That's the Womble Mk2 that I flagged up in the 'for sale' section...............shame Scotland is so far, what with it having a trailer as well.
Paul
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- Sat Jun 04, 2011 4:54 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Early Int. Moth info.
- Replies: 285
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- Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:37 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Early Int. Moth info.
- Replies: 285
- Views: 76602
Re: Early Int. Moth info.
John Claridge's own website has a couple of photos, of the first Magnum 2 K-3583 'Magnanimous' and the aforementioned Phobia K-3769 'Gynaephobia'. http://cargocollective.com/jcbb#655997/History Also there is a link to David's Y&Y article: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27435340/True%20Icons.pdf Looking...
- Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:53 pm
- Forum: Banter
- Topic: Strange, incongruous or just plain silly boat class names
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11766
Re: Strange, incongruous or just plain silly boat class name
The sail logo of the El Toro is apparently a shovel..........it seems both this and the name were chosen because this was a "no bull****" boat!
Paul
Paul
- Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:57 am
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: Int Moth
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3437
Re: Int Moth
For someone within reach of Kelso in Scotland, this appears to be a Womble Mk2:
http://sailingdinghies.apolloduck.com/d ... aid=201126
Bargain - wish I was (a) nearer (b) younger !
Paul
http://sailingdinghies.apolloduck.com/d ... aid=201126
Bargain - wish I was (a) nearer (b) younger !
Paul
- Fri May 27, 2011 4:47 pm
- Forum: Banter
- Topic: Strange, incongruous or just plain silly boat class names
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11766
Re: Strange, incongruous or just plain silly boat class name
In my little Dumpy Book of Dinghies from the 1950s, there is a French boat called the Highlander, with a dancing Scot as the sail logo. In the USA there is a boat called the El Toro, which sounds like a big butch bullish boat.............but it's actually a little kids' pram like an Oppie or a Sabot...
- Mon May 23, 2011 10:43 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: International 14, epoxy or not?
- Replies: 31
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Re: International 14, epoxy or not?
I've been reading this with interest, and have refrained from posting as there is so much experience and expertise here; but after some thought I'd like to offer some observations. With all that old wood and so many joints and layers, I don't think epoxy is a good idea at all; whether the planks are...
- Thu May 19, 2011 5:24 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Early Int. Moth info.
- Replies: 285
- Views: 76602
Re: Early Int. Moth info.
After all that earlier enthusiasm, this thread has slipped a long way..... 'Imperium' was designed by David 'Shorty' McKay and he won the 1970 Worlds in NZ and '71 in Europe; it was a double-chine develoment of the 1960s Peter Cole cold-moulded design. Geoff Osmond used to build them in Cornwall and...
- Wed May 18, 2011 9:37 am
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: RNSA on e-bay
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1412
Re: RNSA on e-bay
I learnt to sail in those, not long before they were phased out and replaced by the Bosun...........and my mum learnt to sail on them when she was a young WRN!
They didn't have buoyancy bags, just brass tanks under the thwarts which would barely keep them afloat when swamped.
Paul
They didn't have buoyancy bags, just brass tanks under the thwarts which would barely keep them afloat when swamped.
Paul
- Thu May 12, 2011 1:30 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Topper design Date...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3530
Re: Topper design Date...
I learnt to sail in 1972 and my first boat was a Sea Snark.......I used to go and press my nose against the window of the local chandlers which contained a GRP Topper for the price of £139 (funny how some things stick in your mind for ever!), so it was at least as far back as 1973.
Paul
Paul
- Mon May 09, 2011 4:30 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: an enterprising torchbearer for a leader
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2423
Re: an enterprising torchbearer for a leader
I was only asking about Moth bits because I was going to the Netley boat jumble nearby yesterday and was going to look in, but I got all the bits I wanted for my current project at the jumble.
Paul
Paul
- Fri May 06, 2011 3:41 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: an enterprising torchbearer for a leader
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2423
Re: an enterprising torchbearer for a leader
Are their any old Moths, or Moth bits? Last time I was that way (about 5 years ago!) there was a wood Duflos in the 'dunce's corner'.
Paul
Paul
- Tue May 03, 2011 3:04 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: Int Moth
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3437
Re: Int Moth
Another one, Magnum 2 I think, in Cleveland:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/International-Mot ... 0598830609
Paul
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/International-Mot ... 0598830609
Paul
- Mon May 02, 2011 7:25 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Early Int. Moth info.
- Replies: 285
- Views: 76602
Re: Early Int. Moth info.
It's another 'Stockholm Sprite'; the ply-covered wing tubes were an option to trampolines, I believe.
Paul
Paul
- Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:21 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Ah.....the wonders of Epoxy!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2068
Re: Ah.....the wonders of Epoxy!
Looks like the cockpit floor of my last Moth which I also did too late in the day!
The trolley looks like a Magnum 5 or 6; too rounded for an 8.
Paul
The trolley looks like a Magnum 5 or 6; too rounded for an 8.
Paul
- Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:09 am
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Early Int. Moth info.
- Replies: 285
- Views: 76602
Re: Early Int. Moth info.
One day the complete Moth hull shape history will be published..........and pigs will fly! Even the Magnum saga would take a while. Yours is a 5 IIRC, with quite a wide transom with turned-up short chines but with a finer midsection than the similar 3; the 6 has a narrower transom and usually a rudd...