clarkie Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 looking for somthing in good condition late model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druggsrus Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Take look at Nacra I17 for sale, this boat is in exellent condition , comes with everything, proven faster than A Class and F18 in light winds, very competitive in med and heavy winds, sailed 1 or 2 up. Carbon fibre Kevlar hulls boards rudders, 125kg fully rigged. New wing mast and rigging. New main, tapered batons, Google.. Nacra I17, has larger sail area than F16, was made by BCC Roscoe as alternative to F18 for lighter weight crews, eg husband and wife. Very reluctant sale but with good reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remo Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 TonyJ has a F16 Blade for sale as far as i am aware.. Going cheap too. Located central coast. Look up his posts.. Russell is the boats name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkie Posted January 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Thanks for you help , I'm leaning toward a viper atm as a few reports say they are less likely to nose dive than the blade, tonys boat looks like a reasonable buy shame its ply I swore id never buy another timber boat because of the maintenance , where do inter17's sail and what are they like off the breeze I usto sail a 5.8 and it was great upto around 26knots where as the 5.2's were pathetic past 14 knots they almost Nosedive upwind ? I'm wanting good competition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 If you are after good competition, have you considered an F18 or a Taipan 4.9? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TornadoSport260 Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Taipan 4.9 would suit the bill and has established competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remo Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 You'd be hard pressed pushing the 5.2 bows underwater. Mine used to glide in anything up to 25 knots. Thestronger the better i found. Viper is an awesome boat but not many seconds out there as everyone wants to hang on to them. Though the fleetis growing fast and inevetably a seconds market will grow also. I have a Ply blade, stiff as anything and completely sealed in epoxy. Heaps of Taipans around, quick boat, usually a few seconds available in fibreglass and reasonably priced boats. like all F16's 1 up or 2 up. Get the Blade and help me grow the f16 fleet! Where you located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmessee Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Go an A-Class. Super light and fast with plenty out there for sale as well. They are sailing on the Central Coast at the moment for the Nat's. Go and have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkie Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Thanks for your help. thinking blade ... i can see it being a fleet that will grow. tipan is a little outdated the a class is evolving to fast you have to be a millionare to keep up with it.., locataed in mackay... no compeditive sailing up here.. moving south at end of year somwhere with a good cat fleet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkie Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 or viper.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ymick Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 just saw viper match racing in bendigo GREAT if they get olympics market will open saw one last week/fortnight $20k sold in a week ?????????????????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_taipan117 Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 AHPC has a great chance of getting the Viper selected as the mixed gender catamaran Olympic class in March. They are up against the H16 (what a retrograde selection that would be), Tornado, Spitfire, NACRA F16 and a newly designed NACRA 17 (actually 17.6') with curved boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard cullum Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Come to Bundy if you want to sail in a very competative fleet. We have Nacra's 5.8, 16 sq, 4.5 ,Taipans, amd Hobie 16's. Not unuaual to get 15 boats on the water for a normal Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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