CVRDA

Sooooooo tempting, but more tha my life is worth, so dangerous.

So cheap and so far away so annoying Grrh!

I have a proctor D section which you are welcome to for a pint or two but you would probably require something a bit more modern. There is also the problem of getting it south.

Never noticed before, Hope this works.

From my experience you will always see where the varnish has been patched up. Having said that it really depends in what you are looking for. If you are after a perfect finish then you will at aome time heave to take the whole lot back to wood but I don't think you have anything to lose by trying ju...

There is a Merlin Rocket sitting at Ripon that may be available for the taking away. It would need alot of work as has been sitting under a deteriorating cover for a while. A quick look a couple of months ago did not reveal an terminal rot but I stress a quick look. Let me know if you want me to mak...

I am sorry for obvious reasons i cann't help but I must say that I have often used the excuse that the boat belongs to somebody else, I did slip up once when I told she who does not get her feet wet that I had been lent the boat quite truthfully, only I did not tell her later that I bought the boat....

Got rid of my AC national 12 and Harrier + and got a merlin, MSN4 just misses qualification as an old boat by a year, but it will always be the 12 or Moth that I bring to CVRDA event when I finally make it to one.

Are but you did say all the answers where on the website!
Just posting to show off my new signature

Yup the write for the original Baltic warf event describes going down under Clifton bridge....Just to prove how nerdy I am.
I just realised my signature is out of date again!

Hi I had a wee go at the quiz myself but didn't bother emailing it in because it was atfter the new year, had problems with question 4 because I couldn't find any salinity tables on the web site for british harbours but ended up quessing at Baltic Warf and Although I found the article that mentioned...

Oh dear I have just bought a 1984 NSM 4 didn't even think about it qualifying as a CVRDA boat I did think about 7th Heaven but decided I couldn't afford her.

I know of a merlin that might be available at Ripon Sailing club. Let me know if you are interested and I will make enquiries.

I have a Harrier+ which I have managed to capsize a few times, I don't recall any problem getting the water out through the transom flaps, just sit well back and keep her flat.
Unfortunately I just don't have enough lard to make her go in anything less than a light breeze.

I wouldn't worry too much about not keeping up with the Solos I always struggled even in a considerably more modern 12! The advantage with spreaders is that they give you a lot more contol over the bend in the mast, in particular with a 12 allowing prebend to aid depowering. Trying to fit spreaders ...