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Is it weird that I wish the second hand lollypop stood out more against the circular hour markers?
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I am not sure how it would be accomplished, I think if you went triangle shape it would not vibe... Smaller would look odd, and larger weird... But I can relate, if there was some criticism I would give it, it would be the short minute hand. They brought it in to track exactly at the minute register. But overall it looks small compared to the hour hand and rest of the watch. On the non GMT dune the minute hand is more proportional to the dial and reaches the outer edge of the dial.

However, I understand why they did it. The hour hand is the shortest and just touches the indices, the minute hand to the bottom of the minute register, the second hand just slightly longer, and the GMT reaches all the way to the 24 register.

Overall I love it though. I will say I am not a fan of vintage lume, but instead of trying to be vintage lume on this model they were going for a "sand" look, at least that is my theory, and they continue it through on the 24 hour register as well as the black sand dial which bursts in a slightly tan tone from the black. Its a really sick package.

As an aside, I like that colorway so much I ordered the C and B supreme nato (like above) with the black and tan to drag the color scheme around the wrist. Pretty excited for that to arrive.
 
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I volunteered to drive a mark boat at the local sailing club, it was also going to be my daughters first regatta to sail in (small boats small kids). I was wearing it on the first day with 20-30 kts blowing and squalls blowing through (these kids are little badasses). One and a half races in this squall sits on our course and starts building winds and waves picking up. I have to abandon my post and pick kids out of the soup. At some point in all that I managed to pull it across something that scratched. I have no idea what. But when I looked at it after the races I realized it was there. It doesn't bug me cause it wasn't a stupid scratch. It meant something.

We had the smallest kids on my course (8-10) and they abandoned race mid race due to weather, most kids sailed themselves back to shore in Optis. The slightly older kids raced the entire storm and we have 30 finishers in that course. Older are (10-13)... Serious sailing chops. In this regatta we had 104 in the little kid race and >160 in the older one.


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Bummer about the scratch, but definitely a good story to go along with it. My kids love sailing optis. To be fair, I love taking them out from time to time as well, though they are quite small. It's fun to feel so connected and sail such a nimble little boat.
 
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Bummer about the scratch, but definitely a good story to go along with it. My kids love sailing optis. To be fair, I love taking them out from time to time as well, though they are quite small. It's fun to feel so connected and sail such a nimble little boat.
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The first boat I sailed as a kid was a laser II, I was not very accomplished on it, but I sailed it around the lake near my house a little bit. In my thirties I got back into sailing with a O'Day Mariner, and in my late thirties/forties, a Hunter 25. I do end up on Hobie Waves, RS Zests, and other dingy boats when I am just messing about at our local sailing club. There is nothing like a small boat and some wind. Big boats are great for sipping and sailing and staying dry, but the quickness and feel of the dingy is like nothing else except for maybe the connection you feel with the snow while downhill skiing.
 
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The first boat I sailed as a kid was a laser II, I was not very accomplished on it, but I sailed it around the lake near my house a little bit. In my thirties I got back into sailing with a O'Day Mariner, and in my late thirties/forties, a Hunter 25. I do end up on Hobie Waves, RS Zests, and other dingy boats when I am just messing about at our local sailing club. There is nothing like a small boat and some wind. Big boats are great for sipping and sailing and staying dry, but the quickness and feel of the dingy is like nothing else except for maybe the connection you feel with the snow while downhill skiing.
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And sometimes it's just easier to quickly rig a dingy and head out. We've had many a day where we would rather do that then rig up our admittedly easy (though more time consuming) to rig Flying Scot, just to get out on the water. Wind does play a factor as well, dingys are fun almost all the time, barring heavy wind. Our Scot can get boring in light wind. I can't wait for the warmer weather to return, itching to get back out on the water.
 
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And sometimes it's just easier to quickly rig a dingy and head out. We've had many a day where we would rather do that then rig up our admittedly easy (though more time consuming) to rig Flying Scot, just to get out on the water. Wind does play a factor as well, dingys are fun almost all the time, barring heavy wind. Our Scot can get boring in light wind. I can't wait for the warmer weather to return, itching to get back out on the water.
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I resemble this comment. I will say I am spoiled and can sail year round here. But no matter what time of year, no wind is the worst. And Flying Scots are fantastic too!
 
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Got the bracelet in for my Sandhurst a couple weeks ago. I have to say I'm impressed, especially for the price. Incredibly easy to remove and add links, and to find the perfect fit with the in-clasp adjustment. Clasp is definitely a bit larger than it needs to be, but by no means a deal-breaker. Overall a very solid piece of hardware.

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