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- Mon Mar 14, 2022 11:03 am
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: Graduate for Sale
- Replies: 0
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Graduate for Sale
It is with reluctance that I now acknowledge that my back is not going to let me sail again, so I must sell our Graduate, sail number 2146. She is of composite construction, built approximately 1977, and is possibly the prototype for her type. Two suits of sails, one the originals from '77 and prett...
- Sat Dec 19, 2015 9:42 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Advice wanted, please...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16200
Re: Advice wanted, please...
Matt, I've sent you a PM.realnutter wrote:Hi Martin...
I may well be interested.. can I have some more info please...
- Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:21 am
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Advice wanted, please...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16200
Re: Advice wanted, please...
If you are interested in a Graduate mine is sitting in the garage doing nothing. She requires a bit of work but has two suits of sails, one very old and which could be cut down if wanted.
- Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:18 am
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Historic PY numbers
- Replies: 42
- Views: 32764
Re: Historic PY numbers
All this talk of handicaps reminds me of an apocryphal story from south Devon. There were always arguments about the handicap system at a particular club until a member, who had given up competitive sailing offered to be their permanent race officer and handicapper, provided he was left alone and co...
- Sat Nov 08, 2014 11:36 am
- Forum: Banter
- Topic: 'Want to do' events
- Replies: 55
- Views: 40024
Re: 'Want to do' events
I don't think there's any encouragement to take unnecessary risks, but I do think there's a current problem of people not being able to judge any risks. When I first set off on a cruise I was 11 and my brother 13, we sailed down the crouch, camped at Burnham for the night then got picked up again t...
- Wed Oct 08, 2014 1:22 pm
- Forum: Banter
- Topic: overboard outboard.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 28210
Re: overboard outboard.
I realise I am late to the party but I can chime in with a "me too" story. We were taking a group of Sea Scouts up the Itchen in a gig with a Seagull long shaft on the back when the helmsman struck what he thought was an underwater obstruction and the outboard jumped off the transom and sa...
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:27 am
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Thingummyjig
- Replies: 23
- Views: 21966
Re: Thingummyjig
My daughter and a friend got some wins at Shearwater using that technique when sailing a Gull in very light winds several years ago. Probably the only time a Gull has won there.jpa_wfsc wrote:Another light air approach is for one to helm on starboard and the other on port. Then both stay up front..
- Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:17 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: GP14 and IC Rig
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5000
Re: GP14 and IC Rig
JimC - I think he said the boat was in the 90s. Unfortunately the hull has long since gone.
Michael - I have PMed you with contact details.
Michael - I have PMed you with contact details.
- Sat Jun 14, 2014 10:52 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: GP14 and IC Rig
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5000
GP14 and IC Rig
I was talking with an old friend today and discovered he has an old all wood GP14 for sale. He thinks the sail number is in the 15 hundreds and she was built in the 60s. Hull and decks are sound, alloy mast, reasonable sails. He also has a mast and sails from an early IC that are looking for a good ...
- Fri Jan 31, 2014 6:56 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Classic Boat Training
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7187
Re: Classic Boat Training
Depending on where and when I'm willing to lend a hand with some training.
We even still have one aft sheeted boat (Gull) for teaching the youngsters at West Wilts, so it is not a completely forgotten art Though we didn't use any aft sheeting on the SI course.
We even still have one aft sheeted boat (Gull) for teaching the youngsters at West Wilts, so it is not a completely forgotten art Though we didn't use any aft sheeting on the SI course.
- Sat Dec 28, 2013 7:43 pm
- Forum: Banter
- Topic: Pre-War Start Sequence
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5935
Re: Pre-War Start Sequence
What a very good question! and not one that I am very sure of. Certainly before my time. If I had to guess, I would think that it may well of not been any way standardised and it was left up to the local rules of the host club. Somehow....also think....that although larger events on the sea used a ...
- Sat Dec 28, 2013 11:38 am
- Forum: Banter
- Topic: Pre-War Start Sequence
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5935
Pre-War Start Sequence
A bit of an obscure question, and I wasn't sure which board to post it in.
What was the start sequence pre-war (that's the 1939-45 one!)? I presume it was 10-5-GO, but what flags were used?
There are so many of you out there with useful books that I am sure someone must have the information.
What was the start sequence pre-war (that's the 1939-45 one!)? I presume it was 10-5-GO, but what flags were used?
There are so many of you out there with useful books that I am sure someone must have the information.
- Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:13 am
- Forum: Banter
- Topic: Top Hat and Tails.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6484
Re: Top Hat and Tails.
There was a day, also at Shearwater, when we had to remove a 4x4 that someone left in the water at the bottom of the slipway.
Re: Graduate?
Yes, Grads, like Fireflies, are nice singlehanded, especially the satisfaction of getting a really good tack in with minimal jib flapping. Ref the new sail not pointing as high - is this a known class thing, or just what you found? It wouldn't surprise me if the new main would involve a whole new t...
Re: Graduate?
I'm probably one of those Grad sailors Chris is referring to. The Grad is a great fun boat to sail single or double-handed. I must admit ours went best when Catherine helmed and I was crew/tactician. The reason I stopped sailing her was partly because my back was playing up and she was too heavy to ...