Old fireball

thunderchild · Post by **thunderchild** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:22 pm

a friend of mine has fireball number 573.

anyone any idea how old it is?

jonathan · Post by **jonathan** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:35 pm

Very to quite

Ancient Geek · Post by **Ancient Geek** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:22 pm

Built 1963

thunderchild · Post by **thunderchild** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:50 pm

This is it

Nice old thing it is too!

Michael Brigg · Post by **Michael Brigg** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:36 pm

I like the look of that double sculler under the tent in the garden. From what I can see of the riggers I would guess about 1960's. Quite a "boxy" shape with alot of beam. Possibly a converted pair, Salters? Harris? Nice old "pencil" blades as well. Perhaps you could interest Ed in those for his Bathurst project.

Any background information available?

Post by Ed » Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:39 pm

Gosh,

you have eyes like a hawk

hadn't even noticed them

I have got two sets of sculls, which although not really the right shape....will do fine.

I am still looking for other bits of hardware, including riggers, cloggs, stretcher

Still not sure when I am going to undertake the re-build.

At least have a little boatbuilding cash-flow as I have sold the 14

cheers

eib

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:14 pm

Fireball 6 was at Brightlingsea a couple of years ago - the earliest ones didn't have a trapeze.

davidh · Post by **davidh** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:50 am

and damned hard work they were to crew. Mind you, the spinnaker was 'optional' then as well........so the first fireballs I crewed in where just like this. Tent shaped foredeck, washboards and ............. TOESTRAPS.

Crews were very much in demand, so I traded helms and got the job crewing a brand new Chippendale boat - one equipped with trapeze. The funny part was, that we came up the beat with me happily out on the wire, then bore off at the top mark. I swung back out onto the wire, only for the helm to have kittens!!!!

What did I think I was doing, he demanded to know. You trapezed upwind, but not down.......................

Okay, suppose times have changed a bit since then.......

D

David HL · Post by **David HL** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:35 pm

Note the stern mainsheet which was hell. [line round your feet etc. etc.] My sister and I shared Number 76 called Trombones [obviously] with the teenagers of another family, from about '68 to '72 [when the other family demolished it for the last time in Norfolk]. It was very second hand when we got it, so at a guess was built in 63'-'4.

CVRDA

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