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Post by Pie-eyed on Aug 20, 2008 13:01:10 GMT
Trying to find out what happened to this boat, for the builder Jeff who last sailed it @hunts in the late 70's....
Has anybody heard of the boat since?
In the book as belonging to a J Palser, St Ives, presumably Cambs?
Laura
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Post by New Boy on Aug 20, 2008 14:22:51 GMT
Hi I was talking to a yong bloke at wet and windy he tells me that he sails at Saltford sailing club and that there are 11 moths there and most un used it may be one of them? I don't know his name but he is building there new webb site! New Boy  |
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Post by the burger boy on Aug 20, 2008 16:20:48 GMT
The club at Saltford is Bristol Avon, most of the Moths there either rotted away or ended up at Chippenham, Fenella Gass is the person to speak to there
BB
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Post by scruff871 on Sept 2, 2008 10:33:52 GMT
Have tried to make contact with BASC without much success so we visited them !
Approx 6/7 Moths left and one out sailing by an Intrepid Junior !!!
Looks like a couple have not moved for a while.
BASC still looks like it did 30 years or so ago with the river very sailable[low banks and trees only on one side]unlike CS&CC that have been affected by high banks and trees/bushes.
What about the Committee Fixtures Secretary approaching BASC and investigating the possibility of an Open next season to hopefully give the Class a re-boot and encouragement ?
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Post by godfreyclarktiscalicouk on Sept 3, 2008 22:56:30 GMT
The last contact for 735 is as per the class records. I did a chase in 1989/90 and got no reply then.
John Palser last sailed In the Red at the 1982 Nats, accompanied by his (quite curvy) girlfriend and they, like many were camping. The story goes that she suffered repeated nocturnal interference which in the morning, it was found, was a cluster of mole excavations under the groundsheet. There was quite a barney! John got the blame and she stormed off, and later that season, I heard that he had moved to Cornwall and taken "In the Red" (but not Sandra) with him. If you can trace it now, good luck to you!
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Post by Pie-eyed on Sept 4, 2008 8:11:41 GMT
Great story!
Have now got John Palser's contact details, just a question of catching him at home.
Have also heard that he was still sailing the boat in St Ives harbour 15 years ago...
Will try to find out if the camping incident scarred him for life!
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