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Replacing Perfection: Grand Surprise Test Sail
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Options, thoughts and dilemmas. Sunday, 14 October 2007. Grand Surprise Test Sail. Arrived at the marina at 1100hrs, murky and a bit windless. Craig of Wessex Yacht Sales greeted us, and re-introduced us to the boat. She is a Grand Surprise called "Magic Roundabout", owned by the owner of WYS. As we were talking the sky seemed to clear a little and a light breeze was felt. Lines were readied and Craig started the little Nanni. V neat, and plenty of room for warps, fenders and all sorts! I bore away sligh...
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Replacing Perfection: September 2007
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Options, thoughts and dilemmas. Friday, 21 September 2007. Option 2 - Pogo 10,50 - Mwaaaaahahahahahaaaa! Ok, Looks Sensible Enough. Neat and Tidy Layout. Looks alright doesn't it? Not alot is known about this chappy yet, other than these pictures and the blurb from PogoStructures which says,. There’s been a new development in the shipyard Structures. Equipped with a lifting keel, its variable draught makes you able to explore the coasts. We also know this. 105 - 2.80 m. Problem with these things is that ...
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Replacing Perfection: Option 1 - Archambault Grand Surprise
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Options, thoughts and dilemmas. Tuesday, 18 September 2007. Option 1 - Archambault Grand Surprise. And well finished, if a little basic. Archambault Yachts - France. 4 berths - parts of the furniture are foam cored to save weight. 31' 4" - 9.54m. Single burner stove, sink. Under forward berth infil. 7/8 fractional rig with twin swept back spreaders, adjustable backstay. 1050kg - deep draft keel. 14hp Nanni twin, with Shaft drive and folding prop. Cost New - About £50k on the water. Offers us performance ...
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Replacing Perfection: Grand Surprise Polars!
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Options, thoughts and dilemmas. Saturday, 20 October 2007. Managed to find the performance figures for the Grand Surprise on Archambault's website, although they were in the form of a table. Quick bit of fiddling with Excel and I managed to produce the above chart. Looks good to me! It was nice to see that the figures we saw on the test sail equate to what is shown above. So many designers VPP data is a little optimistic to say the least! Labels: Archambault Grand Surprise Performance Polar.
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NeraidaSailing: Opening Post
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A Picture Blog of Sailing Exploits of the Beneteau First Class 8, Neraida, in and around The Solent. Sunday, 16 September 2007. Sailing in 6-8knots of wind up the Itchen river to Ocean Village Marina. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). James Well, I didn't really like sailing that much as a small child, got scared! To shut me up. The love affair began. The Mate? Her story will be along presently. View my complete profile.
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Replacing Perfection: Option 2 - Pogo 10,50 - Mwaaaaahahahahahaaaa!!
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Options, thoughts and dilemmas. Friday, 21 September 2007. Option 2 - Pogo 10,50 - Mwaaaaahahahahahaaaa! Ok, Looks Sensible Enough. Neat and Tidy Layout. Looks alright doesn't it? Not alot is known about this chappy yet, other than these pictures and the blurb from PogoStructures which says,. There’s been a new development in the shipyard Structures. Equipped with a lifting keel, its variable draught makes you able to explore the coasts. We also know this. 105 - 2.80 m. Problem with these things is that ...
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Replacing Perfection: October 2007
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Options, thoughts and dilemmas. Sunday, 21 October 2007. Grand Surprise - Other Photos. Note the lead of all lines aft. Good (and no doubt expensive) string. Of the Grand Surprise. Its large cockpit, in two defined sections. Saloon, Looking directly forward. Saloon, to port, showing "galley". Saloon, to Starboard, showing "Navigation Area" (lol! Trust me, the Starboard quarter is the same, only the other way round. The bunks can be extended all the way aft. Saturday, 20 October 2007. As we were talking t...
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NeraidaSailing: September 2007
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A Picture Blog of Sailing Exploits of the Beneteau First Class 8, Neraida, in and around The Solent. Sunday, 16 September 2007. Sailing in 6-8knots of wind up the Itchen river to Ocean Village Marina. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). James Well, I didn't really like sailing that much as a small child, got scared! To shut me up. The love affair began. The Mate? Her story will be along presently. View my complete profile.