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    Posted: 26 Mar 14 at 9:44am
Originally posted by rogerd

Yes you are right on all those counts.My tongue was firmly in my cheek when the pics were posted.

Thanks for giving me an opportunity for some nostalgic reasoning!
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Originally posted by winging it

Roger,is the red boat Sandy perching at Shearwater?  He deserves a special prize if it is!
 
Yep thats Sandy, The boat is the one Jack Holt built for the only Round the Island dinghy Race in 1953.


Edited by rogerd - 26 Mar 14 at 9:53am
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Originally posted by Medway Maniac

Originally posted by rogerd

Yes you are right on all those counts.My tongue was firmly in my cheek when the pics were posted.

Thanks for giving me an opportunity for some nostalgic reasoning!
 
Your welcome. Come and have a nostalgic sail sometime
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found an old video of mine on Vimeo- taken back when RS100s were still cool and everyone perched whilst sailing them, rather than hiking them like it meant something....



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I tried something similar today in a Supernova, working on the principle that perching is the way to go while I wait for my knee to be done.
the same, but different...

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