Corribee Owners Association ????

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VicS

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I was talking to someone I have know slightly for a good few years down at the boat yard today. Sometime this year he has bought a Corribee (twin keels) and is rather wishing he hadn't. It was built at a time when Newbridge were economising on materials, 1979 I think he said, and he has had to cut out the interior mouldings in order to strengthen the hull.

He has tried to join the Owners Association, I think via the website, he has also tried to get help and advice about the work he is doing on the boat. He has had no joy with either and is a bit pissed off. Any one got any influence with the OA or able suggest what he can do to join the OA and get some advice.
 
Likewise, I tried to join and failed, although my Mk1 is built like a tank.

I have even emailed the site, which does get updated quite often, and heard no reply from them, so I'm presuming that the owners association is reserved only for people less than 20 years who are sailing around Britain.
 
Hi VicS & Nathanlee

I think the Corribee Association website hasn't been updated for a long while. The corribee website however is updated quite a lot and it contains lots of links for information about the boat and also the one for the yahoo forum where owners give advice, compare etc. The website is www.corribee.org

Good Sailing

Jack
 
Missed your post in the lounge Jack. Just wanted to say very well done on your circumnav and glad you're safely home. That is no small feat.
 
Vic,
Can you be more specific about what part of the hull your mate is reinforcing ? I chose to reinforce the aft end of the hull adjacent to the bilge keels,there is quite a flattish unsupported area of hull there and the hull will definitely flex a bit if you have 4 adults in the cockpit dried out...-If this is what your mate is attempting,I can detail what I did...
I had a very early 1980 Corribee and it was surveyed just fine in spite of the company's decision at around that time to move to an industrial estate and try to employ a lower technically qualified staff to nail em together...ahem.
Also pm sent to you.
 
The 3 or 4 people running the COA and its' web site ( www.corribee.org.uk ) have, for various reasons not of their own making, not managed to maintain its' momentum. I don't think their site has been updated for some time now, though it still contains a fair bit of useful information (provided you view it with Internet Explorer, as it doesn't work well with other browsers).
The reasons include a lack of interest from Corribee owners (in comparison, say, to the Seawych Owners who have a thriving association) and also the rise in popularity of the internet, which has made newsletters a thing of the past.
The alternatives, as Jack points out, are the Corribee Website (similar URL - www.corribee.org ), and the Yahoo discussion forum, which between them attempt to provide a similar, but up-to-date, source of information to the COA site). I'm still hoping that, at some point, the three will amalgamate in some way.
Anyone who wishes to contribute to the Corribee Website is most welcome - I've recently been provided with a good article on rebuilding a rudder, a step-by-step guide to repairing leaking windows, repairing a broken mast beam, installing a Yanmar etc. In addition, and more importantly, nice people like Jack, Jonny Moore and Roger Taylor undertake incredibly difficult and lengthy voyages just to make sure that the front page has a healthy supply of topical items.
In fact, now seems like a good opportunity to say a BIG public thanks to all these people, along with Jake Kavanagh and the organisers of LIBS and SIBS, for all the help they so freely provide.
 
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He has tried to join the Owners Association, I think via the website, he has also tried to get help and advice about the work he is doing on the boat. He has had no joy with either and is a bit pissed off. Any one got any influence with the OA or able suggest what he can do to join the OA and get some advice.

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The easiest and quickest method of making contact with fellow Corribee/ Coromandel owners is now: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CorribeeCoromandel/


Also - although there were two distinct oil rises during 1973 and 1979, prices were held at a high level throughout the '73 to '86 period - so any boat built during that period could have been affected - there's a good graph showing the oil prices at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis
 
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