doris
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A bit harsh, maybe he just sails it well. It’s not that close winded without an overlapping headsail ( poor sheeting angle) which limits it in light airs round the cans. V quick off the wind
Post a pic of your yacht - big or small
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Buck Turgidson
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That's a lovely picture! Is the new owner swimming or flying the drone
Lightwave395
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A few years ago before I made her civilised and fitted curtains:
Fr J Hackett
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She was mine once
Buck Turgidson
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My mate Micky's Vertue. Sadly no longer with us. The boat not my mate, he's doing fine. This is us arriving in Horta. I would probably have bought her but she sank mid Atlantic on the voyage north. Mick was single handed but made it out alive. I did love that boat.
Obi
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Just arrived in Lorient, France many years ago. No longer with me.
DJE
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Looks rather like our first cruising boat - a Wayfarer.
DJE
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One way to get a picture of your own boat sailing.
Bring a crew member who has a GoPro.
Bring a crew member who has a GoPro.
Buck Turgidson
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webcraft
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Leisurely Algarve passage making on Avy-J
Koeketiene
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MADRIGAL
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Rather like it indeed! CL-16 is an unauthorised copy of the Wayfarer hull form, with a different cockpit and forepeak layout. The story is that C & L in Nova Scotia were importing wooden Wayfarer kits from Smallcraft Ltd., but one of the many dockers' strikes in the late 60s interrupted their supply chain. They built the CL-16 in GRP, but never came to an agreement with Ian Proctor to use his design.
dombuckley
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Re: Wansworth
She's a yard design by Uphams of Brixham. The story goes that they had a client with a HB Z4 which they really liked, but was too small for their growing family. Uphams took the lines off, expanded them by two inches in the foot to make her a six tonner, large enough for four berths; they also gave a flatter run aft , to give greater buoyancy to support four people in the cockpit. So she looks very Harrison Butler from forward, but with a hint of Laurent Giles from astern.
She's a yard design by Uphams of Brixham. The story goes that they had a client with a HB Z4 which they really liked, but was too small for their growing family. Uphams took the lines off, expanded them by two inches in the foot to make her a six tonner, large enough for four berths; they also gave a flatter run aft , to give greater buoyancy to support four people in the cockpit. So she looks very Harrison Butler from forward, but with a hint of Laurent Giles from astern.
Pye_End
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Sounds like a story to be told. Do tell why she sank at the very least! Lovely pocket cruisers.
Buck Turgidson
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Well there is but it's not my story. Here is a link to his blog at the time: Simo Vertue
dombuckley
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Was that your series of youtube videos a few years back: "Simo goes to Horta"? Lovely boat, brilliant camaraderie between skipper and crew - the banter reminded me of sailing with my Dad (30 years sailing together, never a cross word spoken).
My mate Micky's Vertue. Sadly no longer with us. The boat not my mate, he's doing fine. This is us arriving in Horta. I would probably have bought her but she sank mid Atlantic on the voyage north. Mick was single handed but made it out alive. I did love that boat.
Wansworth
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Buck Turgidson
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Yes that was us. I was very much the Junior partner and learned a great deal on that trip.
wingcommander
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wingcommander
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I passed this poor unfortunate sole heading back in today, just as he grounded. Felt bad as their was nothing I could do to help . He's 200mtrs from Fleetwood lock gates. Must have cut the corner or misjudged the tidal flow. Its a narrow question mark shaped bend. Hopefully tonight's high tide will lift him without any further disaster.
