jhr
Well-Known Member
Looking at the RTIR website, I noticed that one of the prizes was the John Franks Trophy for a sailing school boat.
That reminded me that I spent a couple of weekends in the early Nineties sailing with John when he was running RYA courses on Victoria Alpha, a rather nice Victoria 34. One of the weekends was the 1993 RTIR, which was quite breezy (we heard a couple of MOBs on the VHF).
John was an excellent instructor and, iirc, a retired professional photographer. Does anybody know if he's still around? I live in hope, as it's not called the John Franks Memorial Trophy.....
That reminded me that I spent a couple of weekends in the early Nineties sailing with John when he was running RYA courses on Victoria Alpha, a rather nice Victoria 34. One of the weekends was the 1993 RTIR, which was quite breezy (we heard a couple of MOBs on the VHF).
John was an excellent instructor and, iirc, a retired professional photographer. Does anybody know if he's still around? I live in hope, as it's not called the John Franks Memorial Trophy.....