| RE:.0 by ROMEDU::NEBBIA "Mario Nebbia @RIO - EDU Rome Italy"
> There are two or three small floats in Italy and this kind of boat is said
> to be diffused in the States and in North Europe. Anybody knows them?
They look like fun to race. I've watched three of them race in Mass,
USA. Fun, but not my style.
Phil
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| There is a boat called the Illusion, made in Cowes, which was an almost
exact replica of a 12-Metre, about 10 feet long, with a tiny cockpit
that you sit in facing forward, and a joystick to steer it by. It is
fully ballasted ( and will therefore sink if it fills with water ) and
has a miniture double spreader rig, complete with spinnaker, and all
controls lead to the front edge of the cockpit.
They were popular for a while in the early 80's, I havn't seen one for
ages. They are so small that they can race on large swimming pools, at
at one boat show they had top skippers match racing on an olympic
swimming pool, giving live commentry via radio headsets to the
spectators.
I think their main problem is that they are not very fast.
Chris
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| I saw it too. It was labled as a demo so I assume it's used. Cute
arrangement. It's got a cockpit a little like a kayak only deeper. At
the bottom of the foot well is a 'T' bar that works the rudder, (steer
with your feet). All the strings lead back to the cockpit and end at
clam cleats along the front wall of the cockpit so they are out of
sight of the spectators. Little baby roller furler, spinnaker,
adjustable back stay, the whole works. All it needed was a teeny tiny
Ted Turner.
Mike H
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