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Thanks again, will you be coming to the Tamesis open on 21/22 April by any chance? although I had expected the bracing to be at the front of CB case (as it is on older Merlins) so I will clearly need to read the Firefly rules to get it right. I'll also check whether I can put epoxy a mounting block...

This was how my Mark 2 was done... 2006__04_06 096a.jpg Basically the "forward thwart" needs to be extended out to the hull and glued / bolted by some ingenious method to the hull. On Mark 1 this is often cheived by putting the CB brace onto the top of the buoyancy tank and then bolting it...

Michael4 wrote:
...Excellent though, looks like it would proudly scatter the ISC fleet of XODs.

...or even the Bosham 18's!

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/b8EAAOSw8axZ~47e/s-l1600.jpg Surely this would be perfect. Unquestionable olympian pedigree, great head turner, very manageable project and totally in keeping with the water you sail on! Sit in hull, white sails only and will be great as a learning boat if new generat...

It used to be that in early april with the new season and first sail of the year we could all gather at somewhere like Baltic Wharf or Whitefriars for the "foot-fall" challenge. Usually won (as I recall) by Dougal's Merlin crew, ...or was it Roger?? This year I have found an alternative......

I am there on Saturday helping on the International Canoe stand. Also possibly late Sunday to help with packing up.

Agamemnon is available for use at Bosham. I have had a full size (ie very large) sail made but have yet to rig out the mast properly. If anyone wants to use him/her they need to let me know well in advance so I can make it all fit together and test it. The boat is beautiful and rather going to wast...

I confess I've already had my say on this...

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SWMBO is lining up several jobs of the "indoor" variety including tidying out the garages. Trouble is that is that "Clearing out the rubbish" has a different meaning to us both. Not withstanding that... Reattatch the sackboards on the 18ft salters skiff to be ready in the summer ...

https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/24059212_10154729461746525_1711990928449120473_n.jpg?oh=2551b93c515f2716f2253dfd2f5950a6&oe=5A90E677 This popped up in the facebook pages and it occcured to me that this is what I need to study the anatomy before undertaking major surgery o...

Is someone trolling Neil??

Why do I bother? Because you're well aware of the destruction that frost and ice will wreak on a boat? I suppose there must be a way you could control the climate in your garage to an extent to minimise the excess drying out - provided that won't compromise everything else in there. ...this works w...

Thanks Robert, as 'that' supermarket likes to tell us, 'every little helps'. Other big gaps in the knowledge... Alpha Blue Peter D Not seen much of the Blue Peter but I am sure these were designed for / sponsored by the BBC. They must surely have something in Noaksie's drawers?? A bit like a fibreg...

And I am worrying about the garboard strake/hog area, not because I can see anything wrong there - I can't, at least, not yet - but just because I don't see any way of keeping the boat safe except to painstakingly dry the whole of the bilge with a sponge whenever one sails her, because there must b...

A very kind and flattering comment om my sailing and stewardship of Torment. Thank you very much. When it comes to making an impressive effort I would draw your attention to Ed's "Slurp" design IC, also at Clwedag at this moment. Ed has lavished far more attention on this boat than I have ...