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- Fri Aug 13, 2010 8:36 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: Yonghy Bonghy Bo
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1681
Re: Yonghy Bonghy Bo
While on the topic of old Oppies does anyone know if they used to have "OP" as the class insignia before the combined I and O? When I was a Sea Scout in the early 1970s our Troop had two Oppies with OP on the sails and sail numbers, if recall correctly, 83 and 86.
- Mon May 24, 2010 9:47 pm
- Forum: Banter
- Topic: Boatbuilders
- Replies: 35
- Views: 21281
Re: Boatbuilders
It was an interesting experience, the wingsail fitted to MV Ashington was a winner. I'd forgotten the Ashington. She once got me really confused during a forenoon watch in the Irish Sea. There had been a contact on radar for a while then this dirty great rectangle climbs over the horizon. I was qui...
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:11 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: Good book
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1474
Re: Good book
My father had a copy of this, and as he never throws away books it must be somewhere around in my parents' house. I remember reading it in the early 70s, fairly soon after I learnt to sail. And what a far cry it was from mucking about in Mirrors and Coypus.
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:07 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: How many singlehanded dinghy classes in the UK
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10083
Re: How many singlehanded dinghy classes in the UK
Gremlin anyone?
- Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:03 pm
- Forum: Banter
- Topic: Happy Christmas
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5724
Re: Happy Christmas
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday (which, by no means is meant to be prejudicial to those of an antipodean’s nature), pract...
- Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:28 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Bosun
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10142
Re: Bosun
I was first introduced to Bosuns at Calshot where we used them for the Hampshire Schools' Regatta. Compared to the Scout Coypus (which were all I had raced in before) they were competative and they behaved as the manuals said they should. Apart from their weight their other main drawback was how dif...
- Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:25 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: dinghy indentification
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2802
Re: dinghy indentification
No record on the Graduate database for number 1991. If it is a Grad she would have been built 1967 or '68Steve Bockett wrote:I can't see any photo's. Could it be a Graduate or Super Grad made by Wyche and Coppock
- Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:36 pm
- Forum: Banter
- Topic: New Home Page
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9978
New Home Page
Have just logged on and was pleasantly suprised by the new home page. Is this a permanent change or just for the remainder of the 10th anniversay year? The changing background to the title pane is a nice touch - though I will have to keep refreshing to see how many there are - or is it taking random...
- Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:26 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Roadford 10th Anniversary Event. August Bank Holiday Weekend
- Replies: 69
- Views: 26244
Re: Roadford 10th Anniversary Event. August Bank Holiday Weekend
Unfortunately there's no way I can make Roadford however, after the event last weekend at Thames, I've now got a CVRDA banner that needs to get there somehow. There was no one left after racing on Sunday who was definitely going to the nationals to give it to. So before I pay to post it to Roger (p...
- Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:34 pm
- Forum: Banter
- Topic: And the last shall be first
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14759
Re: And the last shall be first
I agree that feels good to have your participation in any event acknowledged. Other hobbies (OK so sailing is more than a hobby - passion? disease??) are awarded medalions, small plaques etc for partipation in shows etc. Visit a steam fair or model railway exhibition and a number of exhibitors will ...
- Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:12 am
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Changes to Constitution for 10year anniversary?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13241
Re: Changes to Constitution for 10year anniversary?
I have been reading this topic with interest and although I have only attended two events thought I would put in my two pen'orth. There are two questions that should be asked; a) Are there owners entering boats that don't fit the ethos of the CVRDA? b) Are there any boats out there that do fit the e...
- Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:31 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Aged Oppy
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3576
Re: Aged Oppy
Question for the Oppie experts: has the Optimist sail emblem always been the same? I ask because back in early 70s our Scout Troop had two aged Oppies (nos 83 & 85 I think) with "OP" on the sails. Like jpa's 87 these were ply on a frame and the buoyancy was polystyrene blocks in the bo...
- Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:52 am
- Forum: Banter
- Topic: Sailing In Ambridge
- Replies: 60
- Views: 23361
Re: Sailing In Ambridge
Of course the original 'Cygnet' boat is at Topsham Museum. http://www.devonmuseums.net/images/stories/14/rivergallery.jpg was just there yesterday cheers eib I knew this reminded me of something. In "Exeter to Newton Abbot - A railway History" is a paragraph about the Swan and Cygnet . &q...
- Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:33 am
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Sea Bat
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3289
Re: Sea Bat
Looks like a Grad to me. If the sail number matches the hull she was built round about 1968 and was originally called "Magician"Nigel wrote:A Graduate with an ebay tape measure
Could be worth 99p just to get myself a wooden mast and boom.
- Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:09 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: WANTED : Boat to hire for Poirot!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8697
Re: WANTED : Boat to hire for Poirot!
If a modern built traditional boat is suitable how about something by the Barrow Boat Company, such as their 12 ft Swallow? http://www.barrowboats.co.uk/barrowboat/swallow12.html OK, she is a touch smaller than 14 to 16 ft suggested, but is described as having a capacity for 4 adults and to my way o...