Sorry freight to Aus $93 for three

Nikrum said...
Cripes if we got together with the Poms the Yank (Now there is a big market) we could have the ideal tire made and market them at good prices..
Ron

Agree totally.... but first we need a common size, the FISLY mini 5.6m yacht has that wheel size as a STANDARD....world wide.
If there isn't a common size people will continue to play with various products available. Including wheels, sail, masts etc etc.

Paul, We do not have an Icon "Toungue In Cheek"-------------------Perhaps we had best devise one
Ron
PS; You fat sod how's about you pull a couple of spare tires about your middle[}:)]

I would have to agree a revamp of Class5 specs.... after all there has been very little change in the past 30+ years. I think allowing ANY sort of round mast in the rules would make a vast improvement for Class5.
A lot of evolution has occurred within them tho, who would have thought current day yachts like aus230 and some of the European yachts would comply with the same Class5 rules as the early "HotStuf' or Club88's but I suppose without the old style yachts and people sailing them the newer yachts would have never evolved at all.

Evolution ONLY occurs when lots of variations exist.... The best way for the Mini class to evolve is get lots of people building sailing them within the defined class rules. BUT just keep in mind why the mini class was created in the first place, to get new people into the sport..... not to create a top end race class.

Gizmo said...

I would have to agree a revamp of Class5 specs.... after all there has been very little change in the past 30+ years. I think allowing ANY sort of round mast in the rules would make a vast improvement for Class5.
A lot of evolution has occurred within them tho, who would have thought current day yachts like aus230 and some of the European yachts would comply with the same Class5 rules as the early "HotStuf' or Club88's but I suppose without the old style yachts and people sailing them the newer yachts would have never evolved at all.

Evolution ONLY occurs when lots of variations exist.... The best way for the Mini class to evolve is get lots of people building sailing them within the defined class rules. BUT just keep in mind why the mini class was created in the first place, to get new people into the sport..... not to create a top end race class.

basically what has occured is that some rules have been relaxed allowing further experimentation
the few I can think of would be
increase from 5m to 5.5
allowing suspension
more pulleys allowed
bigger wheels allowed
allowing metal masts as opposed to just ally

perhaps sometimes in the future we will see composite masts allowed, the sooner the better as mine is sitting in the shed waiting.
100% recycled, 3 piece steel/ally/carbon, 4kg

My my Cisco, are we ever the foolish one or is that just plain Naive?? Do you chase the ends of rainbows looking for the pot of GOLD??? You must if you think any government in this country is about being helpful to it's constituents. Politicians, especially in recent years, have proven themselves to be Blatant Liars given to clawing their way to the top by fair means or fowl..

Please please reassure me that you don't believe in the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny.. Santa Clause is OK.
Ron

OOh! Ooh! Where from??? Aluminum Tubing seems to be a very rare animal here.. The Ore is being exported to China and they flog it off cheap to you guys in the northern Hemisphere as a finished product.. Bugger the Aussies.. Last time, (A year past) I priced a 6m length of 50mm it was going to cast me nearly that much alone never mind another 2 lengths of a lessor size..
On another Tangent. There is a fishing Village called Eden on the lower south coast of NSW from where the bring in large quantities of high grade fish for Market. The whole Shebang is sent to the Sydney Markets, that is the lot.. In the lovely little village of Eden you can not buy fresh fish straight from the Boat, only week to 2 week old frozen fish.. Same Crap Different Day.. Businessmen only worry about the bottom line. Bugger the originators..
Ron

PS; We Garp on in this country about GW and Fuel Wastage along with other Shiite but when it comes to making a difference w,e as individuals, look the other way..

I was led to believe (though I couldn't get the metric stuff, hence having to skim 0.5-1mm off each internal tube - amazing how much skimming it takes to fit tubes inside of tubes inside of tubes) that a metric went into an imperial and so on. T5 and T6 get the same aging process so it's the initial heat treatment. Hey ho.
The Seagull I use has a thin wall steel tube boom so not even European stuff is all ally + the regs say metal which includes a lot of things not aluminium (and not cheap either). But if the idea is cost saving the X-sail that blats around at Elvington is using a £600 Goacher sail and a £500 carbon mast so carbon will end up being more expensive than ally when it comes to racing and people chasing trophies. If it's availability then thats a big problem as I found also that what is listed isn't always available in the UK.

Cheers Col

Had to put this up, Cake for my birthday made by my wife Fran, Love it

Outstanding effort on both counts.

The cake decorating and you reaching puberty at last mate.[}:)]

Happy birthday and have one for me.

hey Paul send me a piece of that cake !!!

harleyd said...

hey Paul send me a piece of that cake !!!

Sorry to disappoint you but, its Vic not Paul

Hey Vic, I just went out and we tested the wings, that I helped a mate with. [}:)]
It's maiden test flight.


A Van's RV6



It flew like a home sick angel.

Hey Vic, How did the wing on the Mini yacht perform? ..... I've been hanging out for a report.

Chook2 said...

Hey Vic, I just went out and we tested the wings, that I helped a mate with. [}:)]
It's maiden test flight.

summat wrong there chook, its got a spinny thing on the front- shouldnt it have a pair of pipes poking out the back?