Paul Elvstrom RIP
Paul Elvstrom RIP
For anyone who hasn't seen it elsewhere, Paul Elvstrøm, the greatest of them all, is no longer with us.
Re: Paul Elvstrom RIP
Anyone who sailed a boat with a plunger type self bailer should be thankful to Paul Elvstrom for making them obsolete.
Rupert
Re: Paul Elvstrom RIP
Sad to hear - very much one of the greats in so many classes and an innovator in sailmaking and boat and accessory design.
Re: Paul Elvstrom RIP
One of the true greats. A sportsman who took the time to answer an eleven year old's questions at the 1963 Earls Court Boat Show and gave advice I have never forgotten.
Sam
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Re: Paul Elvstrom RIP
Hi
Meet this very generous man once at Kiel week when I lived in Hamburg and sailed a Tornado with my then girl friend. What pleasant person he was very friendly and offered tuning advice/assistance freely to anyone who asked. May he RIP.
Al
Meet this very generous man once at Kiel week when I lived in Hamburg and sailed a Tornado with my then girl friend. What pleasant person he was very friendly and offered tuning advice/assistance freely to anyone who asked. May he RIP.
Al
Re: Paul Elvstrom RIP
No, I had missed that.
Somewhere I have a signed 'PE explains the Racing Rules'......even with both the little boats still with it.
sigh..
eib
Somewhere I have a signed 'PE explains the Racing Rules'......even with both the little boats still with it.
sigh..
eib
Ed Bremner
CVRDA
Jollyboat J3
Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it
CVRDA
Jollyboat J3
Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it
Re: Paul Elvstrom RIP
" If, in the process of winning you lose the respect of your competitors, you have won nothing"
Paul Elvstrom
Paul Elvstrom
Hornet 191 Shoestring,
Hornet 595 Demon awaiting restoration
Hornet 610 Final Fling
Hornet 353
Hornet 595 Demon awaiting restoration
Hornet 610 Final Fling
Hornet 353
Re: Paul Elvstrom RIP
Ah, yes, the mantra of the CVRDA handicap committee...
Ed Bremner
CVRDA
Jollyboat J3
Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it
CVRDA
Jollyboat J3
Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it
Re: Paul Elvstrom RIP
Thought that was " Think of a number"
Sam
Sam
Re: Paul Elvstrom RIP
cheeky!
yeah, and halve it if carrying any carbon or double it using cotton.
yeah, and halve it if carrying any carbon or double it using cotton.
Ed Bremner
CVRDA
Jollyboat J3
Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it
CVRDA
Jollyboat J3
Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it