Talk:Thistle (dinghy)
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I like the idea of showing the class logo. I have noticed that most other sailing class articles in en.wikipedia do not have the class logo. The one recently posted is a little rough looking. I have a really spiffy vector graphics version I can post when I have a minute. Also, somebody needs to fix the layout or fix my browser. There is a big blank area to the left of the specs. The font on the specs is too small. Mrees1997 00:22, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
I uploaded my own drawing of the logo, based on the sail decals: 
Some sails come with purple on the top of the Thistle and some with blue. My drawing just happened to be done with blue. You will notice that the Thistle top is blue on #3922: 
Let me know if you hate it. For easy reference, here is the other image, which is much like Sandy Douglass's original drawing: 
. Mrees1997 05:01, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cold vs. Hot molded
Deleted reference to "cold" molded construction. Cold molded construction is done with epoxy. Wood Thistles were always glued with, I think, resorcinol, or some other such glue, and heated in an oven. Definately not cold molding. Cold molding has been talked about for Thistle construction, but I don't think it will ever be approved by the class. A cold molded Thistle would be too stiff, so GRP and old wooden Thistles would no longer be competative. I have a box of Bagpipes going back to about 1978, and have read about this stuff. I could dig them out and put in some citations. Or, I could spend my free time sailing my Thistle. Hmmm. Mrees1997 00:54, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 4000 Thistles
The fact that Great Midwest delivered Thistle #4000 does not mean that 4000 Thistles have been made. I am sure that a number of them have fallen through the cracks as hull numbers were divvied up between the builders over the years. There is a list of known Thistle hull numbers in the Green Book. Maybe somebody should look at that and figure out how many were really made. Mrees1997 00:57, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
