Its Largo, north bank of the Forth (not Largs, on the Clyde) Nice open water, and a friendly club - last time I was there with the 49er I dislocated my...
Dear all Membership applications are starting to come in but for those who are intending/thinking about it please complete the form on the excellent new...
Hi all, The Tiger trophy at Rutland water is coming up on the 6th and 7th February, and i'm looking at making an appearance. With 6 boats we get our own prizes...
Can anyone tell me where I can get some foot straps? The boat I've just bought has two ones which strap around the tubes but are pretty scruffy. How many is it...
Hi alan, We sail on the sea with waves up to three meters high and we dont use foot straps so do you really need them .Our racks are progriped all the way...
Alan, Same thing here. We have some straps but we have never fitted them... It is rare to really need them. So I would not worry about this too much for now. ...
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Butler, Alan
Alan.Butler@...
Jan 16, 2010 4:33 pm
Thanks Thomas! Alan ________________________________ From: 5000classassociation@yahoogroups.com on behalf of thomasgb5231 Sent: Sat 16/01/2010 10:58 To:...
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Butler, Alan
Alan.Butler@...
Jan 16, 2010 4:35 pm
Thanks Andy! Alan ________________________________ From: 5000classassociation@yahoogroups.com on behalf of andy temple Sent: Sat 16/01/2010 08:02 To:...
Alan, I'm afraid that I disagree slightly with what both Andy and Thomas have to say re the foot straps. Whilst I agree that upwind you are unlikely to need...
Hi guys, when are you coming out to play again, 5269 was a bit lonely at Grafham today, plenty of boats out, including 2 B14's, but no other 5ks in sight, good...
We where out today at the boat show race not really sure how we got on as we seemed to get so far passing people then just got stuck with a rs 300 and a finn...
Andy, Thanks for representing the class at the boatshow. It is always great to have a boat at this high profile venue and I am sure your sponsor liked it. ...
Alan, To Taff's point, there are quite a few times where we do flying in the air and when the foot straps would come in handy. Maybe we have just gotten used...
... heard that you had broken your second boom, looks like we are reaching the age when the stress is causing them to fail. How are you getting on with the...
Of interest Cheers fin picture of good looking boat: http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/photos/?s=64&PID=46398 I think there could be more ... but overall...
Hi fin And that is our second set of sails not the best ones.The event was great fun the only problem we just could not get any further up the fleet we tried...
Andy, Well done for representing the fleet, it’s such a hard place to sail I know. The boat looks great. Is there a write up in Y&Y? Taff _____ From:...
Hi taff I think they are in process of writing a report out so we should see it in the next day or so .They have just added a few more pics on the site so i...
That’s great mate. Once all the pics are consolidated, would you please forward them as we can use them/add them to the Gallery on the website? Taff _____ ...
I am crossing my fingers but hopefully it should be ok... Steve from Northampton sailboats is chasing Selden to get smaller batches from them and get some...
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Butler, Alan
Alan.Butler@...
Jan 19, 2010 8:22 am
Thanks for all the advice! It's really encouraging to a newcomer to the 5000 to get this help. Alan Butler 5196 ________________________________ From:...
It is with deep regret that me and tim have decided to sell our 5000 5311 due to lack of time to be able to sail together we are selling our boat to which we...
Andy, That's not good news at all. What a great shame. Are you sure that you want to go down this line? I understand entirely where you're coming from - I...
Alan, You're very welcome and if you have any more questions, please let us know. I'm sure somebody on the site will have the answer you're looking for and if...
Hi Paul, I will be looking to start hiking over to grafham from march on a regular basis to particapate in a few races with other 5000's.I have loads of pre...
Dave, It's good to see you back on the site. Have you had a chance to read the Chairman's letter on the front page and are you planning to come to any of the...
Hi taff, With the way the current climate is going we all have to tighten our belts a bit so in our case we decided we could not do the boat justice by only...
Hi Dave thats great, look forward to seeing you from March, if we can get Les & Kevin, Thomas & Alister, Mark & Nicky, then we should be able to get 5 boats...
Hi to all members of the Association. Planning for the events this year is going well. I have good expressions of interest in the Training Weekend, the...
Hey Guys, We haven't heard anything from you in a while. Are you planning on coming to the European Championships in Germany in August? Also: Federico (Italy)...
