that Capricorn has been around for a couple of seasons, it's home is at Frankston Y.C. Port Philip Bay Vic. Have sailed against them at a number of regattas, I would call it Red in colour mind you I am Red Green colour blind and like all red pigments it is fading fast. Go the Blue Boats.
Regards Gary.
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#61219 11/21/0503:28 AM11/21/0503:28 AM
that Capricorn has been around for a couple of seasons
With a boat type that was launched only in spring 2004 ? When at time you couldn't order it in any colour.
How can that be ?
Wouter
This is one of the earlier Capricorns - AUS built.
We have now had 3 Australian Championships with the Capricorns racing. First was in October 2003.
The first time I saw the red boat running around was October 2004 Nationals. The boat had been around before that. I'd guess that it is atleast 15 months old, may be more.
Re: Hey the F18's are stealing our colour !
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#61222 11/21/0505:25 AM11/21/0505:25 AM
Go to http://www.f18.org.au/ and look at the photograph of one of the newer capricorn f18's that is displayed on the welcomes page..
Seems that "agent Orange" is contagious. After 2 F16's being painted in bright orange we are seeing other classes goign copy-cat !
Wouter
That boat is owned by a very good friend of mine. It is actually red and was launched June 2004. It is a capricorn with a slightly sad mainsail at the moment (His crew fell thru it last Saturday). I can assure you that the owner didn't copy anybody - more he got the red hulls to be a bit different! He can keep the maintenance bit though!!
TigerMike
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Re: Hey the F18's are stealing our colour !
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#61223 11/21/0505:28 AM11/21/0505:28 AM
I wanted my blade in orange in the beginning. Orange is a really hard color to work with and match if any damages occured. Then I wanted red! But that brought the price up substantially, so I settled for the whitey whitness.
Its good though, because its a better canvas. LOL http://www.wildergfx.com/ebay/pastwork/23.jpg Those graphics are long gone. The hurricanes took a toll on them. New stuff is in the works