CVRDA

Hi Luke, The Lord Birkett isnt a classic event but for me it is one of my favourite events. It is sailed on Ulswater in July and is to commemorate Lord Birketts campaign to prevent Ullswater being made a reservoir. It is a two day event with a race around the whole lake each day. It is a mass start...

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I still think it is a minority interest, though, but the minority could be larger than it is, if people could see past coffee table boat mags and realize that it doesn't have to be like that.




Classic boat mag made by the people who own them ?

Looking at the wayfarer info I think a mark 1 would be best. 1a looks good but if I can get them to but a pre 1985 boat I can sub the boat in for the merlin on CVRDA meets if required. Yeah I think jockey wheel is a must. I am a big fan of the beauty of wood but the boat would live outdoors so grp i...

GP14 should tick all the boxes If you don't want to race one of the old single skin glass boats should be ideal and relatively maintenance free so you can spend all your dads money on the Merlin :D You are a bad influence on me! I'm already rudder shopping :P Just got to work out an economical way ...

Chris Gould at Creation Covers are top class. Got my covers from him and he's fast becoming the standard for merlins and other classes. Does a real good job and can also do custom designs, I had extra sleeves to try and stop water running down the shrouds into the boat no problem and when I was look...

Hi All, The plan is to get my mum into sailing. Racings not her thing so the Merlin idea did not go down well. I think she has seen a photo or two of me swimming beside one. :oops: Mums idea of sailing is potting around on a lake or the sea, in light breezes on a sunny day. We would not be looking t...

My boss has got a goblin dinghy that he built when he was at school. At present this is stored in his shed and needs a little TLC. I am trying to convince him that it is worth getting back out on the water and doing some classic events. Does anyone know what the PY would be please? I believe the boa...

Thought I'd add mine to here. Hi I'm Luke, I had never considered sailing until I set foot onto a yacht summer 2010. 4000 sea miles and a tansat later I was hooked. When I left uni late 2011 I wanted to sail and decided to start dinghy racing. Bought a Merlin, decided its hard work and loved it. Now...

Convincing my dad to take up merging sailing in Sledgehammer now I have Seventh Heaven to play with.

And get to more events.

Also please forgive my ignorance but still quite new to this sailing malarkey. What is the lord Birkett trophy, as there seems to be a lot of interest in it and I'm in the middle of deciding my fixtures for this season.

Hi guys, Change of account, Podolski is gone I think my works email has decided to throw a hissy fit so been forced to change accounts. There is a committee meeting at Blithfield this week and our rear commadore is putting the event proposal forward. I have had contact from Mervyn Allen about the ev...