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The Q 
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Joined: 07 Feb 22 Location: Norfolk Broads Online Status: Offline Posts: 126 |
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 Topic: Old club classesPosted: 07 Apr 22 at 8:14am |
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yep, outsiders to broads sailing often are amazed at how close we sail to each other, in very confined spaces in very patchy winds... (picture courtesy Gregafloat)
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Still sailing in circles
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Grumpycat
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Posted: 07 Apr 22 at 8:50am |
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Sailing on rivers, broads, tiny puddles etc does teach you good close quarter boat skills and the rules that go with it, because you HAVE to otherwise you just can’t race .
When I started doing some opens and the odd nationals , I was very surprised at the number of sailors that sailed at larger waters that didn’t have these skills or even much knowledge of even simple rules , like the ones at marks. So I always did well at the marks and the close quarter stuff, it’s just they would murder me on the long legs of the course which was out of my comfort zone .  As always, the top third in any fleet have no problems doing all these things . |
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Gfinch
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Posted: 11 Apr 22 at 6:32pm |
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Royal Harwich One Design keelboat - there were 8 made, designed in 1937 and raced on the Orwell until 2005. One or two are still on the river.
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3513, 3551 - National 12
136069 - Laser 32541 - Mirror 4501 - Laser 4000 |
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fudheid
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Posted: 12 Apr 22 at 7:41am |
those are just the ones i recall before the coffee wears off..... Edited by fudheid - 12 Apr 22 at 10:36am |
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Gordon 1430
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Posted: 12 Apr 22 at 7:46am |
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funny how most of those recalled so far are dayboats with keels rather than the centre board style, i was thinking off.
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Gordon
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eric_c
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Posted: 12 Apr 22 at 8:34am |
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I would guess the most numerous 'old dinghy classes' mght be the various Lymington, West Wight, Seavew etc Scows around the Solent? Thames A rater springs to mind as still a functioning class.
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GybeFunny
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Posted: 12 Apr 22 at 8:57am |
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The only centreboard one I know if is the MRX - a non-clinker version of the Merlin sailed only at Wembley SC
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fudheid
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Posted: 12 Apr 22 at 10:37am |
only the three of the above list are dayboats Victories, loch longs, ecod...the rest are centreboarders - kept ashore in a dinghy park and raced regularly (mostly by families)
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Mark Aged 42
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Posted: 12 Apr 22 at 12:04pm |
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What future do these classes have? Like the OP, I am from Leigh-on-Sea and the future of the EOD class doesn't look good. The average age of the sailors is, er, pensionable, no new boats for decades, and the boats themselves hold little appeal. Add in the problem of finding not one, but two crew, reduces the number of boats out sailing regularly.
It seems a shame that so much history will go out with a whimper, but that's life I suppose
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The Q
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Posted: 12 Apr 22 at 12:18pm |
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The Norfolk Dinghy the first mention on my list, may not have had many new boats built but is still popular around here. and is a very competitive class..
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