Paul B & gggGuest! Obviously Bruce Farr is the design dookie. But listen to this one. At a 2.4mr regatta in Gävle (Sweden) 3 years ago, Peter...
gggGuest! Obviously, Iain Murray is the design rookie! But if we limit the range to quarter-tonners (under this post) Briand still has an edge....
Quartermaster! I agree. In those days the Swedes used to spend a lot of time building the boats. The boat was ready to race just in time for the...
Paul B! Well, the Briand website is not that bad. He says that the first design of his, a quarter-tonner, was built when he was just 16 years...
Hi! Arne Johnsson, Almeda, is mentioned in the post above. Arne used to run a shipyard in Sweden, Sailing Progress. The quarter-tonner Butterfly...
Iberian Shamrock Paul B and C249! Found Iberian Shamrock, skippered by R Pattison, at the site:...
C249! You should have told me this yesterday! Was it a dog... I mailed Ron Holland yesterday to sort out the story. He must think I am teasing...
Paul B and CT249! Well, I didn't quite believe a story myself about sabotage at the HT Worlds of the Ron Holland design. Perhaps it was in...
Paul B! What a story about GREAT FUN! It is even worse than the R-6 sliding down a hill in Switzerland, I wrote about. I recall an episode there...
quartermaster! True, I see that you own the quartertonner FUN. Do you know what happened to BIG FUN? A Laurie Davidsson 2-tonner (or 1-tonner)....
Paul B! Yes, having a good worldwide rule, even something like the old IOR would be fun. In those days the cost to build a boat was reasonable....
Thanks, Paul B, the Norwegians seems to have some acitivity. Regards, Booster
Gullisara mini-ton Velsia! I just found a photograph of Gullisara winner of the mini-ton cup in -81 and -82. It is designed by...
AR Bigouden un-chainsawed [ATTACH] Hi! If there is a problem with the copyrights, webmaster please just remove it. Regards, Booster
PNINE previously AR Bigouden [ATTACH] Hi! I have tried to attach a photograph of PNINE previously Ar Bigouden. Perhaps webmaster can fix it....
Paul B, Gary Baignet et al Paul, thanks for the correction regarding Dennis Conner. Gary thanks for the drawing of AR Bigouden. Yes, the run is...
Velsia and Paul B! Yes, probably thousands. In Italy the class was very popular, as well as in Sweden. Fontana-Maletto-Navone had several good...
Paul B et al! Thanks for the OTC -73 and -75 reports. I can see in the post above that SORC is mentioned, in the post by Gary Baignet. In -76 the...
Hi! Yes, those were the days. In the previous posts Doug Peterson's Ganbare is dealt with. The boat had a low-budget profile. Doug and his...
Hi! Probably Jac de Ridder. Jac de Ridder - Designer / Naval Architect - The Marine Directory ... - [ Översätt den här sidan ]Would you like to...
