N3403 Z

[National 12 Webmaster]

The life of N3403 Z.      Design: Final Chapter, designed by: Michael Jackson in 1987

[MikeDay]

Nigel Waller built Z for us in 1993 and we launched the boat at the Gorey Regatta in Jersey in 1994.  Nigel did a great job on the build and we had Z right the way through to the end of 2002, having done 6 Burton Weeks with a best place 17th overall at Harwich.  Throughout almost the whole of its life, Z has been sailed offshore in Jersey, where I used to live and won lots of regatta and club handicap trophies there.  We sold the boat in Jersey and it's still there.

Mike D

[MikeDay]

This is the launch day - Anne and I rounding Gorey Roads buoy to port.  This is the kind of mark that you don't want to touch with a new boat!
Mike D

[MikeDay]

Z at the Fowey Burton, 1995 - one of the days towards the end of the week.  We had an unprecedented (for us) first beat and went round in the lead - and this photo was taken at that point.  I was trying desperately hard not to look back.  Inevitably, the glory was short-lived ...
 
MikeD
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