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Greetings All! Kick off on Saturday will be at 11.00 first race and hopefully the second before lunch. By popular request, with having lost so many other meetings this year, we have extended the event to include AC boats. Entries declared so far (with various call backs awaited)....
N1620 Ian Purkis
N1657 Brian Kitching + Charis Richardson (to be confirmed) (Chimp)
N2020 Ken Goddard + Ann Britton (The Starfish)
N2255 Tim Gatti + Shirley Dooley (Mk12)
N2266 Howard Chadwick + (a Starfish)
N2468 Brian Herring + Roz (China Doll)
N2487 Paul Turner + Christine Marshall (China Doll)
F3006 Bill Silvester (he was lonely and we may have another Firefly joining us from FOSsc!)
N2957 John Sears + Murph (Pipedream)
N2998 Peter Ferguson (Pipedream)
N3107 Ian Norman + daughters (Tigress)
N3157 Ben Richardson (Microclipper)
N3192 Ally Briton + Joss Richardson (Tigress)
N3230 John Nixon (Crusader) hopefully
We would be delighted to get lots more entries! And if any DBs turn up they will be made welcome!
If you want any more info please call me on 07710 324 800 or email aul@alverbanksails.co.uk">paul@alverbanksails.co.uk :K)

There was some debate on the discussion board a year or two ago when I took the double floor out of N3500 Crazy Diamond and the general opinion seemed to be that she could not be classed as an AC boat. I think as a class we should sort this one and have some clear rules to avoid confusion. Paul

Greetings Olton Mere! Hope to be there in N3157 Perfect Kiss, but only for the day's racing. Please advise times, location , cost etc. Thanx, Px :K)

I bought this boat new from W&C and won a few "pots" in the next few years including Avon in 1974; sold to Tim Wilmshurst at TVSC when I bought N2808 "Wild Oats". Last time I spoke with Tim back in 2002 the boat was still in his garage! I did try to persuade him to sell back to me, but without success - so I bought N2487 Dolly Daydream instead. The name Ethelred initially came from the fact that I was always last on the water for every race, but this was rapidly revised to "Unsteady" refering to my amazing ability to capsize at anytime, anywhere, anyhow!

My informants tell me that Graham got a 1st and a 2nd on Sunday (yesterday), Tim Gatti in his clinker yot wasn't too far behind the fleet, the sea was lumpy with several being sea-sick, Dave Peacock has broken his centreboard, and racing has been abandoned today because of high winds with tomorrow looking doubtful. I hope things calm down for the Burton on Wednesday coz I'm taking N2020 Starfish down there now having a volunteer crew from the Copsey clan.

Paul Turner N2020, N2359, N2487, N3157

I have now acquired Shotgun (together with the original transom complete with 6" planking still attached!) from Mike and she is now safely tucked up in a barn at home drying out and awaiting restoration.

Thank you Jimbo, for your most helpful and worthwhile contribution to my search for a crew for the Burton Cup - really very much appreciated
- and it was "Ethelred the Unsteady", actually.

Thanks Anthony! It would be a long way to drive not to get a sail! And I am really looking forward to taking the old yot out onto the sea. The last time I sailed a clinker boat at the Burton was my China Doll N2524 "Ethelred" back in the early 1970s. Cheers, Paul

Greetings All.

The invitation to the Trent Valley Vintage & 4 Plank on Saturday 20th September 2008 will be posted elsewhere on the website but just wanted to let you all know that we have, following interest from several Admirals Cup boat owners, decided to open the meeting up to ALL N12s.
We have previously had entries of 12/13 boats, and if we have sufficient extras this year we may have two starts. It would be helpful to know who is coming along, and if you need a local crew.

It would be great to have an even bigger turnout than previously and it also gives everyone a chance to chew over the proposals for next year's Midlands Area Series, which are also included in the invitation/notice.

Please reply here or at paul@alverbanksails.co.uk

Hi Guys! Still no offers of a crew for the Burton Cup (Wednesday only) - and it's only a week away! Any volunteers?

Michael Brookman has kindly emailed some futher information from the NTOA records regarding "Christi".
Ian Saxby (probably a member of Beeston SC when he first bought the boat in 1959) sold her to a Mr WC Thomson of Sutton Passeys Crescent, Wollaton Park, Nottingham in 1961 who owned her until 1964/5 when she was sold to Barry Judge, making him her third owner.
Ownership circa: Ian Saxby 1959/60, WC Thomson 1961-4, Barry Judge 1964 to date, but she now needs a new home!

Hi Richard! Delighted to see that you are definately sailing Mr Jones at the Burton Cup, and what with Tim Gatti taking N2255 for the week, this has further inspired me to get Starfish N2020 sea worthy to join you on the Wednesday only. Tricia and Dave have offered me overnight accomodation - I just need a crew for the day! Any volunteers out there for a sedate trip round the day in the original 1962 Starfish? She is pretty much in her original racing condition as verified by her original owner, designer and builder Mike Nokes! :)RSVP

Christie is currently in Barry Judge's garage at his home in Brancaster having been kept under cover since she was last sailed in 1991. Bult by Wyche & Coppock she was originally owned by Ian Saxby and sailed at TVSC; Barry (now in his 70s) is only her second owner but would like to find a new home for her. I recently saw the boat when on the NWNW and from my limited and brief inpsection she seems to be sound with her original mast, boom, rudder and tiller; she will need some new(er) sails and the transom will require re-varnishing as the polyurethane varnish over original has gone all horrid!

Sorry guys - but what is the point of this?!? What is wrong with having the debate in one single where we all know the discussion is going on - ie on the NTOA website? Is this not a suitably 21st century forum?

Dear Mr Mutt, you seem to be (quite rightly in my view) questioning a lot of old rules so we can re-visit/chop out redundant restrictions. Are we thinking here in this thread about fully battoned sails? I sailed NWNW last year with an experimental fully battoned main that Kevan Bloor made a few years ago (measures to the old rules) - and it took some people most of the week to spot the difference. I will take them to the GILL meeting at Hunstanton for people to look at and evaluate. I am told that they last longer and hold their shape better than short battoned and I have found rumours of scary gybing, difficulties in tacking and problems de-powering on the start line unfounded - but, hey, I am not a "front of the fleet" man!