CVRDA

In my own defence I have told them many times; not even an ackowledgement; nor even one to a request to acess an archive held there! On a slight tangent but sort of same subject I was recently given a truly lovely book (Superb Pictures.) of Americas Cup and the Jubilee Regatta of 2001. Listing the b...

Despite my nom de guerre, I am not a pedant, and am a practising "slysdexic" but even I note the howlers in for the Maritime Museums web site which for instance says the first Merlin was planked up in Marine Ply! It is unfair to pick out the NMM alone, museums generally are very bad at get...

There have also been some pretty bad example of bad form by clubs and committees in logic & equity surely fair play, tolerance and good behaviour should apply to them too, not to mentuion some measuring conspricies in some of our more respected classes!

Last year or was the year before fleet behaviour got so bad in a certain SMOD Keelboat Class at Cowes Week the Fleet was called together off the water and "TOLD" I am told the bollocking had a significant success at least for that week. The person telling them was a retired Captain RN who ...

An intersting post from the Sage of Aberdeen! Tension is not something I would associate with the CVRDA or this site indeed it is the caring, sharing good humour that almost makes me believe in Christmas! All that delivering each others stuff etc. Incidentaly a pub on the Essex Marshes not unknown t...

Avalon Boats as the names suggests in the 1960's at any rate were based in the Weston Supe Mare - Cheddar area (Isle of Avalon Somerset Levels.) I only knew them as builders of esoteric Merlin Rockets from scratch and finishers of other better known builders hulls. They did build other one offs Int ...

Whilst I do not handicap race I have a deal of sympathy for those who by circumstance or inclination do. It seems to me in the special circustances of the CVRDA what you need to do is to take a leaf out of the Jockey Club and appoint a handicapper, and then following the Broads Cruiser Class in Norf...

Briefly no, possibly local (To Woodbridge.) OD? OR just a dayboat but not a YW Dayboat.

In my first divorce my barrister one John (Rumpole) Mortimer said to the particlarly unhelpful judge (A yachtsam who should have disqualified himself but by not doing so, gave us grounds for a subsequent appeal, which we won.) that there several things better done without outside inerference cross e...

Very prescient David H.

What makes the perfect Olympic Boat? A Classic boat of course! Well you could argue that sailing as presently formatted has no place in the Olympics at all. It (the Olympic Games.) being a person against person competition, selection for the competition should be by an absolute standard ( Jamaica an...

Stars race very easily on the Norfolk Broads in fact the only UK fleet is at NBYC on Werxham Broad, it's the ONLY truly Olympic class and it waseasily the best final to watch on TV.

I'm sure Michael is right too though Miss Jean Bridie hijacked that phrase from the Jesuits!

I would agree absolutely with David C, whilst ackowledging the need for administration, we need to wrestle care if not total control from those who would dictate the way we enjoy our sport and in what we do it, largely for neat commercial reasons. The various authorities show the excess and arroganc...

Have you not noticed how our sport is being dominated by Manufacturers One Designs 9 ers Lasers and powerful commercial lobbies and incentives for endorsements from certain competitors. Fortunately the Finn & Star will survive the decline to match racing and cranky boats.