Oakeley

   Read Chapter 17 about stopwatches. A whole chapter on yer stopwatch. Does anyone even think about their stopwatch these days? Only maybe when it hides itself in the darkest recesses of your kitbag and you run around in a complete blue funk cos you can't find it!

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Oinks Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 24 Oct 14 Location: Bandol Online Status: Offline Posts: 267	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oinks Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Oakeley Posted: 23 Dec 16 at 10:01am
	Read Chapter 17 about stopwatches. A whole chapter on yer stopwatch. Does anyone even think about their stopwatch these days? Only maybe when it hides itself in the darkest recesses of your kitbag and you run around in a complete blue funk cos you can't find it!

jaydub Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 06 Jan 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 267	Post Options Post Reply Quote jaydub Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Dec 16 at 11:59pm
	Just dug out my copy of Winning. Bought for the princely sum of £3. Bit of a bargain. There's certainly a pic of them sailing the FD in winds averaging 35 knots. A tad windy, so no great surprise that the main is flogging a bit. Will see if I can find the story of sailing under bare poles. The man was certainly an innovator. I can recall him selling compensator sails under the Oakley sails badge. And I think he may have had a hand in the bendy mast on Lionheart.

fab100 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 15 Mar 11 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1005	Post Options Post Reply Quote fab100 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Dec 16 at 10:20pm
	IIR, there's a story in Winning, possibly even a pic, of them planing the FD home under bare poles it had got so windy. Edited by fab100 - 22 Dec 16 at 10:21pm
	Great book for Club Sailors here

Oinks Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 24 Oct 14 Location: Bandol Online Status: Offline Posts: 267	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oinks Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Dec 16 at 8:16pm
	So 2016 takes another... Sir John D A Oakeley. I've just taken out his book "Winning - The Boat, The Crew & The Race" He was a man this forum would have loved. Not just a great sailor, but an innovator too. Just looking at the picture inside the front cover of his FD "Shadow" being sailed by him and David Hunt. Possibly one of the greatest photos of a dinghy being sailed perfectly - Hunt statuesque on the trapeze, slot between genoa and main inch perfect. This man inspired me. I will try and find a way to post that picture over the Christmas period.