly
Families
Classic
Leading edge
Evolutionary
Awesome
Brilliant
Wild
Beautiful
Perfection
… just do it!
Or pick your own adjectives
After a weekend of consultantion and consideration the following T-shirt is going to print. It has gone to one colour to keep the price of the final t-shirt down so if you are happening to be at the dinghy show they should be available.
I have ordered various colours and sizes in women's men's and childrens',but if more are found to be needed then orders wil be accepted at the show .
I have added N12 to the top in preference to the twelve logo so that it is instantly recognisable. Hope this suits everyone!
Hi,
If the T shirt sells well, i think a "Baseball cap" with the N12 logo on would be good , i am sure these will sell well, or some sort of cap for sailing ...
You'd have to be pretty different to only have left feet - let alone 12 of them ;D
Hi Mikey!
Just watch your carbon footprint! ;D
Cheers!
Jim.
It reminds me of the Banana boat song.... What are the new words for the N12 version?
Loving the t-shirt! Any chance they'll be available at Burton Week? (As I'm coming properly this year ;D)
Pip
T-shirts will definitely be avaibale at Burton Week, but you might want one earlier than that so that you can spend the summer in it!! If you do, just mail me and I'll sort out getting one to you.
jeremy@designs42.net
Jeremy, have sent you an order - can't make it to BW as it clashes with the Dart 18 Worlds this year (10th - 15th August, Workum NL). :-/
Cheers!
Jim.
T-shirts finally printed!!!!
Available tomorrow at the show or by e-mail to me or via the merchandising page
(which will be updated with these shortly)
Below are mens shirts available in medium, large and X-large in all colours shown
Cost £12
Womens fitted t-shirts;
available in medium and small in colours shown.....
Cost £12
See previous page for mens!
kids t-shirts suitable for up to 7 years old I reckon unless they have grown quickly!
Again in the colours shown.... cost £8