Work on Planet, N12 N672 1948
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Re: Work on Planet, N12 N672 1948
Come on Michael,
Stop teasing us with snippets. That's not a proper photo.....
Looks promising though.
Cheers
Stop teasing us with snippets. That's not a proper photo.....
Looks promising though.
Cheers
Steve Hawkins
1967 National 12 2383 "Sparkle"
1967 National 12 2383 "Sparkle"
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Re: Work on Planet, N12 N672 1948
I think Ed would describe that (rather coquettish" picture of Planet as "Callipygian." (Do a search on it! )Stephen Hawkins wrote:Come on Michael,
Stop teasing us with snippets. That's not a proper photo.....
Looks promising though.
Cheers
Michael Brigg
Re: Work on Planet, N12 N672 1948
Forgot to post these, she shows her all!
Don't look to closely, plenty of things to be done and surfaces to be worked up once she has taken up further.
Now os the time to get her well and truly wet.
It occurs to me that she should have handles?
DSC01743 by dralowid, on Flickr
DSC01749 by dralowid, on Flickr
Don't look to closely, plenty of things to be done and surfaces to be worked up once she has taken up further.
Now os the time to get her well and truly wet.
It occurs to me that she should have handles?
DSC01743 by dralowid, on Flickr
DSC01749 by dralowid, on Flickr
Tideway 206
11+
Sold the 'Something bigger and plastic', it never got used.
11+
Sold the 'Something bigger and plastic', it never got used.
Re: Work on Planet, N12 N672 1948
Looks beautiful, well done. A very nice shade of blue too.
PeterV
Finn K197 & GBR564
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Finn K197 & GBR564
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Re: Work on Planet, N12 N672 1948
I describe myself as loving all my boats like my children. Unconditional love that, unlike King Lear, can only be given in equal measure to each.Michael4 wrote:Now os the time to get her well and truly wet.
It occurs to me that she should have handles?
Some however, like my Carl Douglas Scull, and Torment K102, my 10sq m IC, enjoy a more carnal relationship.
This is not wrong. as Boats, like Gods, have relationships with their owners (and creators) in which like Greek mythology, incest (and worse) is both tolerated and even encouraged!
So, perhaps the word here should be love handles and wet tea-shirts!
Michael Brigg
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Re: Work on Planet, N12 N672 1948
I loved the old yellow...But the new blue is very nice.
Hope you enjoy as much as I did.
Steve
Hope you enjoy as much as I did.
Steve
Steve Hawkins
1967 National 12 2383 "Sparkle"
1967 National 12 2383 "Sparkle"
Re: Work on Planet, N12 N672 1948
DSC01752 by dralowid, on Flickr
DSC01754 by dralowid, on Flickr
Ready to go but for some reason the water has all but gone away. I am told it might come back next week. Who knows...
DSC01754 by dralowid, on Flickr
Ready to go but for some reason the water has all but gone away. I am told it might come back next week. Who knows...
Tideway 206
11+
Sold the 'Something bigger and plastic', it never got used.
11+
Sold the 'Something bigger and plastic', it never got used.
Re: Work on Planet, N12 N672 1948
Dull Monday morning but at least some water...and enough wind to make me put in an altogether too big reef for my maiden trip.
DSC01241 by dralowid, on Flickr
DSC01240 by dralowid, on Flickr
Anyway, if I can avoid sitting on the sheets it all works. Status of water ingress issues 'mangeable'. Would have helped if I had remembered to put the bungs in.
DSC01241 by dralowid, on Flickr
DSC01240 by dralowid, on Flickr
Anyway, if I can avoid sitting on the sheets it all works. Status of water ingress issues 'mangeable'. Would have helped if I had remembered to put the bungs in.
Tideway 206
11+
Sold the 'Something bigger and plastic', it never got used.
11+
Sold the 'Something bigger and plastic', it never got used.
Re: Work on Planet, N12 N672 1948
Very good to see her back on the water. By the way the old cotton main was given to me by a friend who thought it was a firefly sail, but I could see the N in old stitching ( there were no numbers on it) so it didn't come with the boat.
Beware of cracks in the mast! I've broken two wooden masts and they do alot of damage to the decks when they break. If it has never been reglued the old glue will also be at the end of it life. It may well pay to open the seam with a knife, repair/reinforce cracks and reglue the mast.
A modern sail will be putting much more pressure on the mast too.
Do bring it up to Hunts for the CVRDA Nationals. It would be really good to have another ribbed 'vintage' boat out.
Beware of cracks in the mast! I've broken two wooden masts and they do alot of damage to the decks when they break. If it has never been reglued the old glue will also be at the end of it life. It may well pay to open the seam with a knife, repair/reinforce cracks and reglue the mast.
A modern sail will be putting much more pressure on the mast too.
Do bring it up to Hunts for the CVRDA Nationals. It would be really good to have another ribbed 'vintage' boat out.
Re: Work on Planet, N12 N672 1948
Reefing was in part due to being a bit ginger about the mast. There are no cracks in glued joins or shakes, just one rather nasty crack across the grain on one side just above the hounds.
A question about older N12s with wooden masts. Did they have diamonds originally?
I suspect we will often be reefed anyway, both my crew and I each extend to over 50% of the boat's length. There is a need to keep the boom high. Still trying to organise a half tide mooring for a week to help her take up.
A question about older N12s with wooden masts. Did they have diamonds originally?
I suspect we will often be reefed anyway, both my crew and I each extend to over 50% of the boat's length. There is a need to keep the boom high. Still trying to organise a half tide mooring for a week to help her take up.
Tideway 206
11+
Sold the 'Something bigger and plastic', it never got used.
11+
Sold the 'Something bigger and plastic', it never got used.
Re: Work on Planet, N12 N672 1948
Most wooden masts would have had diamonds, Robin Steavenson's book on the Story of the 12s certainly show them.
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Re: Work on Planet, N12 N672 1948
My word. What a beautiful Vintage 12. Fabulous.
Hope you have plenty of fun sailing her, she's still a beauty.
Hope you have plenty of fun sailing her, she's still a beauty.