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I know conventional wisdom is very much pro wet-and-dry sanding. But I have always found it very hard to then get rid of all the dust. So I tried something else recently (inside an optimist)... I was quite astonished how good a vacum cleaner is at getting rid of the dust! I have a cheapish B+Q sande...

2nd picture down the left colum - showing mainly the ent and blue sails - shows the grad in a less distorted way?

john./

Its a graduate... I think. A "supergrad" all palstic one - they were very quick (used to crew in one).

Shurely Rupert will be interested in the minisail?

john./

What I need now is an insurance company who appreciates that one can not be sailing all of them at the same time!

john./

Not to forget the most important thing - that different boats give different thrills (or emotions, I suppose). So for me, my ideal fleet would be International Canoe (the most exciting thing anywhere, that I have ever sailed), an old Merlin to sail with my wife on calm summer evenings, a miror ('cos...

The Merlin design guide has me to believe I have a boat with a "reputation" to be difficult to sail, and the library there has the designer himself pointing out its unstable downwind characteristics. SO... If i _said_ to the sailing sec that I had "just developed" this new class ...

The nice people over on the MR site have told me she is indeed a Mk IX (not IX b, etc.) so comes with its own built in handicap (bad manners on a run!). Was built by Hoare and in 1965, named Scampy 1. Jane does not like the orriginal name! What PY would you suggest, Rupert? Did you have a scheme bas...

We have just gained possesion of this rather nice Merlin. We think she is a Mk IX, from about 1963 to 1966 (the former date is on one sail, the latter in some documentation with the boat). Is there a definitive list of Merlin types/dates against registration number somewhere? It seems clear that she...

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Rupert</i> <br />The ToY will be going to a new home in Derbyshire soon, I hope, and the Briti...

Yumm - wish mine looked like that!

Ah - from the post title I thought that you were going to reduce the weight of your TOY a little.... {;-)
john./

Jim; <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by JimC</i> <br />I've got most of a kit of parts for a Canoe trolley. Stopped finishing it ...

Dear Jim; sounds good, thanks and I will contact you for details. john./ <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by JimC</i> <br />I've g...

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by last man</i> <br />I have an enterprise size one... cost... couple of pints in my sailing club...

Launching trolley for either a fireball or an international canoe is needed - at a budget price. Anything that could work with a bit of TLC would be much appreciated.

john./:oops: