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- Sat Mar 25, 2006 6:16 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: more sad merlin sights
- Replies: 21
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Rod, Stephen Jones took some of the design criteria right to the 'extreme' - and maybe even beyond that. Have you seen the RS 300 single hander? - for that's the only thing that I think comes anywhere close - at least the bow sections. A very pronounced U shape that was 'razor sharp' back as far as ...
- Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:59 am
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: more sad merlin sights
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8618
- Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:51 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: more sad merlin sights
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8618
Much better news!!!!!!!!!! Have a look on EBay for a real slice of history! Hemlock is up for sale - a winder 'disguys' and one with a real track records.....3rd in the 1979 championships at falmouth. Now for mid weight range, inland water sailing this would be a hard boat to beat. 1979... that's 27...
- Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:35 am
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: more sad merlin sights
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8618
Rod, ahhh...Shaft - the dream of a ground breaking one -off, in all it's painful reality. At the time there were two distinct schools of Merlin development. The south, based on Hamble where you had David Robinson, pat King, Chris Rhodes, David Thomas (yes, easy to forget DT was a Merlin man too) and...
- Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:24 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: more sad merlin sights
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8618
Rod, This would make a great topic for a seperate string as it covers so much ground. For now though....no , Booth was a naval architect but I've no doubt that designing Merlins was only a side line! The difficulty would be in defining 'amateur'. Keith Callaghan and Greg Gregory were both well respe...
- Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:33 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: more sad merlin sights
- Replies: 21
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- Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:33 am
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: more sad merlin sights
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8618
Several thoughts on the go here...taking them one by one: Rod- the attractions of the Booth designed Outrage/Courageous Merlin Rockets. I was at the Warming Pan Open event on the Hamble (the traditional opener to the new sailing season for Merlins - have a look at the Yachts and Yachting web page fo...
- Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:27 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: more sad merlin sights
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8618
- Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:10 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: more sad merlin sights
- Replies: 21
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- Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:50 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Sad Merlin Sights
- Replies: 9
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mark........... I'll try to get some pictures tomorrow or the day after. However, a hotspur isn't what I'm looking for right now. While on the chompy subject of older Merlins - what do you make of the one on ebay right now for 99p? It could be a superstition - or maybe a september girl. I've spoken ...
- Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:46 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Sad Merlin Sights
- Replies: 9
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Bummer: Just when you're out somewhere, you see a sight worth recording and the digital camera is at home. Not that it was a pretty sight, a once proud Merlin left to rot, fordeck exposed to the elements and the midships sections full of ice. The hog was clear at the stern though- the number, as far...
- Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:53 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Express Dinghy
- Replies: 10
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Rupert, thanks.......... as you'll see from the other string (spearhead) I'm still focusing my search on the ghost/typhoon bt, if I can unearth one then it will be out there racing for sure. That said - as an ex MR sailor - should an outrage or Courageous turn up in ok nick.....or my old Credit Card...
- Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:43 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: What' s wrong with a Spearhead
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3274
- Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:54 am
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: What' s wrong with a Spearhead
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3274
- Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:48 am
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: What' s wrong with a Spearhead
- Replies: 7
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An interesting perspective!!!!!! Until the 49er/RS800 came along I'd have said that the 5o5 still offered the best sail there is in breeze, all the more so as that brilliant hull shape (which does give a fair degree of stability) gives the crew a certain confidence that the boat can be driven harder...