If your uncle's boat is of the yellow variety it was him.alan williams wrote:Hi
That was proberbly my 78 year old uncle in his 12 ft Skipper great boat for the older gent.
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- Tue May 12, 2009 7:33 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: PETRE MILNES SKIPPER 14
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16759
Re: PETRE MILNES SKIPPER 14
- Mon May 11, 2009 8:06 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: PETRE MILNES SKIPPER 14
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16759
Re: PETRE MILNES SKIPPER 14
Yesterday at Plymouth I was watching a Skipper 14 (though it might have been a 12) beating up the Cattewater and coping very well with the conditions. Most of the other dinghies were struggling a bit to stay flat and the Skipper sailed serenely by to show that life doesn't have to be fight against t...
- Wed May 06, 2009 8:21 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Club Boats
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5232
Re: Club Boats
I would endorse Pat's suggestion of the Comet Duo. We have used tham as a training fleet at Westbury for years and they have stood up to the regular battering that the youngsters dish out. We are starting to retire them after 15 years (and pass them on to Shearwater :D ). We have recently bought a C...
- Tue May 05, 2009 9:02 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Clywedog Event
- Replies: 56
- Views: 16733
Re: Clywedog Event
I had hoped to bring the Grad along and sail on a decent sized lake. Even bought a new tent so the towbar was free for the boat :D Unfortunately the doc has diagnosed two slipped discs, so no more sailing for a while :( (that is unless I can sail without bending, twisting or lifting) At least it exp...
- Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:08 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: Graduate??????????
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1002
Re: Graduate??????????
Could be a bargain if the hull is good nick. Do you know what the hull number is? From the class database 211 would have been built in 1953 and 2027 in '67 or '68. Interesting that both the Grad mains have the "arrowhead" on the wrong side of the G. What I really want know though is to how...
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:26 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Whitefriars Classics and Lost classes meeting 29th March
- Replies: 94
- Views: 26269
Re: Whitefriars Classics and Lost classes meeting 29th March
And the puns get worse... What happened to "Tonic Wines" as a concept? About the only place I've seen such things in the last few years was in the shop at Buckfast Abbey. I've still not named the Tonic, by the way. Maybe we can come up with a name this weekend? And not the name I call her...
- Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:58 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: MOGO
- Replies: 58
- Views: 15854
Re: MOGO
Nessa
If you are going to Whitefriars I have an old Mirror daggerboard that is looking for new home. In fact if anyone needs them I have most of the bits for Mirror, all except for the hull that is...
If you are going to Whitefriars I have an old Mirror daggerboard that is looking for new home. In fact if anyone needs them I have most of the bits for Mirror, all except for the hull that is...
- Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:33 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: What's this on ebay
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1665
Re: What's this on ebay
Looks like the seller has decided it is a Grad. Now could I find somewhere to keep a second one...?
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:23 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: What's this on ebay
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1665
Re: What's this on ebay
A Graduate? If so a much underestimated boat sponsored initialy by a noe defuct magazine called Light Craft built I think by Wyche & Coppock. Grads were certainly built by Wyche and Coppock but plans and kits for home building were also available. This resulted in a few "non-standard"...
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:53 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Composite Graduate
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1856
Composite Graduate
I have posed this question on the Graduate Association discussion boards and not got an answer so I thought I’d try the experts here. My Graduate is of composite construction, number 2146 and according to the RYA was probably first registered in May 1970. This is supported by the measurement date on...
- Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:05 pm
- Forum: Social Events
- Topic: Dinghy Show
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10976
Re: Dinghy Show
I will try to be there, but might need to pursuade "the bursar" that it is necessary expediture.
Today could be a good day to try as we have just taken delivery of an enormous television that was a prize at Excel (officially it's Catherine's but it is too big for her room ).
Today could be a good day to try as we have just taken delivery of an enormous television that was a prize at Excel (officially it's Catherine's but it is too big for her room ).
- Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:35 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Historical accuracy
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9302
Re: Historical accuracy
I've always remembered the sentiment of the song and wanted to know which of their recordings it is played in. This was on the recording of "At the Drop of a Hat" and the track is called "Misalliance" In my younger days this and the sequel "At the Drop of Another Hat" ...
- Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:42 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Whitefriars - postponed due to the weather
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5867
Re: Whitefriars - postponed due to the weather
Everything is upset by 4 inches (10cm) of snow here and it's so exaggerated. The snow shower last night is "a blizzard" despite the lack of wind and a friend must have been using the e-bay tape measure as he had "ten inches" of snow a couple of miles away! His neighbour cycled t...
- Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:24 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: Pisces for sale
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2456
Re: Pisces for sale
{would that make it "unlost""}
I guess that would make it a "found" class
I guess that would make it a "found" class
- Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:53 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Handicap Racing
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6415
Re: Handicap Racing
Two other factors that affect performance and have not yet been mentioned are wind and sea conditions. Since I have had new the main on the Graduate my performance in light winds has improved enormously. It was always pretty good but in the last couple of races I sailed that were real drifters I was...