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- Sun Dec 18, 2016 4:21 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Congratulations due!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9381
Re: Congratulations due!
I saw the feature on BBCs Look East Andrew and sent congrats via Facebook.PS still have your old Minisail Sprite m8. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.
- Mon Aug 22, 2016 1:18 am
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: Mast and boom for Firefly
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9139
Re: Mast and boom for Firefly
Yep William did reply to your PM they are still available, thanks Gavin
- Fri Jul 01, 2016 1:34 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: Very good Harrier Plus 1 ( boat number 5) for sale
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9139
Re: Very good Harrier Plus 1 ( boat number 5) for sale
Sorry not to have replied before, boat now sold
many thanks for your interest ,
Gavin
many thanks for your interest ,
Gavin
- Mon Jun 27, 2016 11:04 am
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: Very good Harrier Plus 1 ( boat number 5) for sale
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9139
Very good Harrier Plus 1 ( boat number 5) for sale
Very reluctantly Decided as my Harrier plus 1 is still on a relatives Near Ipswich and due to badly damaging my knee in a bike accident it is reluctantly up for sale. the guy I bought it from (up in Whitby)had owned a Plus 1 number 2 at a time a good decade back, when it and number 1 were on Apollo ...
- Mon Jun 27, 2016 10:56 am
- Forum: Boats and bits wanted
- Topic: Single Hander
- Replies: 35
- Views: 32270
Re: Single Hander
Decided as my Harrier plus 1 is still on a relatives Farm Narth of Ipswich and due to badly damaging my knee in a bike accident is reluctantly up for sale. It is complete, the guy I bought it from (up in Whitby)had owned Plus 1 number 2 at a time a good decade back, when it and number 1 were on Apol...
- Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:57 am
- Forum: Boats and bits wanted
- Topic: Single Hander
- Replies: 35
- Views: 32270
Re: Single Hander
Well dont know what happened to that Minisprfint on here, never heard another word on the subject, or its possible delivery,(strange folk just as well as it happens,, anyway since going all the way up to Whitby to purchase Harrier plus one (number 5) on Keith Callaghan's recomend I doubt I will be s...
- Thu Apr 14, 2016 8:29 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Leader dinghy
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12211
Re: Leader dinghy
Yes relatives used to have a Leader and they brought it to ASC with permission. We went out in it including my now late Mother who was approaching her ninetees then, a niece ,her hubby, and my Great Nephew but not his sister who wasn't keen. I started out sailing in a school built Wayfairer,circa 19...
- Sat Apr 09, 2016 12:10 am
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: MiniSprint 6476 for sale
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7613
Re: MiniSprint 6476 for sale
Well if Pat is OK with it(I will obviously help with costs, assuming it is the detatchable seat housing type, as otherwise I have then 3 Minisails and not a usable one , unless its the Wooden wonder which really needs a full refurb now, , but I would like to at least try and get sailing again and fr...
- Thu Apr 07, 2016 11:39 am
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: MiniSprint 6476 for sale
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7613
Re: MiniSprint 6476 for sale
I am very tempted but it is a heck of a drive, especially having most recently gone to Whitby to pick up my Harrier, I am going back this afternoon to retrace my sadly and very recently deceased Mum' holiday trips in the thirties, on the Filey Coast. It sounds like it's the same type(Monaco as oppos...
- Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:25 am
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: minisail and Coypu on ebay
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6214
Re: minisail and Coypu on ebay
Too manny boats and not enough sailing so someone who outbid me can have it.
- Sun Mar 27, 2016 2:18 am
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: minisail and Coypu on ebay
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6214
Re: minisail and Coypu on ebay
Beg yer perishing parsnips, I just clicked onto them and it said call, or whatever and then put Minisail Dinghy into search engine,all categories.
it looks all right and ain't a million miles from ere don't yer know.
it looks all right and ain't a million miles from ere don't yer know.
- Sat Mar 26, 2016 9:59 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: minisail and Coypu on ebay
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6214
Re: minisail and Coypu on ebay
Sorry but those are contact numbers, can't see any Minisail( plenty sails)4 sail on Fleaby either...
- Sat Mar 26, 2016 9:43 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Fleetwind?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10997
Re: Fleetwind?
The one I mentioned was back in the very early naughtiest and its owner was doing flag duties and in knowledge of my rebuilding the transom on my first ever owned boat, an Adventurer, kindly lent me his wooden one to have a race in. I do heartily agree, SG once the rudder issue was resolved it saile...
- Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:45 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Fleetwind?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10997
Re: Fleetwind?
They were nicknamed Planks and my efforts sailing a borrowed one resulted in a pintail dropping out and the rudder not ruddering. I had a spare in my bits box so fixed it and joined the fleet a lap or so behind, on their second lap. On another occassion the owner was planning a sail in what was mayb...
- Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:32 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Removing non-slip deck paint from grp
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9681
Re: Removing non-slip deck paint from grp
I seem to recall nitromors do a less agressive stripper, which I Have used successfully on both plastic and painted wood surfaces, it is also very good to remove paint from certain masts