wont be hard for me...

You have to always present the sunnier side of the situation....

"well honey, at least its not a motorcycle and its something that we can do together! I was thinking of all the time we could spend together on the beach when I bought it."

Just dont tell her that "spending time on the beach" means you rigging, and her drinking mojitos.

Word!

Well, if she's on the front of the boat it's a lot easier. If she aint on the the front of your boat, then you are on your own.

Ding

Tell her it gets great gas mileage and never needs tires or oil changes, just an occasional tune up and new clothes.

Yea It's That Easy!!

Okay, put the shoe on the other foot, guys. How do I convince my husband that I need a new trampoline, sail, mainsheet and blocks? (And I'm talking about my boat, not my body.)

In a two-boat household, whose boat do you think gets priority? I guess this is why guys don't REALLY want their wives getting so interested in sailing that they want their own boats -- doubles all the costs.

Hey Mary,

Make him swap boats all the time. At a regatta he sails boat 1 and you sail boat 2. At the next regatta he has to sail boat 2 and you sail boat 1. Each regatta you switch. That would force him to keep both boats pretty similar and current.

Or maybe like the old cake slicing thing. With two kids the one slices the cake and the other gets to pick the slice he wants. It encourages the kid doing the slicing to make equal size slices. So if Rick is the one maintaining the boats then you are the one who gets to pick which boat you sail each time.

Good idea, Jamie.

Just pirate Rick's boat on the water. I'm sure you can take him

Trey
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www.velocitysailing.com

Boomer,Oranje Natuurlijke. I've got a T-Cat of that era on the rack now ready for Aviation Orange, graphics coming later.

Mary are you trying to say you want a sewing machine for christmas

Yeah, actually I do. How perceptive of you.

A sewing machine with triple-stage zig-zag, 12inch arm and walking foot would be a very welcome sight under the tree for others also..

Hey david,

Hoeveel ken jij van de Nederlandse taal ? Heb je een Nederlandse familie achtergrond ?

Wouter

Wouter
Jy moet presies se met watter David Jy wil praat. Daar is heelwat Davids in die wereld wat graag n soort Nederlands praat.

David Tilley,
Van waar af kom jy dat jy so mooi die taal ken ? Ek dog jy was `n Amerikaner. Daar is nou `n hele groep manse wat irriteerd gaan word omdat hul glad nie verstaan waaroor ons praat !

"David Tilley,
Of where bowl jy that do jy so nicely know that language? Ek of dog jy was ` n Amerikaner. There nou ` n complete group of man are what goes irritated become
because wrap in nie understand waaroor our praat!"

See ! we know what you are saying
"I Think"

Ooh, Dermot, that sounds gaelic to me (but my ribs are sore from laughing !! it`s even funnier if you translate directly to english (and no, it`s not Dutch either.)
I guess it`s safer to stick to English on this forum, bad enough we often mis-understand eachother due to perception differences caused by our varying understanding of the same thing.
oh and on the original topic, I`ll agree with whoever said it looks very ... bouyant (I think Maughan ?)
Looks like they used a new building process where you inflate the hull before it cures, and they forgot to stop at the correct pressure.
Does look like it can handle more weight and be pushed quite hard before the bow goes under though. Does seem a bit worrying that they are launching a new hull shape though, will that not make the last Nacra F18`s a bit obsolete ? And how does that work out when a "Nacra F18 Nationals" is held, all boats are meant to sail off the same rating but there will be performance differences between hull shapes. In my opinion this is vastly different from the Hobie strategy, which seems to be working.

We've already been over the obsolete thing...show me the obvious speed advantage before you start calling my boat "obsolete"! I still believe the differences will be pretty minor to most sailors.

How they are going to handle the Nacra Nats and Worlds is a good question...but to me, I think they have clearly committed to be an international Formula 18 boat without regard for the manufacturer class at this point...however, just because the hull has a different shape, doesn't mean that the older boats are worthless and uncompetitive (see previous posts).



Heh? Working? While they may have more active "Hobie Tiger Class" boats they're platform has remained the same because it has a good track record at major F18 events. If they slip in the results to some of the new development do you think we'll see a new F18 from Hobie? I feel pretty certain that we would...boy, wouldn't that mess up the "strategy"? Exactly which strategy are you referring too? HCA's fence straddling to maintain a Hobie one design class and a competitive F18 platform? This has worked thus far because there have not been major changes in the Tiger platform to date but they have had to make uncharacteristic class modifications to keep the Tiger class in phase with the Tiger F18 development.

In my opinion, I don't see why I would go to great lengths to participate in a one manufacturer class with my F18 when I have six times as many and four times as large F18 events around the country. Part of the reason that I chose the boat I sail on currently, however, is because the manufacturer class rules mirror those of F18.

No it is Afrikaan, nie ?

I can read and understand it pretty well, but if I use that grammar and spelling in any report overhere I'll be looking for a new job for sure.

Afrikaans and Dutch have drifted some ways apart over the last 200 years.

Wouter