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She is very close in shape to a Magnum 8, the significant difference being that she doesn't have the inverse chines/flared topsides of the Magnum designs. Also has a slightly raked stem and is a bit narrower at the transom than a true scale-up of a Magnum 8 would be. Interestingly, I had a chat with...

Certainly a great sailing boat- I am hoping to have her out and about a lot more next season, if anyone would like to come for a sail they would be more than welcome. I'm still not entirely sure why Tiger Moth didn't really catch on at the time, although I think a lot of it might have been to do wit...

For the first question, I can only speculate... The B14 had become popular down under in the late '80s, and the seeds of the assymetric revolution were sown. It makes sense to me that someone this side of the globe would want to develop an assymetric boat at some point, and I believe Tiger Moth was ...

Max- and anyone else interested- Anything you would like to know about Tiger Moth, I am of course happy to oblige! I don't know every last detail by any means, but I do have a pretty good idea of her ownership history and the mods she has undergone over the years... Also having the genuine article t...

Hi Alan,

I did respond to your email regarding this mast- if you didn't get my reply it possibly could have gone to your spam folder?

My email address is [email protected]

Where is the mast currently located?

Thanks,
Simon.

Today I had an offer accepted on a house with a bigger shed to keep my growing collection of Moths in... I have to be responsible and not buy any more boats while I am simultaneously buying a house. But if this one is still for sale when the house deal is done, I will be down to Cornwall with the as...

I have a 20' x 10' shed made of corrugated iron bolted to a very basic timber frame- all second hand stuff bought on ebay- and built in such a way that it stacks in 10' x 6' panels which don't take up any room leaning against the fence when not in use. Total cost was about £200. Because I live in a ...

Also just seen this after posting my comment on the roll call thread...

Sami, I did get one quote for third party insurance for a Moth- and put the name of the company up on the insurance thread- it only came out at £33 I think for 12 months, which I thought was quite reasonable. To me, third party insurance wouldn't be an issue, as part of the fun of keeping something ...

The idea of bits of oar is an interesting one, thanks for the heads up! I will have a head-scratch... Nessa, I would be very interested to know dimensions of what you have left of the RS800 rig, where is it broken? I would be very tempted to update Tigermoth with a carbon stick as well, so am open t...

Also my friend Will (who isn't registered on this forum at the moment) has Magnum 5 K3854

Although my 'signature' sums it up in terms of my Moth ownership, I thought I might elaborate a little on their various states of repair as others have done- Tiger Moth is currently fundamentally functional, but had been neglected- though thankfully dry stored- before I bought her last year. She has...

This has already been said, but my tuppence worth anyway- I personally wouldn't have one, because they can cause the boat to drift on its side faster than you can swim after it. I can remember an occasion when I was out in my international canoe in a good F6 with no safety boat, capsized and got the...

It's actually easier to achieve a foredeck with an inlaid strip along the centreline than to do it without- Epoxy the two halves of the deck in place, then using a (straight) scrap piece of timber clamped on as a guide, run a router with a square tipped bit along the join to make a shallow groove- i...

This got me thinking about the practicalities of insuring the Moths next year, as they seem to be growing in numbers... I got a quote from a company called Mercia Marine - www.merciamarine.co.uk - who have a simple online form with a '3rd party only' tick box. Third party for an Int. Moth came out a...