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'Technical boat to sail' - translation?

  • 18-03-2015 01:38PM
    #1
    merc230ce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭


    Hi there,

    after a wine-assisted visit to a certain Internet Auction site, my old man is now the official owner of a (thankfully cheap) Europe dinghy that he has never seen :)

    I have done a bit of trawling to try to find out about the Europe, and one comment that caught my eye was: 'Very VERY technical boat to sail.'

    Can someone translate please? Is that jargon for 'awkward as hell'? He'd like something with a bit of zip, but also wants to be able to bring the grandkids out and not scare the crap out of them! :D

    Thanks in advance...


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  • #2
    neris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,123 ✭✭✭✭neris


    I think the Europe was the womens olympic single hander years ago and somthing like the Finn. A Europe wouldnt be great for more then 1 person so he can forget the kids. Technical would be a bit more akward to sail and to get the best out of the boat tuning would be important. Probably be better off looking for somthing different. wayfarer or somthing from topper or laser maybe more towards his needs


  • #3
    johnciall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 445 ✭✭johnciall


    My sister had a Europe, from what i remember the boom is very low so a taller sailor will have trouble tacking & gybing it


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