bobgarrett
Active member
Just noticed that for Cowes the CA Handbook 1961 says "beware of floating bridge" so they were more advanced then!
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I've got a jumper like that, must dig it out, retro very rare.
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In 1971, the first thing you would have noticed would have been that starboard-hand buoys were black. You would also have been able to drift up the Blackwater on a Sunday evening with the last of the tide and a dying wind on perfectly smooth water with no wash from powerboats.
Here we go:
I've got a jumper like that, must dig it out, retro very rare.
Yellow wellies!Imagine we went down to the boat and to our astonishment passed through a time port on the shore. We still went out sailing - but found that time had moved back to fifty years ago. Hey, make it a hundred years ago if you like.
We would have a good sail - but there would be many surprises to reflect on.
What do you think would strike us the most?
Yellow wellies!
S
My wife knitted me one like that when we got our first boat and later a blue Guernsey.
Rite of passage - becoming a real sailor! Still have them somewhere.
Is footwear something you take a particular interest in?![]()