aft overhangs Hi! First of all I want to apologize Gene Roddenberry and JRR Tolkien for placing the Orcs of the latter in the space shuttles of...
Guy aft overhang Mychael! I agree with you. As I said, your warhorse is beautiful. The quarter-tonner I sail has similar thumbelhome. Not that...
mobile homes dskira! Agree with you regarding IMS. At the best they are mobile homes. No lines to sail on. Resembles the space-shuttles of the...
Malmö -74 dskira! Yes, the quarter-ton cup in Malmö -74 must have been interesting. I was just 14 years old, so I missed the cup. In -79 I...
Mea Culpa Paul B! Nice latin there Paul. The case of Tina-I-Punkt the owner was banned for one year. This is the only case that I can recall...
maori rugby Mycheal, nice warhorse you have. Paul B, see Ct249 post above regarding documented ballast movement. How it was done? Well, here one...
2.4mr Mariner Hi! Regarding Britton Chance Jr. and his design Mariner an interesting contribution can be found at the site:...
Thumblehome Mycheal and C249! No shadow shall fall on you, Mycheal. The thumblehome is nice in some angels. Yes, it was isolated. but,...
Hi Mychel! Nice pics of your maroon Cole 26, the bumps makes you nostalgic. Those IOR-pockets/shelfs were ideal to put the ballast lead to...
Håkan Södergren Barsaman! Nice pics of your boat Blues. The designer Håkan Södergren is famous for clean lines, no tortured hulls. Boats such...
Guy 27 Hi again Finland! Well, regading pictures, instead of "quick reply" do a "reply". Pick on the attach icon ("gem" in Swedish) there you...
Guy 27 and 33 Hallo Finland! Yes, besides Eivind Still Finland has well established designers, such as Guy-Christer Lönngren. The aft overhang...
champagne! Yes, Bruce Kirby, creator of the Laser is a good designer. Didn't he design Canada I and II? Perhaps the boat Buddy Melges skippered in...
RCundiff! Interesting to get detailed information from the quarter-ton cup in -78. From the mags it was evident that several Manzanias lost there...
Ce Si Bon [ATTACH] Quarter-tonner designed by Peter Norlin in -77. Sistership to Butterfly (3:rd in the Helsinki World's). Owner Egon Karlsson...
The quarter tonner “Ce si bon”, (dealt with in post above) which placed about 8:th in the cup in Helsinki in -77 (when Manzanita won) has now been...
Smackwater Jack and Noel Hilliam [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Noel Hilliam to the left Regards, Booster
Hi! I have been in contact with maritime historian Noel Hilliam, regarding the post above dealing with Smackwater Jack tragedy:...
Hi! Recently the yachts of the Volvo Ocean Race was in Marstrand, Sweden. A lot of people traveled to Martsrand to see the boats. Daggerboards...
Hi! Did some Google on the Magic Bus designer Paul Whiting. Regards, Booster Debris may be from 1980 sea tragedy - National - NZ Herald News...
