tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108829212024-03-17T17:59:50.013+00:00Bill's LogI have been a recreational sailor for many years, with a particular interest in small sailing craft; therefore much of the content of my 'blog' will be related to this subject.William Serjeanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18419676353659137355noreply@blogger.comBlogger2380125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-73078586952461277122016-01-01T17:11:00.004+00:002023-10-24T15:19:32.409+01:00Bill’s Small Sailboats - The Future<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Regular readers will be aware of the lack of recent articles. My custom for many years has been to post to my websites (no longer active) and to my blog on a daily basis, mostly about boating activities, boatbuilding, sailing and yachting.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">However, the time has come when I feel I can no longer keep to a daily schedule. I find it simply too demanding. Likewise, my energy and enthusiasm for activity on the water has become much diminished on account of physical demands that I can no longer meet.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">In view of the reality I’m forced to accept that postings in future to the blog will be sporadic, but I shall keep it active, i.e., running online to be used as a resource. To get the best out of it I suggest visitors should look for whatever may interest them by typing subjects into the ‘search’ box in the top lefthand corner of the Homepage.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">If you are interested in a particular sailing boat you may prefer to look at an alphabetical list to be found at my <b>Small Sailboats</b> page: <a href="http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/p/small-sailboats-here-are-links-to.html"><span class="s2">http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/p/small-sailboats-here-are-links-to.html</span></a> and if you want to read my <b>Cruising Logs</b> go to: <a href="http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/p/cruising-logs.html"><span class="s2">http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/p/cruising-logs.html</span></a> .</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Thank you to all who have followed the blog, and in particular my thanks go to those who have added comments, especially to those who have given of their time to inform us in detail of facts, thoughts and opinions.</span></span><br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Robert Clark first made his mark in the early 1930s by designing his 39’ Mystery Class* cutter, a very successful crusier/racer, much praised by Dr. T. Harrison Butler in a Yachting Monthy magazine writeup. A number of them were built at Sussex Yacht Works, Shoreham, before World War Two.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Robert is also famous for designing ocean racing yachts for single-handers such as Francis Chichester’s ‘Gypsy Moth lll’ and Geoffrey Williams’s ‘Sir Thomas Lipton’, both participating in the Observer Single-handed Transatlantic Races. He also designed Chay Blyth’s ‘British Steel’ that Chay sailed non-stop from east to west around the world against the prevailing winds. His boats were competitive in the Admiral’s Cup races, notably ’Jocasta’ in 1957 and ‘Caprice of Huon’, in 1965 and 1967. Not content with that he designed the standard 70’ Ocean Youth Club’s training vessels.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With regard to Clark’s Yachting World 5 Tonner, she’s a bit different, being designed for coastal cruising and occasional racing. Smaller and with a transom, she lacks the elegance of his larger yachts, but she has a good turn of speed and impeccable handling. You need only see her out of the water to appreciate her slippery lines. You know her average cruising speed will be at least 4 knots to the delight to those aboard. With metacentric balance she’s going to be light on the helm. She’s what you would call a ‘proper’ yacht, stoutly built by Robert King of Burnham from teak and mahogany on steamed oak timbers or by Carnell Brothers of Maylandsea, from pitch pine and larch on oak. Her long, cast iron keel gives ample stability and holds her on course. Sleek lines aft leave hardly a trace by way of a wake, save for a few ripples, soon lost in the vastness of the ocean. Her deep cockpit, high coamings, wide side decks, guardrails, pulpit and pushpit are all excellent safety features.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Down below in the warm glow of her varnished wooden cabin there are two settee berths, one either side of a centrally fixed folding table. There’s a quarter-berth opposite a well-equipped galley to starboard with a gimballed twin burner paraffin cooker and a sink with pumped freshwater. Under her companionway there’s a reliable Stuart Turner 11 HP Sole diesel engine. Forward of the mast in the forepeak, there’s a Baby Blake sea toilet with a ventilation hatch above.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As she is driven by the wind, her helmsman has every confidence in her fractional sloop rig. (Some were rigged as cutters.) The smallish jib is easily sheeted by the use of winches, and her generous main is reefed by rotating the boom. Running backstays help support the well-stayed wooden mast. (Some YW 5 Tonners were given bowsprits and bumpkins with fixed backstays.)</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yachting World 5 Tonner - Description at Wooden Ships</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other Robert Clark Yachts</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dynamite is a Yachting World 5 Tonner</span></span></div>
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William Serjeanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18419676353659137355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-43660788772061547402015-12-21T21:05:00.000+00:002015-12-21T21:05:16.040+00:00Vertue Yachts Designed by Laurent Giles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Continuing the theme of favourite designers and their yachts I come to the very attractive Vertue, from the board of Jack Laurent Giles. (1901-1965) She obviously stirs my heart, because I’ve done two previous articles featuring Vertues, specifically, ‘Maid of Tessa’* and ‘Hussar’.** To me, Vertues have their virtues; they are very attractive yachts, not only because I love their lines, but because they have proven themselves to be exceptionally seaworthy. Vertue No 1 was built in 1936, and since then over 200 have been launched, perhaps none of them more impeccably crafted than at the Cheoy Lee yard.*** </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For an introduction to the history and the development of the class, from wooden construction to GRP, have a look at this Australian website*** by the owner of ‘Corio Vertue’.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*’Maid of Tessa’ - Vertue 34</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/hussar-vertue-no-21.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/hussar-vertue-no-21.html</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">***Some History of the Vertue Class Sloop</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vertue (Yacht)</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://yachtee.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/vertue-class-yacht.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://yachtee.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/vertue-class-yacht.html</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1994 Vertue 11 GRP Version for Sale £29,000</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Laurent Giles 25 ft Vertue Sold 1990 (Good photos)</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many yachtsmen will have affectionate memories of sailing and owning boats that were designed by Maurice Griffiths, and perhaps thousands of amateur boatbuilders will have had enormous satisfaction from building boats according to his plans.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I first got to know of Maurice Griffiths when I was a boy by being roped in to help with the building of a Griffiths Wild Duck.* My task was to drive copper nails though the hull planking and to hold a dolly while the roves and nails were hammered home on the inside. My reward was to occasionally sail with the owner and his son after her completion. His son Bill was my best friend, and it was because of his father that I became interested in boating and sailing. Bill’s dad encouraged me to build a canoe and to rig her with sails. That’s how it all began. The name of the canoe was ‘Tyrol’.**</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Bill was older, he built for himself an Eventide 26 that he named ‘Ishani’. Together we sailed her on the waters of the Bristol Channel and to the Isles of Scilly. Our biggest adventure was an extended cruise to La Corunna.*** We had hoped to sail to the Azores, but circumstances dictated otherwise.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With firsthand experience of building and sailing yachts designed by Griffiths, I have a passion for them, particularly his magical Eventide. She has a quality that excites and fires the imagination, just as does his books, especially, ‘The Magic of the Swatchways’.****</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*Wild Duck <a href="http://www.eventides.org.uk/wildduck.htm"><span class="s2">http://www.eventides.org.uk/wildduck.htm</span></a> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The first for consideration is C. R. ‘Kim’ Holman (1925-2006) who must have designed well over 50 yachts, many of them built by different yards in various places around the world. My favourites are his Stella and the Elizabethan 29 and the Twister 28, but by far the most desirable for me is the Twister 28.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If there’s anyone who wants a Twister and can afford one (unlike me), there’s no shortage of them on the secondhand market. You need look no further than the Twister Class Association's website* to find details of 14 for sale (at the time of writing) ranging from a 1984 GRP version at £28,000 to a 1964 wooden original at £14,000.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Over the past few days there’s been a remarkable series of TV programmes on BBC 4, written and presented by Tom Cunliffe. Tom has sailed across oceans, owned several yachts, and he is as passionate as ever about all manner of sailing craft since he first started boating on the Norfolk Broads in 1961. He has earned a living as a yachting journalist, consultant, tutor, lecturer and presenter.</span></div>
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William Serjeanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18419676353659137355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-52464683113996130272015-12-15T21:19:00.000+00:002015-12-15T21:23:33.703+00:00‘Barbican’ - an Alan Buchanan Yacht<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In response to Alden Smith’s comment to the previous blog, I’ve been searching for photos of ‘Barbican’. She was a yacht designed by Alan Buchanan for Bernard Hayman, who was the editor of Yachting World magazine. While surfing the Internet I came across two previous requests by Alden for photos, both made in March, 2003.* I only managed to find one. (See above)</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">During my search I found a number of facts about ‘Barbican’. She was a 32’ 2” LOA sloop with twin headsails, and she was built by Kings of Burnham in 1963. This 7 ton iroko planked, long keel yacht had a waterline length of 26’ 0” and a draught of 6’ 0”. She had a transom hung rudder. With 6’ 7” of headroom, two full-length quarter berths and two saloon wing berths she could comfortably accommodate a crew of four. To make her interior complete, she was equipped with a large chart table to starboard, a galley to port and, as was the custom at the time, a heads up forward. (In my opinion, not a good place, on account of the movement of the hull in anything of a seaway - not to mention the ‘inconvenience’ of getting to it!)</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bernard Hayman was a member of the Royal Burnham Yacht Club. Early in the season of 1971 he set off from his home mooring to sail ‘Barbican’ to Clyde Week for reporting on the racing. In a series of 200 mile ‘hops’ he took her up the east coast of England and Scotland to Inverness, then though the Caledonian and Crinan Canals to Helensburgh and the Royal Northern Yacht Club. After Clyde Week he headed south and called into Holyhead, Milford Haven, Plymouth and Portsmouth, later returning to Burnham.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If ‘Barbican’ has sister ships, they should not be confused with Barbican 30s designed by John Sharp and built by Barbican Yachts of Plymouth. Barbican Yachts also built the Barbican 33 by the same designer. The Barbican 33 Mk 2 was designed by Maurice Griffiths. </span></span></div>
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William Serjeanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18419676353659137355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-25135499767255072812015-12-09T22:02:00.000+00:002015-12-09T22:17:11.941+00:00Haven 12 1/2 Day Boat by Joel White<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Nathanael G. Herroshoff, (1848-1938) famous for his very successful America’s Cup Yachts, was the father of L. Francis Herroshoff (1890-1972) who also designed yachts. Perhaps Francis’s most iconic design was his 16’ day boat, the Haven 12 1/2, which Joel White subsequently modified to produce his own version. She differs by being wider and shallower with a centreboard.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Specs: Joel White’s Haven 12 1/2</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(cb down) - 3' 4"</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Displ. - 1,409 lbs.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://www.woodenboatstore.com/product/plan_16_Haven_Class/daysailer_plans"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.woodenboatstore.com/product/plan_16_Haven_Class/daysailer_plans</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">12 1/2 Haven - John Watson</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Haven 12 1/2 sailing the spring winds of NC May 2014</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A Joel White Haven 12 1/2 Launched at the Boat Building Academy</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2001 Haven 12 1/2 for Sale £16,572</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2008 Haven 12 1/2 for Sale US$ 25,000</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">16’ Joel White Haven 12 1/2 for Sale US4 18,500</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Brian’s recent comment with a link to John Welford's <i>Long Steps</i>* and a mention of John’s <i>Scamp</i> got me thinking about the latter. She’s a development of his <i>Tread Lightly</i>,** the plans of which John gave me in recognition of my work featuring his boats at my old Small Sailboats website. I liked <i>Tread Lightly</i>, but I opted to build Matt Layden’s <i>Paradox</i> instead, because the former was too beamy (5’ 5”) to fit in my garage and she was more complicated to build than <i>Paradox</i>. Furthermore, <i>Paradox</i> gave complete shelter from the elements and she was self-righting.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Scamp</i> is simpler to build than <i>Tread Lightl</i>y, but with a beam of 5’ 4” she is still too wide for building in a normal English garage - there just isn’t room for moving around to do the build.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Googling <i>Scamp</i> I have found a lot about her, and the more I read, the more I like her, but one thing I am not at all keen on is the fact that she can capsize and she is not self-righting! Watching the video of Howard Rice righting <i>Scamp</i> gave me the shivers. I also wondered if she would be as easy to right if she capsized with her starboard side down. I would like to see a video with that scenario.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Despite these minor reservations, I’m impressed. She would be an ideal boat for the sort of cruising done by the UK Dinghy Cruising Association, and she would meet their safety recommendations.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An experienced sailboat expert, Howard Rice,*** has built a highly modified <i>Scamp</i> with which he will attempt to explore the dangerous waters of Tierra del Fuego in Southern Chile. He is no stranger to this part of the world, having sailed and paddled a canoe around Cape Horn in both directions. He will set off on the great adventure in February 2016, and he will be filming a documentary, ‘Below 40 South’, in conjunction with Lutra Productions.**** He’ll be keeping a daily video diary as he ventures through the Straits of Magellan into the Southern Ocean.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">*L<i>ong Steps</i>: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s2"><a href="http://jwboatdesigns.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/the-new-boat-design-and-first-piece-of.html">http://jwboatdesigns.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/the-new-boat-design-and-first-piece-of.html</a></span><span class="s1"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">****Below 40 South - an Adventure to be Shared</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Scamp Launches! - an Article by Josh Colvin </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Scamp - a New Genre of Sailboat</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">John Welford’s Maiden Voyage in His Self-built Scamp</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This 22’ 6” Faering lugsail and rowing cruiser was designed by John Harris. Hull kits and plans for building her may be obtained from Fyne Boat Kits.* A hull kit will set you back £3,700, but it includes most things required for building the boat, except for her sliding rowing seat, balanced lugsail, skulls, paint and varnish,. Although assembled by using the stitch-and-glue method for quick construction with plywood, first-time builders are advised to gain experience before taking her on.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">She may appeal to kayakers and rowers who have had a taste of sailing and who would like to try their hand at beach cruising, exploring lakes, rivers and estuaries. In this respect she offers secure dry stowage, room for over-night shelter without having to assemble a tent, and a good turn of speed. It is said she can attain 6 knots in 12 knots of wind. Water ballast and a pivoting centreboard should enable her to go well to windward, even in a force 4 to 5 when reefed.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To my mind she’s an exciting boat for a young, fit single-hander who wants a bit of an adventure. Building and sailing her would bring satisfaction and a sense of achievement. If I were younger I would definitely take on the challenge.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6.9 m (22′ 6″)</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1.5 m (58″)</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">200 / 900 mm (8″ / 36″)</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">295 kg (650 lb)</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">250 kg (550 lb)</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">11.6 m² (125 sq ft)</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Wooden Boat Forum - Two Faerings for Sail and Oar</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because of a posting at Dylan’s Keep Turning Left website* my attention has been drawn to the Shell Boats range of shallow draught sailing craft. Shell Boats offer finished boats, plans and kits for the full range, from their smallest ‘Leif 7’ dinghy to their largest ‘Schooner 21’. Their larger craft from 18’ to 21’ have aft cabins and spacious cockpits, facilitating anchoring, rowing and good access to a beach.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">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.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dinghy Cruise to Shipwreck Beach (Tony Smith with a Cormorant Dinghy)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">1987 Cornish Crabbers Cormorant for Sale £3,350 (Same boat as above)</span><br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are a number of ‘silly’ seasons throughout the year, and we are soon approaching one - the Festive Season, known by some as Christmas, and by others, as Yule, or Yuletide. It’s a time when people go bonkers - a time of mass hypnosis, when millions are compelled to buy gifts for one another. No matter how hard they try to evade the irresistible compulsion, they fail.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Willing participants of hypnosis, we can be sucked in by commercial media, subliminal images, and tempting TV advertisements that are made more compelling by the inclusion of seductive soundbites. We scratch our heads and ponder what gifts to give. It is easy to succumb, but some recipients are impossible cases. Despite being hypnotised, we can think of nothing that can be be of use to them, because they have everything. Instead, for men, we offer them socks, slippers or pyjamas, and for women, we give them vanity cases, chiffon scarfs, mascaras and Boots vouchers!</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Christmas morning dawns, and children go mad. Santa Claus is quickly forgotten. They tear open parcels, create chaos, shriek with pleasure, or turn up their noses because they are discontented with what they have. Then it’s time for the adults. They feel or shake their wrapped gifts in the hope of guessing their nature. Slowly and carefully they remove the packaging to reveal the truth. When it’s not what they had hoped, they find it hard to conceal their disappointment. They flounder for words when they gaze at their ninth pair of gloves, their tenth bottle of bubblebath and their fifth packet of deodorant. They force false smiles of satisfaction, or on rare occasions beam with evident joy, because a useful gift has been given, or it is an article of real quality matching their taste.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last Christmas I held a wrapped gift, the nature of which I tried to ascertain by feeling and gently shaking it. I correctly deduced that whatever it was, was contained within a small cardboard box. Firstly, I removed the wrapping paper, then I opened the lid. Inside there was a bone china mug that had been manufactured for Nauticalia of London. Made for a right-handed person, it had to the left of the handle, a sepia coloured transfer portraying a dinghy being sailed at sunset. Above this symbolic image representing the end of the day, (and perhaps the end of life) were the words, <b><i>Good Sailors never grow old</i></b>, and below it, <b><i>they just get a little dinghy.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The more I pondered these words, it dawned on me, they contained a mischievous pun. Instead of reading, <i>‘they just get a little </i><b><i>dinghy</i></b><i>’</i>, the last word became <i>‘</i><b><i>dingy’</i></b><i>,</i> which according to the Oxford dictionary means ‘gloomy and drab’. There could be a truism in it. Therefore, every time I drink from the mug, I am reminded that I should smile, and thank God for what His Son has done for me. Though I shall die, I shall never grow old - despite the fact that I have a dinghy!</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">if you are a member of the dinghy cruising fraternity you will have heard of Frank Dye, who, with Russell Brockbank in 1963, sailed a Wayferer dinghy from Kinlochbervie, Scotland to the Icelandic Island of Heimaey. That’s a trip of over 600 miles across open water. The following year, he and Bill Brockbank - not related to Russell - sailed the same Wayfarer from Scotland to Norway via the Faroe Islands. Gales were encountered on both passages, the worst being a force 9 during the Norwegian passage. The Wayfarer capsized, and her mast was broken, but after temporary repairs Frank and Bill made it to land. This was a remarkable feat of survival and endurance.*</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am convinced that there are few dinghy cruising sailors who would willingly undertake open sea passages of this nature. Without a doubt, the majority prefer camp-cruising on rivers, lakes, lochs, and estuaries, but some like coastal cruising, which can be a bit more adventurous. On occasions, any camp cruising can become challenging enough when the unexpected happens, perhaps a turn of the weather bringing fog, or a change of wind direction, or stronger winds than forecast, or even calms.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Frank Dye’s exploits helped popularise the Wayfarer, particularly for cruising. She has become the iconic cruising dinghy. She’s very popular with members of the Dinghy Cruising Association. Only today, via an email, my attention was drawn to three YouTube videos featuring a Wayfarer in Scottish waters. (First to third link inclusive.)</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*Summer Cruise 1964 (Frank Dye - Scotland to via the Faroes Norway</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race attracts people who want to be tested to the limits of their endurance, and yet, according to the organisers, they are,<i>‘</i><b><i>ordinary, everyday people’</i></b>. They say there is no need for a background of sailing - applicants must have a desire to join a group adventure, and be part of a highly competitive team who will face difficult and very testing conditions as they race around the world aboard a purpose-built 70’ yacht.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is a vigorous training programme for potential participants who can elect to join one or more legs of the race - or even race all the way round the world. Twelve, virtually identical yachts, are skippered by competent professional sailors whose task, along with specialists at the outset, is to train and prepare crews for their arduous adventure. Having been trained, the yachts and their crews are tested by competing in a six day offshore race before taking part in the real thing.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Commitment, strength, endurance and team spirit are essential, not just to win, but to bring yachts home safely. There are point penalties for loss of gear, sails, and damage to equipment; therefore skippers and watch leaders have to ensure their yachts are being sailed without taking undue risks. Sadly, shortly after the start of his year’s race, a yachtsman, Andrew Ashman, aboard CV 21, was fatally injured. This was the first and only fatality since the inception of the Race in 1995. The Race is not without risk. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Because of my blog there are a number of people who email me telling of their experiences with small sailing boats. Some also seek advice or offer theirs. Now and again they refer to websites containing pertinent information. A few readers of the blog have become Cyberspace friends, and because of our shared boating interests we have met in person for further discussion.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A couple of days ago I was replying to an email on the subject of converting sailing dinghies into trimarans, and the thought occurred to me that readers of the blog may also be interested; therefore I’m reproducing a highly amended version here, along with added links to trimaran websites.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Email</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dear …………..,</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I had a look at the websites. (i.e., those suggested by the sender.)</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A thing that concerns me about sailing my Pike skiff is the possibility of capsizing her. With my condition of Raynaud’s disease, capsizing could prove fatal, but it is a risk I take.</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Converting her into a trimaran by adding cross-beams and amas would reduce the chances of her capsizing. In practice, fitting cross-beams and amas prior to launching, and removing them after afterwards, would take a fair amount of time. I would also have to transport them to and from the launching site. As it is, I find ‘Pike’ almost more than enough to launch, because she is nose-heavy on her launching trolley. For these reasons I have dismissed the idea of converting her into a trimaran.</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As I see it, there are two advantages trimarans have over monohulls: 1 They are usually more stable, and 2, They are often faster.</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Their disadvantages, especially if they are trailer-sailers, are: 1 Setting them up at the launching site - off or on the water. 2 Coming alongside and mooring to a pontoon or jetty is not easy. 3 Unless they have stable trampolines or decks, getting on or off when moored to a jetty or a pontoon can be problematical. 4 They are not as handy as monohulls for sailing between boats on moorings and when there are tight situations, such as marinas and narrow rivers or canals.</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Trimarans are generally better kept on permanent moorings, and they come into their own when sailing on open water. They are speedy passage makers.</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I’ve never owned one, but I wish I had.</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When I was cruising the Bay of Biscay with my friend Bill, aboard his Eventide 26, I was invited to sail an Edel 22* trimaran. She was tremendously exciting, on account of her speed, but very tricky to manoeuvre in the marina - even when being propelled by her outboard. This was not just because of her wide beam, but because of wind drift.</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Below, you’ll find a number of links to articles referring to the Edel 22 and other small trimarans.</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bill.</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">*Edel 22 Trimaran as mentioned in Cruise of the ‘Ishani’, a 26’ Eventide - Part 11: <a href="http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/cruise-of-ishani-26-eventide-part-11.html"><span class="s2">http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/cruise-of-ishani-26-eventide-part-11.html</span></a> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s3"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Edel Tri 22 winds 25-30: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqzAUopFPdg"><span class="s4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqzAUopFPdg</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span class="s3"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Edel Tri 22: <a href="http://www.nauticaltrek.com/8388-edel"><span class="s4">http://www.nauticaltrek.com/8388-edel</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span class="s3"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Edel Tri 22 for Sale in Murcia Spain for 13,200€ : <a href="http://www.inautia.com/used-boat-49605020140748675450676766494567.html"><span class="s4">http://www.inautia.com/used-boat-49605020140748675450676766494567.html</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span class="s3"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Edel Tri 22 for Sale for 15,000€ : <a href="http://www.nauticaguardamar.com/product.php?id_product=55&id_lang=1"><span class="s4">http://www.nauticaguardamar.com/product.php?id_product=55&id_lang=1</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span class="s3"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hobie Mirage Trimaran: <a href="http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/hobie-mirage-tandem-trimaran.html"><span class="s4">http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/hobie-mirage-tandem-trimaran.html</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span class="s3"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">WindRider 16 Trimaran: <a href="http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/windrider-16-trimaran.html"><span class="s4">http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/windrider-16-trimaran.html</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span class="s3"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hobie Island Adventure Trimaran: <a href="http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/hobie-island-adventure-trimaran.html"><span class="s4">http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/hobie-island-adventure-trimaran.html</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span class="s3"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">CLC Mill Creek 6.5 Trimaran: <a href="http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/clc-mill-creek-65-trimaran.html"><span class="s4">http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/clc-mill-creek-65-trimaran.html</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wouldn’t it be great to find yourself aboard a Volvo Ocean 65 racing yacht on a fine summer’s day for a jolly on the Solent! You have been invited to spend a few hours with the crew of <i>Team Brunel.</i> She came second overall in the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race series. Veteran sailor and skipper, Bouwe Bekking, shakes your hand and introduces you to the crew. You are shown around the boat and briefed as to the schedule and emergency procedures in the event of something untoward happening - not that it was likely, but you never know - the yacht draws 4.7 metres, sails very fast (can average of 22 knots over 24 hours), and there are a number of hazards, both under the water and on it.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The yacht gets underway. Sail is made, and she inclines to the wind as you leave Cowes en route for the Needles Channel. Only then do you imagine yourself racing day after day, being soaked to the skin, cold and very tired. You imagine being swept off your feet by a gigantic wave, and the only reason you did not end up in the drink was because you remembered to attach your safety harness. Thankful that your watch has ended, you go below and try to regain your circulation. You try getting some rest, but the noise and movement does not allow you to sleep. Then you think of your family at home and wish you were there. Instead, you find yourself retching and you have this awful pain in the pit of your stomach. You wish the world would come to an end.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All of a sudden you look around, and there ahead is the Needles lighthouse. The sun is shining. All is fine; all is well. At the end of the day after sailing around the Island and returning to Cowes, you thank the team for their hospitality. You admire them for their achievement, and wonder how they did it. They are made of sterner stuff than you. </span></span></div>
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William Serjeanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18419676353659137355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-74573369410867545862015-11-17T21:15:00.000+00:002015-11-17T21:15:56.457+00:00France, You are Not Alone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What happened in Paris on Friday, 13th November, 2015, has affected people throughout the world. It is a time of great grief and mourning.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The accompanying photo is of my local war memorial. Tied to it, there is a bunch of red carnations and a note with the words, ‘<b><i>France, You are Not Alone, We feel Your Pain </i></b>X’. This small token of <i><b>love</b></i> expressing solidarity with those left behind after the slaughter of innocents is a poignant statement. The memorial and the poppies remind us of those who sacrificed their lives for our freedom, and the carnations confirm we have that freedom. </span></span></div>
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William Serjeanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18419676353659137355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-241541678209616582015-11-16T22:27:00.000+00:002015-11-16T22:27:23.064+00:00America’s Cup 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As far as I am concerned, this is madness, but a huge amount of fun. Racing brings out the good and the bad, but if the America’s Cup Series is won by following the rules, there can be no argument. I’m biased towards Ben Ainslie and his team.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I don’t believe in luck, but when a coin is spun for heads or tails, there’s a theoretical fifty percent chance that it will end up the side chosen. If this occurs more times than not for the caller, he is said to be lucky. In truth, luck does not have a bearing. Uncontrolled variables come into the equation, such as the height of the spin, the force applied to the spin, and what side of the coin is uppermost at the start.</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> If flipped or spun by a machine the chances of being 50/50 become more even by eliminating human inconsistency.</span></div>
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William Serjeanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18419676353659137355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-30885631231259571612015-11-13T21:16:00.000+00:002015-11-13T21:16:39.544+00:00Mini Transat - 6.50 Class Mini - Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today, Friday, 13th November, Frédéric Denis racing his Proto <i>Nautipark</i> crossed the finish line at Point-à-Pitre, IIles de Guadeloupe, to win this year’s Mini Transat. He was well ahead of Axel Tréhin, sailing <i>Aleph Racing,</i> currently in 5th position.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remarkably, <i>Nautipark’s</i> average speed was 10.52 knots over an actual logged distance of 3,230.79 nautical miles, 450 miles more than the theoretical distance.</span></span></div>
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William Serjeanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18419676353659137355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-37810976680222086552015-11-12T20:54:00.001+00:002015-11-12T21:00:08.605+00:00Tall Ships<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>All of the above are square-riggers</i></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What exactly constitutes a <i>tall ship</i>? The first two websites in the <i>Links</i> section will provide the answer. You might think that these sailing vessels of a bygone age would be of little interest today, but you would be wrong. Visit sites below for a flavour of what’s going on.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tall Ship</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_ship"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_ship</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tall Ships Challenge</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s2"><a href="https://tallshipschallenge.wordpress.com/">https://tallshipschallenge.wordpress.com/</a></span><span class="s1"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hands On Sailing Holidays on Tall Ships and Wooden Boats</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s2"><a href="http://www.classic-sailing.co.uk/">http://www.classic-sailing.co.uk</a></span><span class="s1"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://www.caribbeantallshiptrader.com/captains-blog/come-sail-on-talofa"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.caribbeantallshiptrader.com/captains-blog/come-sail-on-talofa</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s2"><a href="http://www.maybe-sailing.com/sailing_ship_races">http://www.maybe-sailing.com/sailing_ship_races</a></span><span class="s1"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s2"><a href="http://www.tallshipsfalmouth.co.uk/">http://www.tallshipsfalmouth.co.uk</a></span><span class="s1"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The <i>Sailing Today</i> article (last link) has a list of facts about this 30th year Celebration ARC Rally. it is interesting to note the the smallest boat has an overall length of 32 feet, and the average length is 45 feet 8 inches. 1,116 people will be taking part, 32 of them children, 16 years of age and under.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This sort of event is for gregarious sailors and perhaps the more heeled - very different in character and in spirit to the Jester Challenge* which is for solo sailors.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ARC World Cruising Club</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="https://www.worldcruising.com/arc/event.aspx"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">https://www.worldcruising.com/arc/event.aspx</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">30th Atlantic Rally for Cruisers prepares to set sail</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Atlantic Rally for Cruisers</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://www.istec.ag/uk/atlantic-rally-for-cruisers-arc.html"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.istec.ag/uk/atlantic-rally-for-cruisers-arc.html</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">StormForce Booking for ARC - £3,850 each + fights, transfers, and personal locator beacon</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://www.stormforce.biz/Products/74/Trans-Atlantic-ARC-Race.html"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.stormforce.biz/Products/74/Trans-Atlantic-ARC-Race.html</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">OnDeck ARC crewing experience from £3,000 - £3,550</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://www.ondecksailing.com/atlantic/ARC-Canary-Islands-St-Lucia.htm"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.ondecksailing.com/atlantic/ARC-Canary-Islands-St-Lucia.htm</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Performance Yacht Charter - ARC Crewing from £3,000</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://www.performanceyachtcharter.com/sailing-event/atlantic-rally-for-cruisers/"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.performanceyachtcharter.com/sailing-event/atlantic-rally-for-cruisers/</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ready for the 2014 Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) in Rodney Bay Marina, St Lucia, Caribbean</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Crews Gear Up for 30th ARC Event</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Much of the content of this blog is about small sailboats used for cruising, but there is also a fair amount about racing yachts. My primary interest has been with small sailing boats suited to cruising, exceptions being larger, spectacular vessels such as the trimarans featured in yesterday’s article. Typical of the smaller ones are Matt Layden’s <i>Paradox</i>, Sven Yrvind’s <i>Bris,</i> and cruising dinghies such as Eric Coleman’s <i>Roamer</i>, Ian Proctor’s <i>Wayfarer</i> and John Welsford’s dinghy with a lid, <i>Scamp</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are many types of small sailing craft that have been designed primarily for cruising; the list is almost endless. Success in cruising them has been more to do with their owners ability than their designs. <i>Acrohc Australis</i>, designed and built by Serg Testa, remains the smallest boat to have circumnavigated the Globe, having completed a 27,000 nautical miles marathon in May, 1987. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Long distance cruising is not the most popular option; the major preference is for coastal and estuary cruising with outings seldom lasting more than a weekend. Choices and preferences often depend upon circumstances. A retired couple, for example, might want to sail their yacht further afield, as they have acquired the means and have the time, but a young working couple can perhaps only find time for the occasional weekend.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Whatever the circumstances, each will try to make the best of their opportunities.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here are a number of related links to websites I think may be of interest to sailors who enjoy cruising small boats.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Paradox Sailboat Videos</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/paradox-sailboat-videos.html"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/paradox-sailboat-videos.html</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Building a Paradox Sailboat</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://www.little.jim.freeuk.com/little_jim/little_jim.htm"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.little.jim.freeuk.com/little_jim/little_jim.htm</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My Paradox ‘Johanna’</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/paradoxbuild/"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.freewebs.com/paradoxbuild/</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">UK Matt Layden Paradoxes</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/uk-matt-layden-paradoxes.html"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/uk-matt-layden-paradoxes.html</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://www.yrvind.com/"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.yrvind.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">‘Daisy’, a Roamer Cruising Dinghy</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/wayfarer-dinghy.html"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/wayfarer-dinghy.html</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">‘Scamp’ - Micro Sailboat</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Web Links - Miscellaneous, but relevant to those with an interest in Small Sailing Boats</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cruising Dinghy Association</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://dinghycruising.org.uk/"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://dinghycruising.org.uk</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hostellers Sailing Club</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://hostellerssailingclub.org.uk/index.php/articles/all-about-dinghy-cruising"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://hostellerssailingclub.org.uk/index.php/articles/all-about-dinghy-cruising</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sailing Small Living Large: Sailors who love their small boats</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="s2"><a href="http://www.sailmagazine.com/cruising/profiles-cruising/sailing-small-living-large-sailors-who-love-their-small-boats/">http://www.sailmagazine.com/cruising/profiles-cruising/sailing-small-living-large-sailors-who-love-their-small-boats/</a></span><span class="s1"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In Praise of Small Sailboats</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">18 Small Sailboats: Big dreams in small packages</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cruising the Med: Living on board …….. Is it all it’s cracked up to be? Is it for you?</span></span></div>
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William Serjeanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18419676353659137355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-8144934351555733542015-11-09T20:37:00.000+00:002015-11-09T20:37:14.066+00:00Jules Verne Trophy<div class="p1">
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1958 I was a trainee pedagogue at Goldsmiths College, London University, learning how to teach children between the age of 11 and 16. It was a time of expansion and population growth. There were two opposing philosophies being taught: competition and co-operation. Those with left wing leanings preferred the comprehensive school system embracing co-operation in the hope of reducing ‘class’ differences, whereas those on the right championed private or public schools with their competitive ethos favouring the ‘haves’. These two systems were highly political, and to an extent they exist today with the growth of Academies and the support of the present Government.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What has this to do with the Jules Verne Trophy which is awarded to the owner or owners of a yacht that has sailed faster around the world than any other? <b><i>Banque Populaire V</i></b> skippered by Loick Peyron in 2012, took 35 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes and 15 seconds to complete the official route and is the current holder. Waiting at this very moment for favourable weather slots to start their attempts at breaking the record are two teams: <b>Spindrift 2</b> with Dona Bertarelli and Yan Gulchard, and <b><i>Banque Popular V</i></b> with Loïck Peyron hoping to beat his earlier record.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These teams are highly competitive, pulling out all the stops to win. Competition is the key to their preparations, activities and expenditures. Ambition and desire for success are undoubtedly strong motivations for their dedication. Monetary gain is likely to be of secondary importance, but sponsorship can be a fillip along the way. Fame and pride could be incentives, but unlikely, since the main parties are mature and versed with the nature of the sea which has no respect for man, levelling all who truly experience its vastness.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Both teams will be competing with one another, but at the same time aboard their respective vessels they will be co-operating, each crew member with their companions by using their strengths and skills for working together with a common aim. There is no guarantee that either team will succeed. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Note and Food for Thought</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ecclesiastes 12:8 <i>“Vanity of Vanities,” says the Preacher, “All is vanity.”</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jules Verne Trophy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="s2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne_Trophy">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne_Trophy</a></span><span class="s1"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Banque Populaire V</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="s2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banque_Populaire_V">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banque_Populaire_V</a></span><span class="s1"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Loïck Peyron</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="s2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo%C3%AFck_Peyron">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loïck_Peyron</a></span><span class="s1"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maxi Spindrift 2 (ex Banque Populaire V)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="s2"><a href="http://www.spindrift-racing.com/news">http://www.spindrift-racing.com/news</a></span><span class="s1"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Joyon to tackle Jules Verne Trophy</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Strange Story of the Jules Verne Trophy</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Video - The Story of the Jules Verne Trophy</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Story of the Jules Verne Trophy</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Incredible speed of 41 knots for Banque Populaire V during the Jules Verne's Trophy</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maxi Tri Banque Populaire V at Very High Speed</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Incredible capsize of the MOD 70 Spindrift in Dublin during the Route des Princes</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Capsize of the MOD 70 Virbac Paprec - Jean Pierre Dick and Roland Jourdain <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf8Clcngfvk"><span class="s2">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf8Clcngfvk</span></a></span></span></div>
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