The Lost Classes will Rule........beware
The Lost Classes will Rule........beware
Beware indeed.....
If all goes to plan and I get a following wind, a downhill home run....a few lucky breaks (okay..have run out of cliches) then.....
next year will see a new addition to the ranks of the Lost Classes. (and no - this is NOT the rumoured fast plywood special...) - but a boat that will be happy going head to head with the M14s and Marauders.
No more clues for now other than it will be, I hope, just what the Lost Classes wing should be about - hopefully restored to it's prime and looking (and going) quick!
Watch this space for more news on this 'exciting' development - either that or wisely watch from a safe distance as (with the aid of supercrew Jon) fittings start pulling off in all directions.......
Can he now havesimple windward leeward courses with a 2 mile beat? How many laps around Shearwater would that equate too?
D
If all goes to plan and I get a following wind, a downhill home run....a few lucky breaks (okay..have run out of cliches) then.....
next year will see a new addition to the ranks of the Lost Classes. (and no - this is NOT the rumoured fast plywood special...) - but a boat that will be happy going head to head with the M14s and Marauders.
No more clues for now other than it will be, I hope, just what the Lost Classes wing should be about - hopefully restored to it's prime and looking (and going) quick!
Watch this space for more news on this 'exciting' development - either that or wisely watch from a safe distance as (with the aid of supercrew Jon) fittings start pulling off in all directions.......
Can he now havesimple windward leeward courses with a 2 mile beat? How many laps around Shearwater would that equate too?
D
David H
Re: The Lost Classes will Rule........beware
A spectre from the past?davidh wrote:next year will see a new addition to the ranks of the Lost Classes.
Re: The Lost Classes will Rule........beware
Jim,
Nice try - I like it.
Sadly that spirit has yet to be reincarnated so "Bzzzzzz - wrong answer"
D
Nice try - I like it.
Sadly that spirit has yet to be reincarnated so "Bzzzzzz - wrong answer"
D
David H
Re: The Lost Classes will Rule........beware
yes, I too had thought something spooky was going on....
on a vaguely related note the marauder (to be named Ghengis the Menace and painted black and red) emerged from the boat shed today looking worse than I remembered, but drying out has meant the paint is coming off like butter.
on a vaguely related note the marauder (to be named Ghengis the Menace and painted black and red) emerged from the boat shed today looking worse than I remembered, but drying out has meant the paint is coming off like butter.
The Peril
Agamemnon
Lovely little Cadet
OK 1954
Xena Warrior Princess
Finn 469
Laser 2
Wayfarer World
Agamemnon
Lovely little Cadet
OK 1954
Xena Warrior Princess
Finn 469
Laser 2
Wayfarer World
Re: The Lost Classes will Rule........beware
Looking forward to meeting your lost class, David! Would love more to come out of the wood (or GRP) work, so we can get a true fleet together.
Following the Nationals, I was wondering whether we should have an overlap on the lost classes with the other fleets - John's Skua was the obvious example there - a class with very few boats left, but probebly not a lost class, as designed before 65, or so I believe. I have a feeling we should present a trophy at the Nationals for the first boat from a lost class whatever the design date, prior to 1985, of course.
Following the Nationals, I was wondering whether we should have an overlap on the lost classes with the other fleets - John's Skua was the obvious example there - a class with very few boats left, but probebly not a lost class, as designed before 65, or so I believe. I have a feeling we should present a trophy at the Nationals for the first boat from a lost class whatever the design date, prior to 1985, of course.
Rupert
Re: The Lost Classes will Rule........beware
Sounds like a bit of a 'challenge' David...
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Re: The Lost Classes will Rule........beware
Not that horrible turd brown Typhoon thing. FOTFRAL.
Cheers Al
Cheers Al
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Hi Alan,
sorry - do not get the FOTFRAL??
Is that anything to do with the overweight soon to be ex-olympic singlehander that is clogging up the ranks these days?
You lot will be trying to claim that they are a lost class soon (some may wish they were now...)
D
PS - tis the other Dave...Dave Chivers - who has the brown Typhoon....
sorry - do not get the FOTFRAL??
Is that anything to do with the overweight soon to be ex-olympic singlehander that is clogging up the ranks these days?
You lot will be trying to claim that they are a lost class soon (some may wish they were now...)
D
PS - tis the other Dave...Dave Chivers - who has the brown Typhoon....
David H
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no Finn bashing please or this will be banished to Banter
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Neil....
Yes, a good point... I've seen the thread over on Banter so may place a comment or two there. I take it that my defence...that my comments were (a) true and (b) in the public interest won't wash on this occasion???????????
Cheers anyway
D
Yes, a good point... I've seen the thread over on Banter so may place a comment or two there. I take it that my defence...that my comments were (a) true and (b) in the public interest won't wash on this occasion???????????
Cheers anyway
D
David H
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Re: The Lost Classes will Rule........beware
Is the Bell ringing yet? Or am I out on a flyer?
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Finn K468 'Captain Scarlet'
British Moth, 630, early 60's 'Pisces'
!!!! Not CVRDA !!!!
Comet Trio - something always ready to sail.
National 12 "Spider" 2523
Finn K468 'Captain Scarlet'
British Moth, 630, early 60's 'Pisces'
!!!! Not CVRDA !!!!
Comet Trio - something always ready to sail.
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John
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ - wrong answer......
would you like the questions fomr the easy envelope?
D
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ - wrong answer......
would you like the questions fomr the easy envelope?
D
David H
Re: The Lost Classes will Rule........beware
Not a "Mercury" by any chance? I haven't seen a "poor Man's International 14" for over 40 years.
Craig
Craig
Re: The Lost Classes will Rule........beware
You need to come to some of our events then corkman - the Mercury is alive and well and travels regularly from Bristol Avon Sailing Club
Re: The Lost Classes will Rule........beware
Indeed, I raced against two Mercs there recently.