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I have an oldish (2nd hand) drysuit, and the legs have started leaking.  It is my dad's and I don't want him giving up crewing for me...  The tape on the inside of some of the seams appears to be perishing.  Does anyone know what I could use to repair this and where I could get it?
Thanks for any help people can give.  Jon

Hi, have a poke around the website, you'll find plenty of info including a full rigging and tuning guide.  I had my Paper Dart setup wrong at the begining of last year and the difference a few basics made were immense.  There are lots of combinations of deck design, rig controls and mast type, so its about knowing what you want to achieve and working out how to do that with your settings.  This is what some class "experts" told me to get me started...

Rake is hard to measure the "proper way" (tape measure to transom) as all N12 can differ.  Rake should be so that the halyard hangs to 6-12in away from the mast at the gooseneck.

The mast must not bend forwards (I require a rope from the mast at deck level to the front of the boat to stop my very bendy mast inverting)

I was told that the forestay is always removed when sailing leaving just the jib halyard.  Certainly when I forget to remove it, the jib luff just bulges out and I can't point.

I'm sure people with infinately more experience and ability than me can flesh this out more.  Have fun

There are 3 clubs in Nottingham itself.  At my club, Nottingham SC (Abolton Lane, West Bridgeford http://www.nottinghamsc.org.uk ), we have 3 N12s that sail fairly regularly and race on Sat, Sun, and Thur evenings with cruising on Tue evenings (Summer).

Attenborough SC ( http://www.attenboroughsc.org.uk ) sails on the nature reserve and has at least 1 N12.

Trent Valley SC ( http://www.trentvalleysc.org/ ) have a large number of N12s, especially vintage boats.  I'm sure someone on here will tell you how many sail regularly.  Trent Valley hold a training day and 2 open meetings every year and have held a national meeting a few years ago.

As 3 clubs, we hold an annual 3 club competition so are fairly friendly with each other.  I have no knowledge of Notts County SC.

All the clubs in Nottingham have their quirks.  Nottingham and Trent Valley are rivers, Nottingham has trees along various parts meaning if the wind direction is from a particular direction, we have all sorts of funny wind.  Trent Valley has certain dead spots that the members know how to get through.  We both have fun with the current when it's been raining lots (i.e. last year...).  Attenborough is a nature reserve lake and is very shallow at random points (again, only the locals know where...)

Obviously I am going to promote my club, but as a club it is very friendly and accomodating.  New members are always welcomed by the whole club.  There are lots of meetings in the Midlands series to sail in N12 only races, and in some other 'interesting' bits of water.  If I were you, take a trip to see each of the clubs and have a chat with people, there are always people around watching when there's racing happening at either club.  They are all friendly little clubs with very reasonable bars.

 

Hope to see you around

The winds that we had at the Inlands seems to have cracked the plasticy window on our jib (it's a pretty old jib design).  We do have a spare, but were wondering whether the window could be repaired with Mylar (clear) sail repair tape?

 

Thanks for any info

We'll be there with Goose Hunter (N2706).  Should be fun

Jon Twite

Great weekend.  Thanks to all who helped to make it happen.

 

Results:

http://www.northamptonsailingclub.org/results/2012/National12Inlands2012.htm

Similarly, I have a set of sails from a different N12 and so I need someone to update my certficate and confirm where the bands need to be put on my mast

 

Thanks

Jon Twite N2709

Crew found.  Two British-Moth sailers in a 4-Planker N12 - Lets hope the winds are very light or we've got no chance...

I am planning on comming, but at the moment do not have a crew (They're all afraid of the cold...).  If anyone would like to crew please contact me, the boat is a Paper Dart and so we will be competing in the back half of the fleet, but the boat doesn't have anything complicated on it - no experience required, any age/size.

Jon Twite
Goose Hunter N2709

Our attendance is now subject to whether my car has a new head gasket by Friday...  Hopefully we will be there, but you know why if we're not...

We are hoping to be there in N2709 (have towbar, will travel...)  Not sure we like the sound of the "Fast Fleet" though...

Jon Twite & crews

Yep it is a class rule for the Finns and also the 470s.  In the Finn medal race, they suspended the rule as the wind droped on the 2nd and 3rd laps so they were back to sailing normally.

The helm dropped his new expensive sunglasses through the centreboard case.
Helm: "There they are... Right a-bit..."
Crew: "Nearly got them..."

Taking a closer look, it appears that the shroud fittings on the hull have been moved up / replaced higher up.  I cannot move them down as they have a tensioning lever that wouldn't go right down.

The boat is a Paper Dart and so fairly solidly built, the mast step is
on the floor so I doubt it has sank much.  With the shrouds on the
lowest settings and the mast inverted and with negative rake (i.e. leaning forwards) by the forestay/jib, we still get a
 reading of 0 on a super spars tension gauge.
We planned to chop a lot off the shrouds and then use rope to attach the shroud to the boat so we can find the required extra length, then replace the rope with a wire extension.