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by realnutter
Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:44 pm
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: Unknown Proctor wooden boat on ebay
Replies: 8
Views: 10776

Re: Unknown Proctor wooden boat on ebay

Kestrel is round bilged... I thing it's a Waybarge...
by realnutter
Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:52 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: What next?
Replies: 12
Views: 16457

Re: What next?

by realnutter
Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:29 pm
Forum: Boats and bits for sale
Topic: Vintage Moth for sale...
Replies: 1
Views: 4003

Vintage Moth for sale...

Due to a change of plans, I'm selling my early Skol moth.... It seems to be a Skol SD (self draining) made by Salterns, before Rondar took over and called it the Skol 2... It's 1970 vintage, sail number K2992, and I'm the third owner!! The previous owner bought it at 1 year old, sailed it, broke it,...
by realnutter
Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:58 pm
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: What was wrong with the Mirror 14 / Marauder?
Replies: 21
Views: 38884

What was wrong with the Mirror 14 / Marauder?

I see them pop up from time to time, and always wonder why they didn't do well.... They were from a pedigree designer, and all the sailing reports I've read say they were rather nice, and yet only 1000 odd got made..... They still look modern.. were they too far ahead of their time? Too lightly buil...
by realnutter
Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:17 pm
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: Any ideas?
Replies: 9
Views: 11522

Re: Any ideas?

14' is a guess?

If it's an over-estimate, it could be an early Graduate, at 12'8"...
by realnutter
Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:46 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: CVRDA Quiz - the 2017 CVRDA Craptic Crossword
Replies: 26
Views: 31015

Re: CVRDA Quiz - the 2017 CVRDA Craptic Crossword

PeterV wrote:33! I've got one clue I cannot do and 24 boats named!
Which one?

And look harder!! It's really rather devious!
by realnutter
Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:26 am
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: CVRDA Quiz - the 2017 CVRDA Craptic Crossword
Replies: 26
Views: 31015

Re: CVRDA Quiz - the 2017 CVRDA Craptic Crossword

neil wrote:
realnutter wrote: A counting error!! 27 classes!!!
You need to look some more.

A further look takes me to 33.....
by realnutter
Wed Dec 27, 2017 12:33 am
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: CVRDA Quiz - the 2017 CVRDA Craptic Crossword
Replies: 26
Views: 31015

Re: CVRDA Quiz - the 2017 CVRDA Craptic Crossword

neil wrote:
realnutter wrote:Thanks, that was fun!!! Kept me busy for an hour or so!! :D

24 classes in all, including 3 that aren't really dinghies....

Look again, you’ve not got the bonus point
A counting error!! 27 classes!!!
by realnutter
Sun Dec 24, 2017 3:43 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: CVRDA Quiz - the 2017 CVRDA Craptic Crossword
Replies: 26
Views: 31015

Re: CVRDA Quiz - the 2017 CVRDA Craptic Crossword

Thanks, that was fun!!! Kept me busy for an hour or so!! :D

24 classes in all, including 3 that aren't really dinghies....
by realnutter
Sun Nov 26, 2017 9:48 pm
Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
Topic: Kicker.
Replies: 13
Views: 13667

Re: Kicker.

trebor wrote:Every time I doubled up power, travel was affected.
Yeah, that's the physics working... it happens in any pulley system.... The only type of kicker immune to it is the old winch drum style....
by realnutter
Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:01 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: moth cutting
Replies: 8
Views: 12760

Re: moth cutting

Chris, what's the other year you have??

There's a load here

http://international-moth-archive.org/i ... k-archive/

If you have any of the missing ones, '70 and '71 in particular, I'd love to see them to try and pin down the exact age of my boat....
by realnutter
Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:52 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: moth cutting
Replies: 8
Views: 12760

Re: moth cutting

I don't know why it changed.. the '68 British yearbook has pics of both the M in a circle (both M and circle are printed in red, but that may just be the printing tech of the era) and the moth silhouette....

Both the British Moth, and the CMBA in America use a red M in a blue circle....
by realnutter
Mon Nov 06, 2017 7:35 pm
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: Proctor Centenary 2018
Replies: 37
Views: 32241

Re: Proctor Centenary 2018

Rolinx seems to have been the plastic injection moulding company that originally made the Topper.... presumably the boat of that name was a Topper sequel!
by realnutter
Wed Nov 01, 2017 8:14 pm
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: Laser 1 possibly very early #39
Replies: 19
Views: 21800

Re: Laser 1 possibly very early #39

When one sail has the digits 3 9 on it with a big gap between, and the other shows 10359, I think the number must be 10359!

It's still pretty early as the wooden foils attest...