Sea Hopper, Mirror, patio, Wife and the summer.

[jwilson]

My wooden Mirror weighed 45kg and was very easy to lift onto a car top. If yours weighs considerably more than that I would suggest it might not be worth restoring. A perfectly good Mirror can be had for £500 so it's worth thinking about whether you want to restore a boat or whether you'd rather skip that and get on with learning to sail. The advice above regarding joining a club is spot on.

Shouldn't be heavy...

I had no trouble lifting a wooden Mirror on and off a Mini in the 1960s/70s, didn't bother with a trolley, just carried it upside down on my back like a turtle shell down to the slip/beach. The first Mirror I bought new but unpainted from Bell, and over a winter made it ultra-shiny with paint and varnish - even blended in the tape seams on the bottom. I sold this first Mirror (for more than a brand new ready-painted one then cost) when I bought a small cruiser but missed the ease of going for a quick sail so much I soon bought a second cheap fixer-upper one.

 

[Iain C]

I still really don't think a Seahopper is the right boat...however just in case...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sea-Hoppe...ng_Goods_Sailing_Boats_ET&hash=item3cdc0a5b66