CVRDA

Hello again, I must say that I am pleasantly surprised with the positive responses so far to the idea of a Classic Moth meeting next year. With two Skols a Europa and my Shelley looking promising we may already have four boats with the potential for more which would be a pretty good beginning if we ...

Hello Mothists, I totally agree with Rupert and Sami that it would be great to get a few Classic Moths out sailing together, ideally as part of a CVRDA event sometime next year. If Rupert’s suggestion that I take on the role of CVRDA International Moth Class Rep is acceptable to everyone I don’t min...

Hi Max, Firstly congratulations on your first sail in the Skol, it sounds as though you enjoyed it in spite of a few teething troubles. You have asked several questions in your posts, most of which have been answered by other people, however, I would like to add to those answers and suggestions with...

Hi Alan and Roger, According to my calendar your dates for next June's weekends are slightly out e.g. First weekend is 2nd/3rd not 1st/ 2nd. Otherwise, taking into account the need to try and avoid clashes with the Holt event as well as the school half terms, that seems to leave a choice between the...

I am still interested in the mast depending on price and how easy, or otherwise, it will be to collect. It would give me the option of putting a high aspect rig on my boat in place of the old style IMCA rig. I already have a suitable sail so the mast could be just what I need. One small problem is t...

Hi, It would appear that a few of us Moth enthusiasts are watching this item on the bay and may end up bidding against each other. Which of us is after what part of the package e.g. mast boom or sail. I am not really that interested in the sail although it would make a handy spare, however, I would ...

Loads of room compared to a Europe boom...that involves some proper limbo dancing! Same techniques apply though - no kicker on upwind and release some mainsheet before you tack otherwise you get stuck under the boom and the inevitable capsize quickly follows!

Ian

Hi Roger, I may well be interested in the Lincolnshire Pegasus as I used to sail a Rebore specialists fibreglass boat in the late 60s. The thought of it being scrapped is hard to contemplate and as there are increasingly few remaining would be something of a tragedy. If you could put me in touch wit...

Hi,
I would be interested in the Pegasus Main if you still have it and more than happy to pay the postage to my work address.
Cheers

Ian M

Rupert, Great idea to look at photos from Whitefriars to assess the mast bend/ sail matching on Tony's Unit, but unless you have some pictures other than those on the Collyer website then the only views of the Unit appear to show the bottom of the hull (sorry Tony) so not that much help really! Tony...

Hi,
I may know somebody who might be interested especially if there are some photos of the boat or a few more details. Any idea what the asking price is likely to be?
regards
Ian

Hi, I have a virtually new Bosun mast that was rejected due to having a sideways bend at deck level. the sidewall is not kinked and with care it may be possible to straighten it ( I have had some success with similar bends in the past). For your purposes, if serious racing is not a priority, I think...

I would just like to add my thanks to those already posted to Rupert , Kathryn and all those who helped make my first CVRDA experience at Whitefriars extremely enjoyable. Great event , great racing, fantastic boats, excellent hospitality, reasonable weather and above all lovely people...what more co...

I agree with Sami that the rig is probably not the original one and it may well have been transplanted from another Hull. The sail is a Low Aspect Anderson Aerosail and if you look closely at the photos you can just about make out traces of the original sail number beginning with a 2 which makes sen...

An easy one: It is a National twelve and the design is a Warlock by Mal Mcdougall (I think) and built by Woof. A guy called "Pud" Rice used to sail one with a reasonable amount of success. There will probably be more info on the Nat 12 website, but they would have been built in the early 7...