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by MerlinMags
Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:23 pm
Forum: Boats and bits for sale
Topic: Free rudder and wheels
Replies: 2
Views: 834

Re: Free rudder and wheels

Or can bring to the RYA Dinghy Show this weekend!
by MerlinMags
Sun Feb 19, 2023 11:49 am
Forum: Boats and bits for sale
Topic: Free rudder and wheels
Replies: 2
Views: 834

Re: Free rudder and wheels

Three road trailer wheels (4 stud) if you want the middle bit?

Tyres bald/punctured but I'll remove those.
by MerlinMags
Sun Feb 19, 2023 11:48 am
Forum: Boats and bits for sale
Topic: Free rudder and wheels
Replies: 2
Views: 834

Free rudder and wheels

Two trolley wheels with punctures (do you want the inner plastic bit?) A small ancient lifting rudder with lifting tiller and custom banana extension (12cm between pintle/gudgeon faces, blade protrudes 62cm below that, blade width 19cm). Free if you collect from GU9 0BL before Friday 24th Feb, or I ...
by MerlinMags
Sun May 01, 2022 11:29 am
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: Jack Holt Ideal Dinghy
Replies: 3
Views: 7882

Re: Jack Holt Ideal Dinghy

Yesterday I met a 20yr old from Poole harbour who had purchased an 'Ideal' and restored it. He said there was another on ebay not long ago. I had never heard of it, so went looking for photos and only found this page!!!
by MerlinMags
Wed Jul 12, 2017 11:05 am
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: Roll up, roll up, buy an entire museum collection
Replies: 137
Views: 142493

Re: Roll up, roll up, buy an entire museum collection

David Henshall thinks we should be very worried about this auction: http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/197092/Sailing-history-for-sale I can't help thinking many of those dilapidated hulls ought to sell for less than a tenner, yet the auction process, fees and VAT will mean prices of £500. Madnes...
by MerlinMags
Tue Aug 11, 2015 3:36 pm
Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
Topic: Bow join is leaking
Replies: 4
Views: 6229

Re: Bow join is leaking

Force 4, MarineScene and Trident sell the brown, but delivery still bugs me. P&B had black/white only. Google told me Screwfix sell the brown version - but I don't think it is the same as the marine type (code 291). Will steer clear. Aha - ebay has saved me! Several sellers have the 291 in brown...
by MerlinMags
Tue Aug 11, 2015 2:40 pm
Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
Topic: Bow join is leaking
Replies: 4
Views: 6229

Re: Bow join is leaking

Thank you everyone. Seems like an obvious choice then! Sikaflex will save the day. I thought my problems were over, and now I find that both my local chandlers (Guildford Marine) and the chandlers I was just about to place an online order for rope with (Classic Marine)....they don't sell it! So it l...
by MerlinMags
Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:46 am
Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
Topic: Bow join is leaking
Replies: 4
Views: 6229

Bow join is leaking

I've found that the joints between the hull planks and the bow timber (apron?) are leaking on 'Swallow'. She's a clinker dinghy made around 1950-1960. You can't see daylight through the gap, but the water floods in fast enough that you're bailing more often than not. Can anyone advise upon a solutio...
by MerlinMags
Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:37 pm
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: Sail insignias I do not recognise
Replies: 15
Views: 13898

Re: Sail insignias I do not recognise

Just got back from holiday and am astounded to find the birdie is still elusive. If I can't find an answer with the CVRDA then surely there is nowhere else to turn! I suppose it is mostly academic, but it would be good to send the sails on to a good home, despite their soft condition.
by MerlinMags
Sun Aug 11, 2013 4:16 pm
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: Sail insignias I do not recognise
Replies: 15
Views: 13898

Re: Sail insignias I do not recognise

The Wivenhoe logo is a red flag with a very small blob of something in the middle I see.
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Looking at the boat, my sails are way smaller than that. They are smaller than a Heron's.
by MerlinMags
Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:41 am
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: Sail insignias I do not recognise
Replies: 15
Views: 13898

Re: Sail insignias I do not recognise

Vitress? What an odd idea to use a W shape for a boat beginning with V. I can't see an entry for Vitress on the CVRDA dinghy database - shocking! Neither does Google reveal anything useful. Truly a lost class then. Could the bird be a bird of prey, not a garden bird? Can't be Kestrel/Falcon/Merlin/O...
by MerlinMags
Thu Aug 08, 2013 10:44 pm
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: Sail insignias I do not recognise
Replies: 15
Views: 13898

Sail insignias I do not recognise

Shame on me! I was donated some sails today, but cannot identify the insignias. http://www.cvrda.org/community/download/file.php?mode=view&id=1330&sid=c2bfcb03f2b53c6c9ea5bfe5ea8ea2d5 One is a W with pointy ends, almost like a flaming torch, but with a strikethrough. The other is a garden bi...
by MerlinMags
Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:50 am
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: Plea for a volunteer skipper in the Lake District
Replies: 4
Views: 2895

Re: Plea for a volunteer skipper in the Lake District

Thanks Martin. If she emails me we can have a chat about how to get involved and what she'd like to do. Lovely to have your support, thanks! info (at) sailransome.org I've managed to find 2 others so far, but would still appreciate more people getting in touch; that way we can cope with the inevitab...
by MerlinMags
Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:58 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: Plea for a volunteer skipper in the Lake District
Replies: 4
Views: 2895

Plea for a volunteer skipper in the Lake District

Some of you will remember this project from the days of the auction. Please forgive me asking for a favour... A small dinghy called 'Swallow', which once starred in the 1974 film of Swallows and Amazons, is now available for anyone to try cruising in the vintage style and we have delighted many Art...
by MerlinMags
Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:37 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Urgent appeal for a helmsman this weekend
Replies: 1
Views: 3109

Re: Urgent appeal for a helmsman this weekend

Phew! Problem solved - panic over.