Wansworth
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In one of her mysteries with Poirot she has a drug runner sail a small dinghy from Deueville to Burge Island in Bigbury Bay the island with the tractor that delivers guest to the hotel…….quite a feat!
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Mark-1
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As I'm sure you know, back in the day XChannel in Dinghies wasn't uncommon. They used to sail XChannel to race, rather than towing behind the crap cars of the time.
Wansworth
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Over230 miles passing close to the Channel Islands would certainly be an adventure in an open boat
LittleSister
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johnalison
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Uffa Fox crossed the Channel in Avenger in the ‘30s.
Fr J Hackett
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Frank Dye sailed his Enterprise to Iceland.
justanothersailboat
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ok, that's on another level. thanks, I need to look that up.
Poignard
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mjcoon
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Perhaps I should look that up too, because I thought he/they sailed Wayfarers. Which were much more appropriate cruising dinghies than an Enterprise. I had one of the latter and had no intention of racing, which made it a weird choice for me...
justanothersailboat
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searching Frank Dye suggests Wayfarer. Definitely not quite the same implications as an Enterprise, but still must have been made of a thousand times sterner stuff than I'll ever be.
johnalison
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I think I remember seeing it at the Falmouth Maritime Museum. Definitely a Wayfarer.
Wansworth
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Who remembers”tinker belle” and the Atlantic crossing in a 13 foot dinghy with a cabin …
Fr J Hackett
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Yes Wayfarers although plenty of Enterprises have crossed the channel
LittleSister
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LittleSister
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Since been done (1993) in a 5 foot 4 inches long (or rather not-so-long) boat!
(And you were complaining a 24 footer was too small for you!)
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Hadenough
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Nut case.
Wansworth
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No the wife said side decks too narrow!Since been done (1993) in a 5 foot 4 inches long (or rather not-so-long) boat!
(And you were complaining a 24 footer was too small for you!)
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Misterbreeze
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Dad had both Enterprises and Wayfarers. Frank Dye came to our club in Stonehaven and gave a talk on his (and Margaret's) trips to Norway and Iceland in his Wayfarer. Aged about 10 he scared the life out of me with descriptions of their capsizes. Nearly put me off for life.
johnalison
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I thought Dye was older than that.
I’ll get my coat.
Wansworth
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Bloody pendants
