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I was at Bosham a fortnight ago and spent some time looking at another glorious restoration of Finn - complete with Alloy mast and dacron sail. A superb Taylor (or was it a Vanguard......) that someone has put a lot of time into. But it isn't just the Finns, as anyone who has seen the Stockholm Spri...

Three summers ago, I covered the Roadford event for Y&Y.com with the output being the following article... http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/177256/Little-and-large-meet-again I thought then that both fleets were onto something and had the story developed, would have done another feature. As...

But sailing canoes are not, nor have ever been, aligned with dinghies - and after the discussions and debates at their Worlds this year, will never be so! It was only when we did the technical work behind Real Magic - with all the 3D images of hull form going back to some pre-war thinking, that the ...

You can go back even further to the Nobby's if you like but in terms of dinghies that were specifically designed for racing then it is 1912, George Cockshott and the BRA 1 - which ended up as the West Kirby Dreadnought and then the International 12. But I found plenty of time to include Mylnes, Seab...

Chris, I can set your mind at rest as dinghies have not been forgotten. In the episode on boat development in the North West/Mersey area, the story of how the BRA 1 - the Boat Racing Association 1 went on to define racing dinghy development gets a lengthy mention. I can say that with some confidence...

Graham, am doing well for pictures but I want to make an extra reference to the enlightened way that the FF fleet are embracing things with their silver and classic fleets. What I'd like if possible is a really nice picture of a classic FF - preferably one that we can use. The article is coming toge...

Good morning all, They say that there is a first time for everything and today, this is IT! I'm doing something I've never done before and am writing about Flying 15s - their history, character, current state and future . This does give me a chance to feature some of the superb classic 15s that I ha...

It matters not one jot to me if it is a passing comment on here or a full blown 4000 word article, I am always scrupulous in my attention to detail. In this I ensure that it isn't my own agenda that I'm writing about but reporting what I see - that is, after all, what I am paid to do. In this case m...

I couldn't agree more about the input needed to not only master foiling but many of the new breed of boats. If you read my posting above you'll see that my comment refers to the short attention span generation and is not sailing specific. 20-20 cricket, changes to the way golf is played (to 'speed u...

Sadly I fear that there is some real 'writing on the wall' worries about this! It's forming part of yet another article that I'm working on, plus some work with the Beeb! But if you look at pre-war dinghy sailing, it tended to be elitist. Then we had Jack Holt, who did so much to democratize the spo...

Robert,

errr.... I am bodyswerving the first IP design......more on this topic another day, another platform.

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Michael 4 - can you keep me in the loop on this?

Looking on line at the list of the great man's works, I don't see much that says anything about the man himself.

If anyone has any thoughts/insight, please make contact.

Cheers

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Rupert,

A minisail/sprint is very much in mind for next year. Do you know if the hull lines/plans still exist?

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Hi all, I know that many of you have shelves of books about sailing so you're well able to point me in the right direction! Out of the Proctor books, which is the most auto-biographical - or at least, best tells the story of Ian himself. Am already gearing up for the Proctor centenary next year - an...

Are you coming to the Worlds at Pwllheli?

I'm there doing media for the event - will make sure I get a pic of you

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