CVRDA

my favourite is http://www.metcheck.com Put in the postcode of your venue or just go by county and get detail of 48 hours or up to 7 days in 3 hourly intervals (click the day in 1-7 day view) and 8-14 days in less detail each day Also online weather forum to find out what it's like at that moment an...

Hear hear! Great fun. Roger falling out the back of the jeep ws a sight not to be missed!! The Merlin twice came up like a submarine - completely under water apart from foredeck and mast and totaly un-manoevreable! We sat there with visions of Chris's pride and joy going down beneath us!! Someone re...

Tempting, especially with the children away! Presumably the hamdicap is open to any age boat?

Two of the teenagers put their names on the list in the clubhouse as crew available (with phone numbers).

Looking forward to seeing the latest addition and to taking photos. Will she be ready for the Shearwater event?

Be aware that the Dulux etc house paints you buy in B&Q are not the same as the Dulux etc in the trade places, but are far poorer quality, even for the same brand! I can't even use one of those cheap bristle things they sell as "paintbrushes" in front of Sandy as he'll then produce a p...

I've got loads of Shearwater and Roadford photos but didn't take any at Bowmoor.

Since the plankers subsection are into T shirts how about the other classes/sections? All slogan suggestions gratefully received – just remember you have to explain them to the children! We could start with half a dozen for the Team Barlow Merlin crews Maybe a little competition at Shearwater or R...

Well I'm not sailing 243! And the golfers have pinched 182 and 183! Is 60 the latter day saints or Osama Bin Laden?

Chris you're on as I'd already proposed a quiz for the Shearwater saturday social. I have a bunch of general quiz questions and I was going to add a sailing round or two so please add a Classic and Vintage round or two for me. The event will be spring social for the whole club and CVRDA visitors and...

We're planning to be at Roadford properly this year, so as long as I can sail too, I can play with the computer as I do that to pay for my sailing anyway and will be bringing my laptop for downloading photos.

As someone who sails a newer Lark regularly and sailed an old one at the CVRDA event at our club as it was the only boat available to me, I would rather take part in a possibly ineligible boat than be left on the bank. Most of us aren't interested in the pots and placings but are there for the "...

This is where the Class Association takes a prominent role. If the class has an active association it can pull through when boats are not being built, builders change and so on. A prime example is the Lark, an "is/isn't CVRDA" class. It is now on its third builder (Rondar) and had a break ...

Those at the front of the first race had a big advantage for the second one - they were at the front of the lunch queue! The rest of us spent over half an hour queueing, then had to bolt our lunch in about ten minutes and try to make the already delayed start in very little wind (other thn that caus...

How appropriate to find this thread the day my renewal quote landed on the doormat!! I've been with Admiral for the last couple of years as they gave a reasonable quote and I worked next door and could pop in and talk to them. With boat changes it's been varied but this time they want over a hundred...