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Sabre Dinghy

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Created by halfadevil > 9 months ago, 3 Jul 2011
halfadevil

halfadevil

WA, 74 posts
3 Jul 2011 8:23PM
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The Sabre Dinghy was introduced to the WA sailing scene only 3 years ago, there are now two clubs sailing them, East Fremantle Yacht Club and Perth Dinghy.
This season will see the inaugural State Titles with an expected fleet of 35 boats. There is an amazing 9 boats being built for WA alone this winter and a lot of interested parties considering the Sabre as their next boat.

Although the Sabre is an old design it seams that the comfortable sailing position, the wide range of age groups and the easy cheap built are the main factors behind the boats surgeons. With fleets of over 100 boats competing in the national titles it is well worth a look at the Sabre.

halfadevil

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WA, 74 posts
4 Jul 2011 8:24PM
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Preparing the timbers for the Sabre Dinghy build

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WA, 74 posts
4 Jul 2011 8:26PM
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Boat number one of three, fist stage of construction

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NSW, 7661 posts
5 Jul 2011 8:33AM
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halfadevil said...

The Sabre Dinghy was introduced to the WA sailing scene only 3 years ago, there are now two clubs sailing them, East Fremantle Yacht Club and Perth Dinghy.
This season will see the inaugural State Titles with an expected fleet of 35 boats. There is an amazing 9 boats being built for WA alone this winter and a lot of interested parties considering the Sabre as their next boat.

Although the Sabre is an old design it seams that the comfortable sailing position, the wide range of age groups and the easy cheap built are the main factors behind the boats surgeons. With fleets of over 100 boats competing in the national titles it is well worth a look at the Sabre.



About 7 years ago I raced my Finn in the Masters Games in Canberra. The Sabres had the largest number of entries at 35 and their own start. They also had the oldest competitor at 83, his daughter at 63 also raced one. Lot of well known old sailmakers were racing there in Sabres and a competitor I raced against in about 1972 in OKs. We did not recognize each other just the names, he must have changed a lot as he got older.
Two years later I raced in the next Masters at Adelaide. This time there were only about 20 Sabres and they started 5 minutes before my class. Rough conditions and as we were killing time waiting for the second race to start an old codger in a Sabre appeared in front of me and I took his rudder assembly clean off. Finn never got a scratch. My insurance covered the damage but he was out for the series.

halfadevil

halfadevil

WA, 74 posts
5 Jul 2011 8:37PM
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About 7 years ago I raced my Finn in the Masters Games in Canberra. The Sabres had the largest number of entries at 35 and their own start. They also had the oldest competitor at 83, his daughter at 63 also raced one. Lot of well known old sailmakers were racing there in Sabres and a competitor I raced against in about 1972 in OKs. We did not recognize each other just the names, he must have changed a lot as he got older.
Two years later I raced in the next Masters at Adelaide. This time there were only about 20 Sabres and they started 5 minutes before my class. Rough conditions and as we were killing time waiting for the second race to start an old codger in a Sabre appeared in front of me and I took his rudder assembly clean off. Finn never got a scratch. My insurance covered the damage but he was out for the series.


Great story thanks for the reminicance, I love stories about sailing.

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WA, 74 posts
5 Jul 2011 8:38PM
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Getting on with the build

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WA, 74 posts
7 Jul 2011 11:03PM
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WA, 74 posts
12 Jul 2011 8:20PM
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Boat number 2 started

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WA, 74 posts
15 Jul 2011 6:35PM
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BENNYP

BENNYP

QLD, 32 posts
15 Jul 2011 9:34PM
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looks great mate

halfadevil

halfadevil

WA, 74 posts
20 Jul 2011 8:23PM
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Started boat number 3 (Sabre The Moment - 1875)

halfadevil

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WA, 74 posts
28 Jul 2011 9:46AM
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Sabre 1877 "Jack" has decks on

crustysailor

crustysailor

VIC, 871 posts
28 Jul 2011 1:08PM
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breeding like rabbits

halfadevil

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WA, 74 posts
3 Aug 2011 10:31PM
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Sabre Da Moment (Sabre 1875) under way

subasurf

subasurf

WA, 2154 posts
4 Aug 2011 9:13AM
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How much? $$
I want

halfadevil

halfadevil

WA, 74 posts
5 Aug 2011 9:59AM
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subasurf said...

How much? $$
I want


Our hulls are costing just under $1200 and the boat completed is approx $4800 or Boating Hardware sell fibreglass boats.

Great fun boat to build and if you do want any further info then the associations web site is http://www.sabre.org.au/WesternAustralia/index.html

We now have nine boats for the first season at EFYC.

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subasurf

WA, 2154 posts
6 Aug 2011 1:20PM
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Are the hulls hard to build? I consider myself fairly handy

halfadevil

halfadevil

WA, 74 posts
7 Aug 2011 11:07PM
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subasurf said...

Are the hulls hard to build? I consider myself fairly handy


Could not be easier, never built a boat before and we are getting them to paint stage with three weeks. We are only working on them a few hours a day and it is well set out in the builing plans from the association.

Give them a call, they where of great help and happy to assit when ever we needed any advice.

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WA, 74 posts
7 Aug 2011 11:08PM
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Sabre 1877 Jack with undercoat on

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WA, 74 posts
7 Aug 2011 11:10PM
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Sabre 1875 Sabre Da Moment, bulkheads going in

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WA, 74 posts
13 Aug 2011 9:22AM
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Sabre Da Moment is progressing

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WA, 74 posts
13 Aug 2011 9:23AM
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Jack has first top coat on

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WA, 74 posts
13 Aug 2011 7:00PM
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Sabre Dinghy "Jack 1877" Varnished

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WA, 74 posts
31 Aug 2011 7:45PM
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Sabre 1877 Jack Launched and sailing against Sabre 1714 Out Of The Blue

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halfadevil

WA, 74 posts
9 Sep 2011 10:39PM
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Sabre 1875 Sabre Da Moment with decks on and 1876 Suzie Q with undercoat on

halfadevil

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WA, 74 posts
12 Sep 2011 1:40PM
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News to hand is East Fremantle Yacht Club is expecting 11 Sabres for its first season.

Rumour confirmed that sail maker Graham Hill is having a boat built.

Amazing growth, is it time you took a closer look at the Sabre Dinghy?

halfadevil

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WA, 74 posts
18 Sep 2011 9:44PM
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Sabre Dinghy 1875 Sabre Da Moment and 1876 Suzie Q both up to paint stage, all going well we should see them launched this weekend.

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WA, 74 posts
20 Sep 2011 11:14PM
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Sabre Dinghy 1875 Sabre Da Moment and 1876 Suzie Q ready for fittings

SandS

SandS

VIC, 5904 posts
21 Sep 2011 8:03PM
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fanbloodytastic halfadevil

you are a sabre making machine , keep churningemout you are a legend !!!!

what state are you in ? and dont say tired of boat building

halfadevil

halfadevil

WA, 74 posts
21 Sep 2011 11:02PM
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SandS said...

fanbloodytastic halfadevil

you are a sabre making machine , keep churningemout you are a legend !!!!

what state are you in ? and dont say tired of boat building




Hi SandS

We are having so much fun building them and they are so easy, we are planning on starting a 4th boat in the new year as the demand for boats is so over whelming. Although a bit of sailing first me thinks .

We are in Western Australia and the Sabre has only just hit our shores three years ago and is taking off in a very big way. WA has now some 15 new boats being built just this year and many people looking for second hand boats. We have 4 sail makers joining the fleet this season, which show the interest in the boat is huge.

halfadevil

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WA, 74 posts
26 Sep 2011 2:57AM
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Sabre Dinghy 1875 "Sabre Da Moment", 1876 "Suzie Q" and 1877 "Jack" All finished and ready to sail.


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