N12 Merchantdising

[Jeremy C]

[Mike Storey]

fun
family
fiddly
friendly

[Jeremy C]

Would be useful if all those who have looked at this string would leave a few adjectives to work with!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Antony (Guest)]

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

[THG]

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?

[THG]

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

[THG]

Or go retro 70s;
Quick-tackin', close-racin', ace-sailin', motivatin', good-buzzin', cool-talkin', high-flyin', fast-reachn', ever-givin', cool-lookin'... 12!

[grazz]

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

[Jeremy C]

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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[Jeremy C]

Love the songs!!
Particularly the secind one.... but who was the original tune by..... its winding me up as I can't remember!

[Roly Mo]

We think it was Beautiful South:)
Roly and Co

[sam293]

yeah beautiful south

[THG]

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!!
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  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
 
 

[TC]

National 12 - pure genious
 

[James Taylor]

Pure Genious, Ah that was the Name of my vintage Merlin Rocket Painted in Black with the top plank painted white.;D
James
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