Eric Twiname - Int Canoe

Not sure which thread it was a few months ago, but IIRR someone was after this picture.

Thanks, I wanted this as well. If anyone has the Y&Y front cover and article that would be great. Is there an article in the dinghy mag as well?

Riv-so do you have one on the mistral div 2 boards with Al honeycomb in them?

Originally posted by Oatsandbeans Riv-so do you have one on the mistral div 2 boards with Al honeycomb in them?

What do you want to know?

I was involved with the first prototypes in the honeycomb, they were made by SP systems on the IOW, had to take Karl (Charlie)Messmer over there, at the time I was making Turbo boards that I'd designed up at Parkers and we were negotiating to take Mistral on here in the UK it was 80-81 thereabouts, they were hollow. Eventually the M1 got made with a low density solid foam core they were the best, fastest, lightest, I've still got mine.

I also found two or three Dinghy mags just recently, I used to write for them, it was how I met Eric Twiname, it's funny I was just thinking of mentioning how much I miss having mags like that, there are interesting articles that I read in one of them about trimming masts using spreaders, fascinating, don't see anything like that nowadays.

Love the sailing apparel of that era. all the guy in the photo needs is a beer towel on the rear of his boiler suit and he'd look just like the dinghy sailors from my youth.

Edited by Late starter - 10 Feb 21 at 9:08am