ramy Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 I heard rumours that the 5.7 moulds have been remade. Has anyone heard about this.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboutcats Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Yep new molds have been made, hulls are built by Brendon Case, brendonxr6@outlook.com first new one has been ordered and Goodalls have stated they will keep supplying all parts including the masts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTMD Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Purchasing info for Australian built Taipan 4.9 and 5.7 here Both boats are being built by Joe at JK Fibre glass but the 5.7 is ordered through Brendan as he has fully funded the creation of the new moulds.Joe worked for Jim Boyer for many years and has been consulting with Jim extensively on this re-birth.I'm pretty excited about this as it has been a 12 month project and the first new 4.9 is mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooD Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 speaking of the taipan website, there is a typo on that page, pretty sure fiberfoam do not make "Foam Sandwhich Spreaders" and it is spelt sandwich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passing wind Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 I heard rumours that the 5.7 moulds have been remade. Has anyone heard about this.?oh steve what a good plug that is. cnt wait to get my boat back when they finish the mould Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTMD Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 you're spoiling the magic.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTMD Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 speaking of the taipan website, there is a typo on that page, pretty sure fiberfoam do not make "Foam Sandwhich Spreaders" and it is spelt sandwich you're right but it actually should have said battens anyway. I'll get Greig to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooD Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Half way there! so now we have battens but sandwich is still misspelled. So how do we see the 5.7 entering the market again? what will be its selling points? will it be offered as the default config with self tacker and spin? At a similar price point as a f18 and without fleet racing it will need something to draw people to it, I think it is going to be a tough sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjwright7 Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 I have just converted my old 5.7 (Aus 073) to a self tacker and from the first sail it is a nice step up. But as for selling the new ones they are one of the fastest cats on the water in this country still. Yes they lack the fleet racing of the F18s but they make up for it in spades with 2 sail pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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