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(@azcat)
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A friend of mine went to France for the summer and may have the oppertunity to tour the Bologne Conception shipyard AKA Cirrus Catamarans. It looks to be a pretty nice rig. Has anyone got any info on these cats. I hear that they have done well racing in EU. I have also heard that they have sold a couple of them here in the US. Has anyone raced against them here and if so, how did they do? Also, are they available here?


 
Posted : June 23, 2008 2:11 am
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I, too, have heard it is a good boat, but I have never come across one in the US. If there is a Cirrus F18 in the US, it hasn't done the nationals - possible I missed it, but you'd think it would stand out.


 
Posted : June 23, 2008 9:10 am
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Last F18 they built is the B1. Boulogne won the Belgian Nationals with it last weekend.
I live in Belgium and we have some Cirrus at our club.
From what I heard it is quite a difficult boat to sail with, together with it you have less teams to share information with, because there are less boats.
It is like owning a Capricorn in Belgium. I guess if you want to invest time (and have the knowledge) to do the entire trim it's a very good boat.

Gill


 
Posted : June 23, 2008 3:13 pm
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It was the last boat to win the worlds since the Tiger run of wins. 2005?


 
Posted : June 23, 2008 4:05 pm
CatSailingHu
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They won in 2003, Belgium.

Boulogne Brothers Take the Title !

http://www.f18-international.org/koksijde_2003.htm


 
Posted : June 23, 2008 4:41 pm
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