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Thanks John.
Very helpful. Looking through the N12 handbook it looks as if Rob Peebles went thorugh a number of designs at about that time.
My re-introduction to 12s was to helm a Pipedream under a Welsh hill in a F5. We bounced on the trnosm to good effect, and decided that perhaps mr Peebles knew waht he was up to! Shortly thereafter I managed to persuade the powers that be that our second 12 would be just the thing. Nearly a decade on, I'm thinking about another. As regards the design, I don't suppose I'll be setting any 12 fleets on fire either, but I do much prefer sailing them to pretty just about anything esle I have tried ( and no, I have tried my son's Intl Moth yet - nor am I particularly tempted...).

A phone call to Kevan seems to be the next step.

Thanks again.

Ian

This boat is currently for sale. However the current owner does not have a measurement cert. As it appears in the N12 handbook, is that enough to guarantee that it measures? Anyone cast any light on the design (Rob Peebles: Brand Loyalty)? Previous owner but one out there? Apparently current owner has only had it since June...As we have just been nastily burnt whilst selling on a Topper (after owning it for nealry a decade, we were somewhat shocked to find it reported as stolen...) I am quite keen to know something of its history...

Thanks as ever. Ian

First season playing with a length of fishing rod has come to a shattering end.

Wise advice about diameter and thickness and source of tubing please!

Sail set well: right up until the moment when the pole shattered - after seveal months use. SO nowto build a more robust version - with your collective help.

Thanks

Ian

Just admiring the inside of my newly cleaned up composite street legal

 - quite fond of the outside view  too. But the bilge protruberances look like a leftover distortion to satisfy  a measurer - presumably to rather old rules.

Anyone have any experience or advice about removing these? (perhpas in an archived mewsletter article?)

More structurally, when feeling braver, what about that keel?

Ta in anticipation.

Ian
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