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Advertised on eBay for £550. Advert ended on 2nd December 2009 with no bids. Located in Harwich. Pics from EBay.

Located in Ayr, south west Scotland. Sold on eBay 28th November 2009 for £99. Looks like she needs some serious TLC.

More pics to follow as progress continues. A new suit of Alverbanks is on order to do the rejuvenated hull justice...and be her first suit of new sails (not hand-me-downs) since the early 60's suit of Windward sails she still has! My children are excited by the thought of sailing the boat their grand-father used to sail in! The question is what Club shall we base her at...?

Another internal shot showing bailer cutaways and sidebench supports renoved

Hull exterior being cleaned up and new centreboard slot and bailer cutaways

Here is the new hog and keel going in

Here are some views of the damaged areas cut out ready for the repair and rebuild to start

With everything stripped out Brian weighed the hull - 63kg - not a bad place to start from for a 50 year old boat!

Here are some internal and external views of the rot in the hog, with the keel now also removed

The work on WaterNymph has been progressing well. Brian has been recording the restoration of Water Nymph with photographs and I post a selection here to document progress for those interested.
Here are some internal views - decks off and centreboard case out to repair rot in the hog and keel. A new centreboard case with wooden plate will go in to replace the old heavy alloy plate.

And here is David and Ricky East sailing Spider in the 1971 Burton Week at Whitstable

Hi Mark
Here is said picture of Mike and Fiona Barron sailing Spider at Loch Tummel in 1973. Let me know if you would like a hi-res copy of it.

Cheers

Ed

Impact was the first Four plank National 12 commissioned by Hedley Robinson and built by Nick Cox to Mike Jackson's design. Here is Robin Steavenson's photograph of Impact on Llandudno beach at the 1970 Burton Week

Tim

I have found one picture so far - Fillet sitting on the pebble beach next to N1 Gipsy at the 1947 Wash Basin meeting. When I was researching the Handbook History in the 90's Robin very kindly supplied me with masses of information and anecdotes in pages and pages of handwritten notes and letters - there may be some information on what happened to Fillet in his writing, but I'm sure I would have added this to the History if relevant. Nevertheless I will have a look in due course - but offf skiing tomorrow so it will have to wait a bit.

cheers

Ed

Tim

They are vintage b&w photos taken by the late Robin Steavenson. I will be able to scan them at some point if i get a spare moment. No idea where the boat is now....I seem to recollect Robin telling me that she had fallen apart - the first glued N12 trial not being too succesful.

Cheers

Ed