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   Jollyboat 3 at Roadford Lake last year - Classic and Vintage sailing at its best!
When the first of these Uffa Fox designed Jollyboats were built they were the fastest dinghy in the world!

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patj Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 16 Jul 04 Location: Wiltshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 643	Post Options Post Reply Quote patj Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Sail Number of the Day Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 6:42am
	Jollyboat 3 at Roadford Lake last year - Classic and Vintage sailing at its best! When the first of these Uffa Fox designed Jollyboats were built they were the fastest dinghy in the world!

JimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 14 at 8:36am
	29er prototype 003 with a big rig on. From http://www.29ernorthamerican.org/29er/history.html

JimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Jan 14 at 9:02am
	Shamefully I've forgotten who sent me these. Obviously they're from 1957!

Er-Indoors Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 20 Nov 13 Location: Cambs Online Status: Offline Posts: 146	Post Options Post Reply Quote Er-Indoors Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 05 Jan 14 at 10:31pm
	From Y&Y website: Devoti Icon From Y&Y report on Oxford yesterday: Devoti D-one - helm Nick Craig

rogerd Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 25 May 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1076	Post Options Post Reply Quote rogerd Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Jan 14 at 9:57pm
	Merlin 6 again but earlier picture

JimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 14 at 8:02am
	Frank Cammas' Little [redacted] Cup winning C Class Groupama at Falmouth, 25/9/13 (c) me!

rogerd Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 25 May 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1076	Post Options Post Reply Quote rogerd Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 14 at 8:31am
	What a contrast 1945/6 boat and state of the art 2013 on subsequent posts.

Rupert Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rupert Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 14 at 8:43am
	And yet the both work in exactly the same way, ultimately.
	Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686

rogerd Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 25 May 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1076	Post Options Post Reply Quote rogerd Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jan 14 at 9:52pm
	This is the only pic I can find of Merlin 8 even though she is still about

JimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jan 14 at 11:28pm
	B Class (precursor of International) Canoe Aquamarine, designed in 1913 by Linton Hope as his own boat. Major Linton Hope was surely the predominant dinghy designer of his time: responsible, amongst much else, for many Thames Raters and much early development in what was to become the International 14 Class. He was even involved in the design of seaplanes and was consulting Naval Architect to the Air Ministry during and after the First World War. In 1908 Hope designed a B Class canoe called Haze, which was a planing boat and on a reach she could lift her bow clear of the water back to the mast. Photo is 1923, and she seems to me to be carrying something special in the way of jib setups. Photo and information via Andrew Eastwood's "History of Canoe Sailing in Britain" As for Merlin 8 above, I just found the following... http://www.britishpathe.com/video/two-men-in-a-boat/query/two+men+in+a+boat Edited by JimC - 08 Jan 14 at 11:37pm