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One or two people today at Spinnaker had heard that the Pevensey meeting in July may be switched to Littlehampton.  Is this confirmed?

Mike D
N3496

Watch out if you're panning to de-keel for the impact on the centreboard position.  It may need to be raised - requiring a new bolt hole and maybe alterations to the case as well.

Mike D
N3496

Hey, 3215 was my pride and joy for ages.  It was, and still may be, called The Fixx.  It's a Crusader - the hull was by Rowsell if my memory serves me and it was a really pretty boat.  I owned it from around 1983 - 1992 and it came to a few Burton weeks after that.  Check out the condition now of course, but happiness could be yours.

Mike D
N3496

and we're planning to be there too.

Mike D
N3496

and we'll be there too ...

Mike D
N3496

Cheshire Cats are venerable good all rounders.  However, with 24 stone, going to sea and the intention to do open meetings, I'd be inclined to look for a Final Chapter.  A single-bottomed one about ten years old in the late 3300s/early 3400s will not set you back too much, will be stronger than an earlier vintage and will give you some good Admirals' Cup competition.

Mike D
N3496 - launched at last!

... er, no they're not! yet, anyway...

Mike

Had really hoped to be there for launch and champagne but questions of legality (temporary, I hope) may require modifications which could prevent this.  Will be v. sorry if this is the case, should be clarified one way or the other by the end of the week.  

Mike D
N3496 (frustratingly nearly ready but not quite ...)

In the spirit of this website discussion, I'd go for experimenting with three full length battens on a conventional rig - which seems to be in the tradition of the 12s (taking further the loose foot and full length top batten changes of years ago) while I would not welcome, after all my recent expense, rotating masts which would seem to take us nowhere.

Mike D
N3496 (hopefully will be legal after measuring tomorrow)

Three posts not necessary to elicit an answer!  Welcome to the NTOA - and the Yearbook is not the Newsletter.  The former is the annual booklet listing members and boats which comes out around now each year, the latter is the annual official journal of news and articles that appears in November.

Mike D
N3496 (boat finished, last string and fittings in post, Alverbanks and Chipstow delivered, measurement booked, champagne on ice for Desborough!)

And another vote from me for Sovereign trailers from Welsh Harp - they last for ages and Rob will make spare parts if anything goes wrong.  Agree with Antony about having a cradle that fits your boat and suggest also that if you're planning to do a lot of miles, get the fatter wheels.

Mike D
N3496 (not too far from being ready now, and Sovereign combi trailer ready to go ...)

The 12s started off (in the mid 90s, if I recall) with the boom-mounted system, which of course only works when the jib is goose-winged.  On reaches, we were still using barber haulers and I think it was still at that time illegal to boom out the jib on the same side as the main.  One or two people then started experimenting with what we all use now - the dangly pole and this rapidly became the norm because of the control it allows over the jib on reaches, especially with a skilled crew.  In simple terms, the pole runs up and down a tight thin guide line stretched between the spreader bracket and the lowers.   It is retracted by a long piece of shock cord running from the top of the pole up to a block near the spreaders an then down to the base of the mast (that length is needed to keep tension in the shock cord). The control of the pole then happens via a continuos line attached to the jib clew, running up through the pole around a block in the top and then down to a block and cleat on the back of the mast or on the foredeck.  Sounds complicated but isn't when you get your head round it.  It's definitely the way to do it, if you're allowed to use it on reaches.

Mike
N3496 (pole still on order and not yet delivered!)

Yes, agreed - I'd guess that more than half the covers in the 12 dinghy park are by P&B.

Mike D
N3496 (yes, it's got a number and two P&B covers sitting in the spare bedroom)

Graham

That's very kind of you and we would have loved to, except we're off tomorrow to Courchevel for some snow and couloirs, and thank goodness skis can be bought rather than having to be commissioned (though it can't be long before there's an Aardvark product in carbon); my Bandit B2s are already twitching in the loft.  Looks like the weather is going to be fabulous for you - good luck.

Mike
N349x (could be on the water in May?)