Merlin Rocket Photos
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| nosedive.jpg | Roly | Silver Surfers ? | 02 December 2011 23:05 |
| merlin197_yachtingworld.jpg | Mags | Mercury II, scanned by Jonathan Reubin, who says... She has an interesting mast step arrangement of a wooden stub finishing about 2ft above the sheerline supported by "lowers" and what looks to be a rotating metal mast mounted upon it. The boom appears to have guys attached to small speaders at the base of the mast to control rotation. Oh, and the tiller is a hoop affair and the hull is clinker. | 04 October 2011 11:05 |
| measuring_rake2.jpg | Chris M | Because unless you have a moulded hull there is no guarantee that that transom height will be the same between two boats. If you have a Winder hull its much easier becasue the boats are identical and you can do this. Theres a guy at my old club who spends ages setting his wooden Ent up exactly to the tuning guide, yet you watch him sail and he has far more rake than the plastic boats. Reason: the height of his transom is differant! He wont have it though, even having been shown photos!! | 20 September 2011 23:01 |
| measuring_rake2.jpg | John Reekie | I am new to Merlins so apoligies for the silly questions but how do you ensure the boat is flat. If you tip the boat forwards or back then the measurement would change. Why do you not measure to the transom like other classes? | 17 September 2011 21:01 |
| 111_new_deck_supports.jpg | Mags | How many old Merlins have this trip hazard for the helmsman? And is it really needed, structurally?! | 13 July 2011 21:03 |
| bilge_keels.jpg | Mags | Please continue discussion on the forum thread, to avoid duplicate conversations running on this page! ...m/main/topic.asp?topic=5681&forum=main&comments=43 | 08 July 2011 17:05 |
| bilge_keels.jpg | Andy Hay | Type A is old-school style Type B is standard Winder and on BAU prior to modification Type C is Dark Star, Shabazzle and BAU in current guise Type D is Highlander and Djellibeybi | 08 July 2011 17:05 |
| 1079_passing_cloud.jpg | toby | 1104 is still up and running looking for a club to join with cover for older boats, any ideas welcome? | 08 July 2011 15:02 |
| kicker_plate_and_centreboard.jpg | barry slade | Hi i like the idea of a uphaul and downhaul on your centre board have you go any more detialed pictures as wouldnt mind doint it to my steel cetre board for my firefly. Barry | 10 May 2011 15:03 |
| frensham2006_2081.jpg | Peter C de G Rotherham | Still sailing in 2011 in the Midlands de May Series. | 18 February 2011 22:05 |
| pitchpole.jpg | Barnsie | Dobbo and Tunnicliffe at the Tiger. Cold and lucky the did not snap the mast. | 10 February 2011 09:01 |
| pitchpole.jpg | Mags | Photo by Paul Manning, via Andy Rice. Can you guess who is featured? And when/where? (Dont even ASK why!) | 09 February 2011 22:01 |
| mike_anslow_small.jpg | Tom Brown | Is this the Mike Anslow who used to be with Barclays and I sailed with in the 60s? | 15 January 2011 18:03 |
| 1079_passing_cloud.jpg | Gilly | Nice. I had 1100, a proctor XI by Hoare when I was a lad. Had to sell when I went to Uni Wonder if shes still going. | 10 November 2010 17:02 |
| 2324_drum_on_mast.jpg | Steve.sapwell | Former owner of surfer, sugar plum design and original hornblower, anyone know where they are now ? | 06 October 2010 22:04 |
| 1079_passing_cloud.jpg | Robert Harris | MR1079 Passing Cloud was built by Jack Holt for my dad Harry Harris in 1960 so shes 50 this year. In this photo taken at Tamesis in 2009 she is being helmed by my fathers grandson Richard and crewed by his great grandson Harry. Around a dozen members of the Harris family have raced in Passing Cloud at one time or another. With an updated rig and sails Passing Cloud remains very competitive in the environment for which she was designed and built. | 24 August 2010 12:02 |
| what_the_kicker_does.jpg | Nick Hoskins | On a broad reach, which of these would be more de-powered, the black or white boat? | 10 June 2010 13:03 |
| 206_manhandling_spinnaker.jpg | Richard Winter | It is definitely Ossie (though I believe it may have been Ozzy) Rissen of Thames Ditton. He purchased 758 a Rigden boat for his daughters and later became mine for many years. Wogs was the nickname of his wife. | 30 May 2010 12:04 |
| traveller_controls.jpg | Terry | Looks Genius to me. Having spent Sunday sailing around with the traveller stuck on port tack - i will give it a go. | 19 May 2010 13:02 |
| new_transom.jpg | mike 1981 | Finished transom allowing restoration to now be completed. | 30 April 2010 20:07 |
