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Mike

I'm hoping to be there too - Ranelagh hospitality is just too good to miss!

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It must be good to keep the Class on the active topics on the Y&Y forum! The negative comments come from some outside the Class  - mainly from the 2 noted above. Unfortunately these 2 do seem to spend most of their day on the Forum! More posts from those within the class whom I know really enjoy their boats would be excellent publicity.

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Take a look at

http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4816
Could be another new boat on its way?

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Feeling sorry for myself as the 42 knot gusts in the harbour meant no sailing today!
My interest in the Class doesn't stop just because I've moved to the dark side! Actually whenever I'm connected to the net there's a tab open here.

Thanks for your earlier kind words Simon! Hope to take you up on the offer of your boat sometime.
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Thanks.
The MR will most certainly be doing Salcombe sometime.
As you can see I still can't keep away from the 12 Website!
I can't pretend I'm not missing you lot and really do hope that I will be able to make a few guest appearances.
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Hmm - that sort of money would have bought my Mini van! It sounds very much like an Audi dealership price. Towbars can normally be had much cheaper by going to an independant specialist.
You should have no trouble pulling the 12 - especially not if you go for the diesel.
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For the first time in 35 years I don't have a National Twelve!!:'(
It's a day of very mixed feelings.  Frances & I are sailing together again ;D which is brilliant. To do so and to enjoy some excellent local racing in Poole Harbour we have got ourselves a Merlin which, whilst a very nice boat is not as pretty or as enjoyable to sail (at least for
me) as Cooked to Perfection. The laws of physics do say that at 24 -ish stones we should do better in the Merlin than in the Twelve.
Sadly our lack of experience in the class and of the tides in Poole Harbour is currently ensuring that these laws go unproven!
Just maybe when we have more time and cash we will be able to justify another Twelve but for the time being we must devote these resources to establishing that we are worthy to be full members at Parkstone YC. maybe when I've started withering away a few stones as I get older we'll be a more competitive weight?

We have many, many happy memories from the past 35 years and I must be carefull ot to keep tapping away on this keyboard all night! We have formed many great friendships through the Class and indeed have the Class to thank for bringing us together.  Thank you to all who have made them such good years.

I look forward to watching the enthusaism of the new youth to the class taking it from strength to strength and will watch with interest from afar. I might well be looking to borrow a Twelve for 2009 Burton "Week" which I've no doubt is going to be a brilliant and very well attended event.

Look ot for some impressive results from 3481 in 2009!
Good luck Andy & Vicky!

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Cooked to Perfection left Dorset today on the way to Lincolnshire in the hands of her new owner Andy Bayliss. He has promised to take good care of her and put her to good use.
It's a day of very mixed feelings -  Frances & I are sailing together again which is brilliant however, to do so and to enjoy some excellent local racing in Poole Harbour we have got ourselves a Merlin which, although a very nice boat is not as pretty or as enjoyable (for me) to sail as Cooked to Perfection. The laws of physics do say that at 24 -ish stones we should do better in the Merlin than in the Twelve. Sadly our lack of experience in the class and the tides in Poole harbour are currently ensuring that these laws are unproven!

Look out for some impressive results from 3481 in 2009!
Good luck Andy & Vicky!

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I used to pull mine all over the place with my 998cc Minivan and the boats were much heavier then!

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This thread is really encouraging - It's great to hear from the youth element  who realise that it's not necessary to have the latest equipment before they are able to enjoy sailing their Twelves - most of us old folk started in old boats and many years of aspiration and fun were had before we finally got up to date with the latest equipment! Keep working on this FoxiSailor and others. There are some incredibly good value Admirals Cuppers out there and its great not to follow the crowd into the recognised RYA youth classes that so many choose - or are pushed into. 

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Jim
There will probably be more heavyweights there than there are real lightweights at a Finn championship! This is not the thread to pursue that old chestnut again but there really is a natural limit to the competitive weight range which results directly from the limited waterline length.  I have attended numerous Burton Weeks, have never failed to qualify for the Tubs Trophy (even won it once) with plenty of weight in reserve - even when the limit was a stone heavier. I've had great fun at each one  although I've never gone there seriously believing that I can win, and that's never been just a weight issue. Burton Week offers great racing throughout the fleet over a wide weight range and is a brilliant social occassion.

I've no doubt that our committee have given a huge amount of thought and debate to this very significant change in the format. It s impossible to please all all the time. My view for what its worth, is that the event is likely to be the best attended Championhships the Class has seen for many years.  I'm sure that the most conciencous students will still be able to find a few days in their revision schedules to enjoy the event even if they perhaps decide to miss one of the days to feel more confident of their results.

I'm in full agreement with Chalky - I'm certain that the event will appeal far more widely than a full week. Unless the whole family is into sailing it can be very hard to justify a week of valuable anual leave for any sailing event.
I've no doubt the champs will be very well organised and be a big success.

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Barbers to widen the angle were common before dangly poles but there were few using them to reduce the sheeting angle. We put some on the top of the centreboard case on 3139 as the blocks seemed just bit too wide - this worked very well bu I couldn't tell you the angle.
Surface Tension had a completely floating jib sheet block - adjustable on pairs of tracks in both directions.
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It's just possible that a certain Aardvark Feeling Foolish might get there too.

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