CVRDA

Web page www.watfordmuseum.org.uk/links.html has a number of links to other sites such as the Watford and District Industrial History Society www.wadihs.org.uk Perhaps the museum or one of the other local groups might be well placed to assist if contacted?

Thanks to all who have posted replies. Having established what the boat will look like when finished I consulted the oracle (chris of this forum) when I saw him last night. I think I now know the way forward with the restoration. I have the bits to make a stock if necessary and a kind offer of a rea...

Thanks for the posts - Pictures of Starfish design very interesting. N2268 has a full height tank at the front which I will leave in. In the photo of the front / shroud area the highfield type lever that can be seen on the cross brace is one of the pair that operate the shroud tension (on or off), A...

Thanks for the replies - I was a bit thrown by the vintage photo to which Jim C has kindly posted the link as when it was downloaded and enlarged to say 400% there appeared to be patches of a different shade that follow the shape of the ply inserts in the transom and these are clearly absent on the ...

Good point in that of use would indeed be better than unable to use. The 'hole' is 10.75 cm high and 9.5 cm wide. Pintles and gudgeons combined should give a clearance of about 3 cm from the transom to the back of the rudder stock (less the thickness of a flap). Stock will be about 4.5 cm wide so th...

Advice please - I now have National 12 No. 2268. I hope to bring her back to something approaching her former glory to sail in CVRDA events. There is a little information about my boat, called Hi-Fi, on the class site and a distant picture of unknown age. She is believed to be a 'Clean Sweep' design...

Albacore, me, crew and one other should get there on Friday, all being well. Two vehicles probably with awnings. Hope to stay until Mon or Tue. Looking forward to our visit, as always.

Jon

Thanks Garry, interesting.

I have just bought an early West Wight Potter C type, sail number 7. Needs quite a bit of work to sort it out.
As this is basically a dinghy with a lid would I be allowed to bring it to CVRDA events? They were not built for racing but did / do people race them?
Should I stick with the Albacore!

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Now this must be worth saving -wooden mast and boom too. Got room for another one Chris|?

So then Chris, do you still think she looks like a 'Victorian Bathtub'?

Jon Alb 1458

Anyone spot the picture of my Mk 2 Albacore 1458 on the US site?

Yes,if yours is a wooden boat then bolt the chainplates on through the hull. It seems to be a weak point on older Albacores. One of my chainplates came away at Clywedog this year. It was held on to the wooden block that is afixed to the hull OK but the wooden block then parted fron the hull. It turn...

An Albacore from Shearwater too.Arriving on Thursday. Not camping though. Might need a crew as well!