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Chalky
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Thames B Rater

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After months of scheming, the pre First World War Thames B Rater has made to my barn.
There isn't too much work to do, new ply deck, a few timbers have cracked and some seams have opened up....
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SoggyBadger
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Re: Thames B Rater

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I feel that WOW is the appropriate response :D
Best wishes


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Chalky
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Re: Thames B Rater

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I can't believe this is my new project. What a yacht!
Aquarius
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Re: Thames B Rater

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Interesting beast.

Date and designer?
CVRDA eligible:
1962(?) Firefly F3163 "Aquarius"
1946 International Fourteen K478 "Galatea"
Not CVRDA eligible:
1991(?) Nethercot IC K229, "Ogaf the Unbearable"
Squib. possibly number 251, "Squirt"
Chalky
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Re: Thames B Rater

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Linton Hope, 1910. I'm now told she might be a 0.7 Rater.
Aquarius
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Re: Thames B Rater

Post by Aquarius »

Chalky wrote:Linton Hope, 1910. I'm now told she might be a 0.7 Rater.
Linton Hope! Chapeau!

(I've got his book on amateur boatbuilding and his edition of Dixon Kemp).
CVRDA eligible:
1962(?) Firefly F3163 "Aquarius"
1946 International Fourteen K478 "Galatea"
Not CVRDA eligible:
1991(?) Nethercot IC K229, "Ogaf the Unbearable"
Squib. possibly number 251, "Squirt"
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