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62 pounds and 11 hours to go as of this writing. you are not going to let this one slide by are you Ed?

Ed,
The last two or three days the site has been really slow in the United States Also a couple of times it has jumped me to the International Canoe site.
Brian Evans.

If you are going to tell war storys like this. How many of you remember the Vulcan that was being used for a flying testbed for the Olympus engine for the Concord.Its getting low and blowing over the petrol pumps in the garage at the end of the main runway at Filton airport at Brizzle, Eh?
B.E.

Don't nag him too hard , or he will get testy on you.
B.E.

I have a question about question one (Who designed which?) The designer of the Flipper Scow? Was that a phonetic spelling of his name to throw us off Peer Brunn? I have his name listed as Peter Bruun
Brian.

That was the flying fifteen. And that was before the tolerances were tightened. I have never heard of this European Lakes International One Design Although that was the title of the Flying Dutchman before Peter Scott suggested the F.D. name. I also have never seen a picture of one. Does anybody in C...

Ah
Well the only other boat that Fox designed, that I know about, was rejected out of hand, by the olympic committee because they felt the building tolerances were too wide and that skillful builders would fiddle the rules.
As was done in the case of Star boats.
Brian.

Rupert,
It really was not a guess, the answer came from a report on the Fairy Webpage that said that boat had been used in the trials and was beaten by the Flying dutchman.

So Rupert,
Was the answer I gave you to 7e the right one?
Brian.

Rupert,
I have to go to work now, I had not intended to send an entry. However since you are bugging me about it, I will sit down tonight and see what I can come up with. I thought I had almost ruined your quizz by giving you information, you did not want public, so I had stepped back.
Brian.

Tim,
The plugs are most likely 5/16" in which case the 8mm plugs will work quite nicely in the same hole since they are just a couple of thousand's of an inch bigger.

Don't forget, with 2 packs, urethane or epoxy you can use accelerator in cold conditions. Also if you are going to the expense of buying that stuff, you do not want to cheap out on rollers and brushes. If you are using the small foam rollers, chuck them as soon as they double in size. Also use a goo...

So did I. the wind was out of the north west at 9mph and the temperature was 64 degrees F . Partly cloudy.
But then you probably did not want to know that.
B.E.Evans
San Diego USA.

Ah, Well you must have another George O'day in mind. George D. O'day was the principle dealer in the USA for Fairy Marine He imported Fairy Fireflies, Albacores,505's Flying Fifteens Jollyboats. Before getting Uffa Fox to design a 13 footer called the Javelin ( not to be confused with Peter Milnes J...

Rupert,
In your 4th question , did you mean George D. O'day or are you referring to some other O'Day.
B.E.