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250,000? Where did you get that figure? I would say its less than half of that. Remembering that Hobiecat often print sail numbers without actually building a corresponding boat. They do that for Worlds, Europeans, some National events and people ordering new sails. So the numbers are more than they should be anyway. They also skip blocks of numbers, so they assign 90000-95000 to South Africa for example, but only 1000 of them are used.
I would agree they have sold over 100,000 boats but not 250,000
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Scotland | Imagine a boat that performs like an F18, but is as small, and lighter than a Hobie 16 on the beach, tacks like a dinghy, doesn't rip out your biceps after an hour and leaves a smile on your face for the rest of the week. That's the Spitfire! I wish i'd got one earlier! Chris Scotland and north of England Cat Class Association www.snecca.org.uk | | | Re: This is the way forward....
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Central California | Great comment Chris. Same could be said for the Stealth, Taipan, Blade, ie all the F16 boats. I'd love to see the Spitfire here in the States (unfortunately it's a pricey proposition).
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US Western Continental Shelf | Great work James! I can't stop re-viewing this excellent film. Today I looked up the song in the second half (after the Eye of the Tiger, first half). "touchin you, touchin me" turns out to be a song by OMD called I Believe In A Thing Called Love. I had never heard of it (the song, not the actual emotion  ) so it was very exciting for me to hear it during those fabulous visuals. A love song about catamaran sailing; that's my kind of film! Here's the lyrics to the song by Orchestral Manuevers in the Dark, OMD. Very exciting music with the vocalist extending to falsetto and indeed, absolutely screaming out the words. Pardon my excitement here, but not having ever heard it, combined with hearing it while looking at the best cat video I've seen, ....  is just purely terrific!  can't explain all theese feelings that you're makin me feel,
my heart's in overdrive and you're behind the steerin wheel,
touchin you,
touchin me,
touchin you cuz you're touchin me....
i beleive in a thing called love,
just listen to the rythm of my heart,
there's a chance we can make it now,
we'll be rockin till the sun goes down,
i beleive in a thing called love
oooooo huh
i wanna kiss you every minute every hour everyday,
you got me in a spin but everything is A ok,
(oooo)touchin you,
(oooo)touchin me,
(oooo)touchin you cuz you're touchin me....
i beleive in a thing called love,
just listen to the rythm of my heart,
there's a chance we can make it now,
we'll be rockin till the sun goes down,
i beleive in a thing called love
oooooooo guitar
(awesome guitar solo)
(ooooo)touchin you, (cuz you're touchin me)
(ooooo)touchin me, (cuz you're touchin me)
touchin you cuz you're touchin me....
ahhhhhhhh
i beleive in a thing called love,
just listen to the rythm of my heart,
there's a chance we can make it now,
we'll be rockin till the sun goes down,
i beleive in a thing called love
ah ah ah ah ah! muah!
(more guitar)
Here's the movie: Spitfire Demonstrational Video - OMD song is in the second half of the film. GARY
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Looking for a Job, I got credi... scooby_simon
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Looking for a Job, I got credi... | If they got the currency exchange rates sorted out, you wouldn't be so badly off. It seems loaded in our favour at the moment!
Chris
Which is no bad thing (for me) as I may be buying a new boat next year (I17R If I can get one in the country before anyone asks). Exchange rates and their changes are an 'interesting' discussion and you can spend hours debating what they should be VS what ther are. [runs and hides as I work for an investment Bank in the City of London]
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Hampton, Virginia | Great work James! I can't stop re-viewing this excellent film. Today I looked up the song in the second half (after the Eye of the Tiger, first half). "touchin you, touchin me" turns out to be a song by OMD called I Believe In A Thing Called Love.
Actually, it is by 'The Darkness' off 'Permission to Land'. The title is 'I believe in a thing called love'. The video is straight from the Hair-band days. Funny stuff. We actually won tickets to go see them back in the Spring but it was cancelled because of some construction problems with the venue. That song was really popular when it first came out then just sorta fly off the face of the earth. http://www.thedarknessrock.com/Tracie | | |
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