Twister_Ken
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YM's current A-Z covers Hunters (UK) including the Sonata. The photo of a Sonata is not unless my memory cells have finally surrendered. But what is it? A Bolero?
Hunter Sonata (not)
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Correct TK, That is a Bolero called "Bubbles" and is very well sailed. She resides in the Clyde.
Oddly enough, at the Scottish Series two years ago I was talking with the owner of another Bolero and when I mentioned Bubbles he that she was a Sonata!! Must be the colour...
KCA
Oddly enough, at the Scottish Series two years ago I was talking with the owner of another Bolero and when I mentioned Bubbles he that she was a Sonata!! Must be the colour...
KCA
Jacket
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While talking about the A-Z articles, does anyone other than me wish that they showed the interior layout? After all, its one of the main points of interest, after cost and performance (or ahead of performance for some people).
incognito
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All they needed to do to improve that series from a shallow overview to a useful reference, would have been to add links, for every boat, for further info... this could give magazine review dates, class registry, web sites, principal fleet secretary, builder... as appropriate.
As it is, it is what I said: a sad and silly shallow bit of filler.
As it is, it is what I said: a sad and silly shallow bit of filler.
Strathglass
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They also have missed out quite a few craft. I have been building up a yacht from an unused Contention 33 hull and both that and the 30, have been missed out. Over 60 of the 33s alone were produced. They were billed as the sucessors for the Pioneer 30 and 33. They also seem to dwell over the varieties of imports from some of the major manufacturers even if only half a dozen have been imported. Perhaps access to the data on them is more accessable. I find I can get much info about rigging and sail controls on the Harken site and handicap info on both USA sites and the RYA site but it has not been included in the Yachting monthly summary. Is it just too old? or was the info on it just too difficult to obtain?
On the opposite tack.
Does anyone know where there is a Contention 33 located in the UK as I would like to verify the positioning of one or two components and email contact with an owner would be most usefull.
Iain Simpson
On the opposite tack.
Does anyone know where there is a Contention 33 located in the UK as I would like to verify the positioning of one or two components and email contact with an owner would be most usefull.
Iain Simpson
jamesjermain
Active member
In response...
My apologies for the photograph error, and thanks for identifying her as a Bolero. The photo came in labelled by the photographer as a Sonata. Unfortunately the page designer didn't know the difference and I didn't see it 'till it appeared in print.
The A-Z series could never be a complete list of boats available on the British Market. As it is, the series is likely to run for at least three years. Keeping the whole thing within manageable proportions of length and time is why the individual reviews are quite short. We discussed the question of whether to include accommodation drawings at length before the series started. They were dropped largely because of space.
The boats we have covered have been chosen for a number of reasons. Popularity and numbers are obviously two of them, but some designs, which appeared in small numbers, have also been included because they were particularly good or interesting in some way - or maybe just because I liked them. There will always be an element of subjectivity in an operation like this. Similarly I will have left out models which are somebody's pride and joy.
In the case of the the Contentions, you could make a good case for their inclusion. They were on my long list.
JJ
My apologies for the photograph error, and thanks for identifying her as a Bolero. The photo came in labelled by the photographer as a Sonata. Unfortunately the page designer didn't know the difference and I didn't see it 'till it appeared in print.
The A-Z series could never be a complete list of boats available on the British Market. As it is, the series is likely to run for at least three years. Keeping the whole thing within manageable proportions of length and time is why the individual reviews are quite short. We discussed the question of whether to include accommodation drawings at length before the series started. They were dropped largely because of space.
The boats we have covered have been chosen for a number of reasons. Popularity and numbers are obviously two of them, but some designs, which appeared in small numbers, have also been included because they were particularly good or interesting in some way - or maybe just because I liked them. There will always be an element of subjectivity in an operation like this. Similarly I will have left out models which are somebody's pride and joy.
In the case of the the Contentions, you could make a good case for their inclusion. They were on my long list.
JJ