CVRDA

Surely Pat is trying to be inclusive?

Apologies PM sent!

The Romanee Conte should be drunk with a ooaded revolver by ones side there being little left to live for! seriosly it is great wine the residue of Beecher Moores, Parks Restaurant, which was in Beauchamp Place.

Just emptying significant otyhers shed and garage prior to major building count thus far four very good 6'6" sofas five byicycles (Three still in polythene wrapping.) 4 cases of Ramanee Conte 2 of Corton Charlemagne (Forgotten about them.) Sundry cases of wed killer now banned a worm riddled Ge...

Well done!

Love D.P. quotes
"When at last you say you're his
All shivering and sighing
And he says his love is infinite undieing
Lady just remember this
One of you is lying".
She and Oscar are the source of most good quips, as she - D. P was the first to point out!

I remember that thread, we had Gull no 5 as a family boat I would not call it bad in as much as it was pretty in sillouette but the rudder being a long way inboard meant its handling was well sensative!

Jon who knows what Desmond Truman was up to with the Oulton Gull, I always though it was an American Design that was built in several centres and then sailed under various local names, sure as eggs is eggs Nick doesn't know!

Re Garry's point, the old advice on varnishing was to varnish at or very near dawn when the dew was still on the ground on a still morning as near midsummer as you could, that way no dust, a cool temperature to apply in, and the all important rising temperature for it to dry in. Doesn't seem to matt...

The only thing is how does it feel and reeve round small blocks under light load (Does it run?) and lets face it no matter what it feels like in a dinghy mainsheet it is well below its SWL!

The only thing is that if using in a high load situation you do need to beef up the axle with a engineering push fit thicker wall tube or even solid alluminium to prevent wall crushing and distorting under load like Rodney did and we've all followed.

Acquired taste maybe but from say 1955 - say 1980 it was the way it was done until someone thought up a more complicated way, like all kit it needed monitoring and maintaining, ALSO before spinnaker shoots were the norm, you could get a rally neat light weight one that ran smoothly on PTFE bearings ...

Marlow ropes of course and these people...http://www.chandleryworld.co.uk/catalog ... -2096.html

As Peter says absolutely nothing wrong with the drum winches most modern Dragons use them (Bgger than dinghy.) for kickers and jib haliyards I never had any problems with mine in 15 years of dinghies Rodeney Pattison even used them for adjusting the shrouds on the first Superdocious. (The Acapulco b...

The Dutch, Us Danes and the Swedes do regattas so much better FUN is part of the serious stuff.