Once again, I’m grateful to a follower of this blog for pointing me to a small sailboat website, namely that of Liz Baker’s Cormorant sailing dinghy pages.* She is a longstanding member of the Dinghy Cruising Association who has organised many or their South Coast gatherings. She has owned and cruised a Cormorant dinghy for a number of years, during which time she has learnt a great deal about getting the best out of her little boat.
You can learn a lot by reading what she has to say on the topics of cruising, launching, recovering, rigging, reefing and camping aboard her little boat.
Links
*Cormorant Dinghy
New 12’ Cornish Cormorant
Cormorant Owners’ Forum
Cormorant 12 - Sailboatdata
Cormorant Catboat
Cormorant Dinghy
YBW Cornish Cormorant Forum
Dinghy Cruise to Shipwreck Beach (Tony Smith with a Cormorant Dinghy)
2010 Cornish Cormorant £7,950
Cornish Cormorant at Ebay - Asking £3,350
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cornish-Crabbers-Cormorant-Sailing-Dinghy-Day-Boat-Yacht-Trailer-Sailer-/221949913984?hash=item33ad3eeb80:g:mSQAAOSw7FRWVHYo
1987 Cornish Crabbers Cormorant for Sale £3,350 (Same boat as above)
1987 Cornish Crabbers Cormorant for Sale £3,350 (Same boat as above)
Morecambe Bay - Cormorant Cruising Dinghy
Cormorant Cruising Dinghy at Morecambe Bay
Dinghy Cruising Association
Cornish Crabber Cormorant (Sold, but good photos)
http://essex.boatshed.com/cornish_crabber_cormorant-boat-116346.html
4 comments:
Bill, I have one of the original Cormorants Tosh built in 1983, it's a great boat for day sailing, easy to handle, heaves to in squalls - just great for exploring the rivers and sheltered waters around here and the odd trip over to the Isle of Wight.
http://1001boats.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/cornish-cormorant-tosh.html
Regards
Max
Hello Bill, I love the look of the Cormorant, but they're very expensive, and you still get wet when it rains......I'll stick to Minnow thanks.
Max. Thanks for the link to your excellent article about Tosh.
Cheers,
Bill.
Richard,
You've been spoiled with your Paradox! Only joking, but what you say is true.
Cheers,
Bill.
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