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Wanting to come, with N12 'Spider' and BM 'Pisces' or Finn 468 but - worrying about the weather with gusts up to 48 mph on Saturday - if the forecast does not change will not come

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This all sounds very reasonable to me. Might I suggest something other than the 1970 date? A lot of boats of the early 70's in classes like the N12 are I think are generally considered to be Classic? China Dolls, Spider and etc. And in the Finns, Nessa's and mine Taylors, double bottomed GRP might p...

A rather nice documentary on the tube; https://youtu.be/jokIqyj_WKs[/youtube]

Enjoy!

Now sold - gone to a teacher who is I'm sure going to enjoy sailing again after a break of some years.

Our contender, 'A Bit on the Side' is for sail. A composition contender, with several good sails, and a well set up rig. Ready to go as she is, but would benefit from some work soon (pro-grip and some varnishing). Selling as Matthew only plays Rugby now, and living in London not easy to get to a sai...

I don't immediately get why a heron would have plastic or rubber strips like these on at all? Would they not be D section, wood? This one, which is perhaps the same type, seems to have what I would expect... https://tudorsc.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/heron1.jpg and Wood would also I think look much...

Burrett, 1974, page 194, lists the 'Plus' dinghy, which is 'a very successful double chine dinghy in GRP and bermudan sloop rig. Plus used to be known as 11 Plus...... The sail insignia for the 'Plus' given as 'PLUS'

LOA 11', Beam, 4'7" Draft 3' Sails 140 ft2 PY 115.

Pacer, I'm sure.

I'm not at all sure how high a quality those GRP hulls were made too.. I do recall 194 had all sorts of different thicknesses of lay up in the floor when I had to repair a split in a particularly thin bit.

I was planning to go to Oxford - but sadly I began a (non sailing related) project and that clashed. I would definitely be prioritising a Classic Finn event in 2019, but it would need to be, ideally, reasonably near, and would have to not clash with the Comet Trio Calendar, and not clash with my ong...

on Ebay, spotted 24h July. This one has a Heron's rig - it should, basically, have the same rig as a Firefly (rotating mast). If anyone takes her on - be aware that the boat was made of a GRP - foam - GRP sandwich and the foam is NOT waterproof - indeed it is very hydroscopic and soaks fast. The one...

I have two complete sails, but I also have this Hyde one which I don’t have a full set of battens for. It’s not urgent, I would just like to see how it looks. In other news I seem to be stuck at 6.80 on the mast rake because the mast foot appears to be at the end of its range of travel. I have alwa...

Up for sale again, I do not know if the vendor is the person I sold Ysolt to. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1960s-Skua-Sailing-Dinghy-GRP-Racing-Sail-Boat-Trailer-Drop-Keel-Sails-Mast/142825591438?hash=item214111928e:g:C7IAAOSwVL5a5hb6 I think the price might be a bit high! Also of course Ysolt is all ...

Thank you Ed - I will try that (so that my cracked mast can become a useable spare at least). Happy morning at the club today getting the mast set up. I did decide to cut the 10mm off the foot rather than move the ring, as it looked to me to be very messy - breaking out two large old self tappers wo...

I'm going to need a hacksaw and a steady hand. Clearly not all Finns have the same dimension from mast step to deck ring - with the mast heel on the floor, the ring is only just (2mm) engaged with the deck ring.... I have looked at moving the ring down the mast, but it looks like a terrible job and ...