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- Sat Jul 30, 2016 8:26 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: Otter 37
- Replies: 4
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Re: Otter 37
Yes, right, it's 'not a fast boat' - especially when it fills up with water - which they love to do ! Yes again, they do bury their bows in any kind of breeze. They also wallow downwind and love to turn turtle ! Essential piece of kit is a bailing bucket !
- Sat Jul 30, 2016 8:17 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: Firefly 1066 "Hastings"
- Replies: 10
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Re: Firefly 1066 "Hastings"
Fireflies are great single handed boats.
- Sat Jul 30, 2016 8:13 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: Merlin 950 Desperation for sale
- Replies: 4
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Re: Merlin 950 Desperation for sale
Chippendale built the most beautiful boats, surely some relation to the great furniture designer !
- Wed Aug 12, 2015 9:18 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: The worst classic dinghy.
- Replies: 37
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Re: The worst classic dinghy.
Hmm, yes, Coypus were horrible, and I take your point about set up on the Gull. I did try an early [70's] Laser not long after they were introduced to the UK and couldn't see what all the fuss was about - not comfortable, mainsheet wrapped itself around the transom far too often etc, I didn't know i...
- Wed Aug 12, 2015 11:27 am
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: The worst classic dinghy.
- Replies: 37
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Re: The worst classic dinghy.
Gulls weren't great and they did have unbelievable weather helm but the worst dinghy I ever sailed was the Otter. The only good thing about them was that they capsized very gracefully, after they had filled up like a bathtub ! Then they were inclined to turn turtle and were a pig to right. I remembe...
- Sat Jan 03, 2015 10:38 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Wildcat Dinghy
- Replies: 8
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Re: Wildcat Dinghy
Our school had one of these and I sailed it rather a lot in the 70's as a fearless [!] teenager. It was called 'Ratcatcher' and if my memory serves the sail number was 257. It had been converted from sliding seat to trapeze by the sailing/woodwork teacher, Harry Walsh, who was a demon Merlin Rocket ...