What on earth?
What on earth?
The Peril
Agamemnon
Lovely little Cadet
OK 1954
Xena Warrior Princess
Finn 469
Laser 2
Wayfarer World
Agamemnon
Lovely little Cadet
OK 1954
Xena Warrior Princess
Finn 469
Laser 2
Wayfarer World
Re: What on earth?
A Wizard.......saw one of these at a show somewhere many years ago. I also spotted it, rang the owner, and I'm thinking about it......but what does one do with it? Annoying, as I was in Poole yesterday and could easily have looked at it if it had been available then.
Sami.
Re: What on earth?
though I should have said only the first couple of posts before it drifts off into all things MR related
Must resist, must resist, have too many toys (apparently)
Must resist, must resist, have too many toys (apparently)
Re: What on earth?
Can't resist this Neil... sorry!!!
The merlins were nearly called Wizards originally!
The merlins were nearly called Wizards originally!
Re: What on earth?
Where does the mast sit ?
2 weeks ago I was "T" boned by a Topaz, the boat went through until stopped by dagger board, this Wizard would have probably have chopped boat in half.
2 weeks ago I was "T" boned by a Topaz, the boat went through until stopped by dagger board, this Wizard would have probably have chopped boat in half.
Re: What on earth?
So, who bought it?
The Peril
Agamemnon
Lovely little Cadet
OK 1954
Xena Warrior Princess
Finn 469
Laser 2
Wayfarer World
Agamemnon
Lovely little Cadet
OK 1954
Xena Warrior Princess
Finn 469
Laser 2
Wayfarer World
Re: What on earth?
Not I. Did ask if it was complete with sliding seat.
Re: What on earth?
Not I......
totally missed the whole thread and the original thread too....also the boat on ebay.
Pity, I would of also been interested. Looks like a rather fun boat.
cheers
eib
totally missed the whole thread and the original thread too....also the boat on ebay.
Pity, I would of also been interested. Looks like a rather fun boat.
cheers
eib
Ed Bremner
CVRDA
Jollyboat J3
Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it
CVRDA
Jollyboat J3
Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it
Re: What on earth?
I switched the computer off after I got black looks from Lynne when I "casually" mentioned it.......I fully expected to see that one of you had bought it? I do hope it ends up with someone connected on here....interesting dinghy.
Sami.
Re: What on earth?
Sami...in this case I can but say "well done Lynne"! I knew the Wizard and as soon as nessa pinged me with a message that this boat was for sale, I locked myself away in one room with my laptop in another - just in case!. There are some boats that are simply best avoided - The Bell Flyer is one, this is another.
If we still had DSM I'd look long and hard at a 'the ten boats to avoid like the plague' series. I'm not being overly harsh but there is a certain Darwinian process at work here. Some boats fail when they deserve a better fate (mirror 14 being a good example) yet there are others that linger on, never getting any better, you really are forced to wonder how they do it. Then there are boats that scarcely get past the prototype stage and these are the ones that just didn't work!
No, Moths and so many other great classics out there but this wasn't one of them!
D
If we still had DSM I'd look long and hard at a 'the ten boats to avoid like the plague' series. I'm not being overly harsh but there is a certain Darwinian process at work here. Some boats fail when they deserve a better fate (mirror 14 being a good example) yet there are others that linger on, never getting any better, you really are forced to wonder how they do it. Then there are boats that scarcely get past the prototype stage and these are the ones that just didn't work!
No, Moths and so many other great classics out there but this wasn't one of them!
D
David H
Re: What on earth?
Go on David - tell us about the Wizard - if only so that I can update the Dinghy Database and fill that empty page http://www.cvrda.org/wp-cvrda/dinghydata/wizard/
(Half Cut and What a Lark Removals Ltd)
Re: What on earth?
"Ten boats that should have been exposed on the mountainside at birth" might be an interesting thread, but possibly one that might generate a bit too much acrimony. Personally I'd put the 5 Tonner at the top of the list...
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Re: What on earth?
So would I along with the islow and the laser 2.
Cheers Al
Cheers Al
Re: What on earth?
@Alan. Too harsh! Neither boat is a great fave of mine either, but they both have enough followers to have gained some element of success. The question would need to be made clear: 'The worst racing dinghies every designed' or 'The dinghies I most hate'. Very different questions I reckon.
Although....what was that weird single-hander that was on ebay recently....that was really truly horrible!
eib
Although....what was that weird single-hander that was on ebay recently....that was really truly horrible!
eib
Ed Bremner
CVRDA
Jollyboat J3
Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it
CVRDA
Jollyboat J3
Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it