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les5269 
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 Topic: Lost boats....Posted: 23 Nov 05 at 8:16pm |
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I forgot one Otter 216 (tarka) what i learnt to sail in! |
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49er 531 & 5000 5025 and a mirror(now gone to mirror heaven)!
Grafham water Sailing Club The greatest inland sailing in the country |
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redback
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Posted: 23 Nov 05 at 10:17pm |
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Carshalton and Pierre, you don't realise what a coincidence this is since I don't live far from Redhill. I sold Scorpion 625 to Mike Lennon (now of International 14s and Hyde Sails) when he was a nipper and he sailed on Lake Coniston. I'd love to know more of her history - how long did you have her Pierre and did she still go very well to windward with a Proctor D (or was it C) mast? She was an impressive boat to windward, out pointing or out footing most other Scorpions. The great thing was you could do either, foot or point. I have to admit she was not good off the wind. I painted her in red two pot epoxy. |
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Blobby
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Posted: 24 Nov 05 at 7:00am |
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A puddle for sailing near Redhill????? I worked there (theoretically atleast) for 6 years and the nearest puddles worth talking about were Bough Beech and Weirwood - where else is there? Anyhow, the list of used and abused boats gets longer: Laser 125501...used to belong to Richard Tew and sailed at Bewl Valley, I had it down at Rye Harbour for about 4 years and then sold it to get Contender 358 - a beige Rondar hull with a cracked spaceframe, and then Tasar 1297...a lovely orange Rondar job - sailed briefly at Queen Mary and then sold to finance an engine rebuild on a yellow lotus... Can't remember the Sorpion's sail number though (13??.....) |
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Black no sugar
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Joined: 04 Dec 04 Location: Somewhere between Brighton and Lancing Online Status: Offline Posts: 3941 |
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Posted: 24 Nov 05 at 7:39am |
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You're talking vast expanses of water, there, Blobby.... We're talking Mercers Park. Yeah, it's a puddle, yeah it's near Redhill. Go there weekends and school hols and you can admire Carshalton's teaching style |
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Blobby
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Posted: 24 Nov 05 at 8:16am |
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Strewth - I thought only the local sea cadets were made to suffer that fate...you mean people do it out of choice as well??? |
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Black no sugar
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Posted: 24 Nov 05 at 8:36am |
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It looked like it when I went there... Most were overexuberant schoolchildren whose parents had found a satisfying way to override corporal punishment by immersing them weekly in near-freezing water. The clubhouse was invaded at regular intervals by groups of Smurfs (small blue creatures) clamouring for a hot chocolate. Once restored to a healthy pink, parents would gently encourage their offspring to enjoy the thrills of watersports by finding the right words : "YOU go back on the water NOW, Mister! I've paid for that course, you will finish it!" Aaawwww, bless 'em. I won't say anything about a party of adults, some of them canoeing for the first time as a birthday treat! You should have seen the face of one guy emerging from the changing rooms, sausaged up in a borrowed wetsuit ! Yes people do sail there. It's actually a great place to learn to tack; when Elodie sailed there, I pointed out that, if she didn't change course in time, she'd land in the trees where irate fishermen express vehemently their dislike for the rest of the world. That proved to be a great incentive and she thoroughly enjoyed the sail. One more thing: Carshalton, before you come here all
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Blobby
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Posted: 24 Nov 05 at 9:11am |
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And only 1/2 an hour away from somewhere decent to sail... just like Redhill is only 1/2 an hour away from a decent place to live... |
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Black no sugar
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Posted: 24 Nov 05 at 9:35am |
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Half an hour from Mercers Park, to get to Lancing?!?! |
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Pierre
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Posted: 24 Nov 05 at 9:45am |
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Hi Redback I'm in East Grinstead (not far from the Hosptial), and a friend up the road had a domestic parting of the ways. She was left with the Scorpion in the garage and a 5o5 at her parents to get rid of. The Scorpion was sound as a pound. Still red on the outside but stripped back to wood on the inside. It needed finishing off. It had been sailed occaisionally at WeirWood for the previous couple of years and I'd had a go in it. Nice boat. I took care of getting the boats sold for her. The Scorp went about 14 months ago. Saw the guys who had bought it a few months later and it was restored to its former glory. Cheers P |
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Pierre
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Posted: 24 Nov 05 at 9:46am |
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha AHA Edited by Pierre |
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He must have been very wicked in a previous life. 
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