Is it just me, or are the decks a lot more squared off than in most 505s?
She really is a work of art, though.
Neil would charge £150 for details of where to find a mast...?!
Old 505's
Re: Old 505's
Rupert
Re: Old 505's
I don't just want to sail it, would it consider an offer of marriage???????
Rupert - if you can get the side decks that are that shape, they are more comfortable than the fully rounded ones (at least for the helm). You can hike a little harder as it allows the back of the knee joint to come outboard a bit.
D
Rupert - if you can get the side decks that are that shape, they are more comfortable than the fully rounded ones (at least for the helm). You can hike a little harder as it allows the back of the knee joint to come outboard a bit.
D
David H
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PS...
wouldn't the old Badfinger song be better:
"If you want it, here it is
Come and get it
But you'd better hurry as it's going fast"
D
wouldn't the old Badfinger song be better:
"If you want it, here it is
Come and get it
But you'd better hurry as it's going fast"
D
David H
Re: Old 505's
I can see why, I just hadn't realized they were allowed. Far easier to build, too, I'd have thought.
Rupert
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Sorry , wrong Neil, the owner is Neil Drew, but I think you may be corect in your first assumption.
And yes, the decks are not as rounded as some 505's this was one of three boats built by Spud Rowsell from the layout penned by Phil Morrison, and they were quick I am told, certainly this one has always given a good account for herself at Roadford.
And yes, the decks are not as rounded as some 505's this was one of three boats built by Spud Rowsell from the layout penned by Phil Morrison, and they were quick I am told, certainly this one has always given a good account for herself at Roadford.
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Ex Merlin sailor Chris Haworth won the 505 Nationals (and did well too in the Worlds I seem to recall) in one of the sister ships to this.
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David H
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It is truly gorgeous. Should anyone feel tempted to buy, I am very available for crewing jaunts!
The Peril
Agamemnon
Lovely little Cadet
OK 1954
Xena Warrior Princess
Finn 469
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Agamemnon
Lovely little Cadet
OK 1954
Xena Warrior Princess
Finn 469
Laser 2
Wayfarer World
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brooksey
If you've not seen the email already - can you call me please asap - or preferably, sooner.
I may have a punter for you with cash burning a hole in his pocket (no, bummer, not me)
D
07847280302
If you've not seen the email already - can you call me please asap - or preferably, sooner.
I may have a punter for you with cash burning a hole in his pocket (no, bummer, not me)
D
07847280302
David H
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Michael Brigg
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Re: Old 505's
Ent228 said:-
Losing the tiller extention and having the boat tack istself back on top of you
Getting the spinnaker halyard tangled up around the jib pole
(My favourite) The leeward jib sheet loses its figure of 8 and flys out of its fairlead as you tack!
Centreplate pop's up on a tack, blocking the crew to leeward, or the lifting rudder pops up in the midst of a knarly reach/run...
The shackle on the Spinaker head comes undone on the hoist
The Spinnaker pole falls off the mast/tack
The beauty that obstinately clings to the backside on Brooksey's '5-0 brings up Ed's posting on a boats gender. What are the Callipygian (great word by the way Ed)properties of a wooden Fairy 505? Definately a girl with a French pedigree going all the way back to Ninan de Lenclas, and if David you can find that reference in Byron I'll give you the rest of it (which I assure you is way more descriptive than Toad's panting.)
The story of the mast inversion takes you back to the original posting rather neatly. If you take the trouble (and you may need a magnifying glass and a little imagination) to read the text in the pictured book (which is about preparation and fittings) it reads (perhaps) as an absolute perfect set of Classic and Very Rare David Arrrggh!!s (CVRDA's)I've been browsing a book by Yves-Louis Pinaud, Sailing from start to finnish,
Losing the tiller extention and having the boat tack istself back on top of you
Getting the spinnaker halyard tangled up around the jib pole
(My favourite) The leeward jib sheet loses its figure of 8 and flys out of its fairlead as you tack!
Centreplate pop's up on a tack, blocking the crew to leeward, or the lifting rudder pops up in the midst of a knarly reach/run...
The shackle on the Spinaker head comes undone on the hoist
The Spinnaker pole falls off the mast/tack
The beauty that obstinately clings to the backside on Brooksey's '5-0 brings up Ed's posting on a boats gender. What are the Callipygian (great word by the way Ed)properties of a wooden Fairy 505? Definately a girl with a French pedigree going all the way back to Ninan de Lenclas, and if David you can find that reference in Byron I'll give you the rest of it (which I assure you is way more descriptive than Toad's panting.)
Michael Brigg
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Michael,
Now that's a good one - I always thought that this was the usage (non biblical) that roughly translates into "beauty is in the eye of the beholder".
Used by Bryon when he was fighting for the Greeks against the Turks, could also be compared to 'all his geese be swans'.
"Fill High the bowl with Samian wine"
But a good link never the less to the CVRDA -
.....And ships, by thousands, lay below
..he counted them at break of day
And when the sun set, where were they?
You've not been at the N2O again have you?
D
Now that's a good one - I always thought that this was the usage (non biblical) that roughly translates into "beauty is in the eye of the beholder".
Used by Bryon when he was fighting for the Greeks against the Turks, could also be compared to 'all his geese be swans'.
"Fill High the bowl with Samian wine"
But a good link never the less to the CVRDA -
.....And ships, by thousands, lay below
..he counted them at break of day
And when the sun set, where were they?
You've not been at the N2O again have you?
D
David H
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Michael Brigg
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Ill confess David I am impressed. You speak to these 505's a language of love.
I love the "Ships by thousands..."
You have me there. Che faro once again
The Ninan De Lenclas I was referring to was the famous French (of course) renaissance intellect, beauty and courtesan described thus by Byron in Don Juan. I know little of his poetry and the quote was given to me by an enthusiast to describe the Spitfire. It seems appropriate here especially in reference to that picture of the Fairy 505 pictured suspended over the dock.
"But there are forms which Age adorns, not wears
And to which Beauty obstinately clings.
For such forms Time to touch forbears
And turns aside his scythe to vulgar things." ...
I love the "Ships by thousands..."
You have me there. Che faro once again
The Ninan De Lenclas I was referring to was the famous French (of course) renaissance intellect, beauty and courtesan described thus by Byron in Don Juan. I know little of his poetry and the quote was given to me by an enthusiast to describe the Spitfire. It seems appropriate here especially in reference to that picture of the Fairy 505 pictured suspended over the dock.
"But there are forms which Age adorns, not wears
And to which Beauty obstinately clings.
For such forms Time to touch forbears
And turns aside his scythe to vulgar things." ...
Michael Brigg
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bob eastwood
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Re: Old 505's
hi all,
For many years I owned 5o5 K38. She was built by Chippendales of Warsash in the early fifties. She belonged to a friend of my fathers from the mid sixties then my dad then me from about 85. She truly was a thing of beauty but despite extensive tlc brass screws and old glues were giving up. I didn't dare rig the spinnaker but sailed her regularly until I sold her a few years ago. I sold her to an ex champion ( i think) and she was to be raced on the classic circuit.
Anybody seen her??
I now sail an OK with two years to go to be eligable for the CVDRA.
Bob
For many years I owned 5o5 K38. She was built by Chippendales of Warsash in the early fifties. She belonged to a friend of my fathers from the mid sixties then my dad then me from about 85. She truly was a thing of beauty but despite extensive tlc brass screws and old glues were giving up. I didn't dare rig the spinnaker but sailed her regularly until I sold her a few years ago. I sold her to an ex champion ( i think) and she was to be raced on the classic circuit.
Anybody seen her??
I now sail an OK with two years to go to be eligable for the CVDRA.
Bob
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Bob,
I'm really interested in the story of k38.
Are you by any chance south coast based? - I'm on the Hamble at Busledon
Do you have any pictures?
can you tell me who you sold the boat too
Will explain the reason for the request
David
I'm really interested in the story of k38.
Are you by any chance south coast based? - I'm on the Hamble at Busledon
Do you have any pictures?
can you tell me who you sold the boat too
Will explain the reason for the request
David
David H