old boat wing
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We originally defined 'old' boats as those designed before 1965 and built over 25 years ago. These boats still make up the bulk of the wing, however we soon realised that it left out lots of interesting boats that have been made for the development classes since 1965 which although designed more recently seemed to be totally within the theme and character of the cvrda. |
 The 'old boat' wing now includes plenty of fun boats like this Morrison designed Merlin Rocket - a Phantom Kipper from 1975. |
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We decided therefore that the old wing should include any boat from the development classes established before 1965 as long as it was both designed and built over 25 years ago. That
makes for a pretty wide and eclectic range of racing dinghies! In the future it might become necessary to reassess this decision if too many 'out of character' boats start taking an interest in the cvrda old wing, but for the moment its just great to see these wonderful dinghies which have become totally outpaced within their own classes but can still have great handicap racing with the cvrda old wing. |
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Of course the dinghy classes for the 'old wing' are just the same as for the classic and vintage wings, its just that the boats are not quite so old! Here a beatiful and very fast Osprey (Old wing winner - Roadford 2001) begs for a little more wind. |
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So what boats would be able to race with the 'old wing'.......? Well all these classes are over 25 years old, so if the boat is at least that old.....you are in!.
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Development Classes |
International Classes |
National Classes |
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International 14 (1928) |
Enterprise (1956)
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Albacore (1954) |
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Well those are the common ones, and in no particular order........but don't forget the other classes.......the CVRDA has a particular interest in these classes, some large, some small, some thriving and some forgotten but all need supporting!
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