I have just aquired ( via dear old ebay ) what I think is a vintage rocket. I am no sailor, but quite a good chipie. It has a plate on the transom that says it was designed by Ian Proctor and built by Wyche & Coppock of Notingham. It is wooden clinker built. 12ft long with a 5ft 5in beam. My big problem is the fact that there is no mast and the rudder is for a different boat!! Is ther any one out there that can help me with any plans or dimensions ? The hull is quite sound but a bit dinged up ( it has spent the last few years upside down in someones back garden ) I can cope with the joinery side of things but its the sticky up and flappy things that are the problem .........Cheers
Posted: 25/05/2005 19:47:45 By: Graham |
sounds to me like you have a National twelve not a Merlin Rocket
Posted: 25/05/2005 20:08:37 By: interested |
Gutted
Posted: 25/05/2005 20:45:18 By: Hmm |
Gutted
Posted: 25/05/2005 20:45:18 By: Hmm |
Merlin is 14ft - that certainly doesn't square with yours at 12ft. There is a national 12 site where you could ask advice on the rigging/mast etc
Posted: 26/05/2005 11:07:06 By: Garry |
Thanks Gentlemen.......I have contacted the National 12 owners club and indeed you are all correct. They also seem to be a helpful croud and are giving me a considerable ammount of help......Cheers
Posted: 26/05/2005 18:11:11 By: Graham |
Hopefully one of them will buy it and you can buy a Merlin
Posted: 27/05/2005 00:02:58 By: Alt view |
Lol, I would offer to sell you a spinnaker but well, erm,
Posted: 27/05/2005 00:06:14 By: Billy Bob |
the only problem with it not being a merlin is that whilst it looks like a fishing boat it is not actually a fishing boat. only merlins are fishing boats. what you have is a lightweight dinghy. an easy mistake to make though.
Posted: 27/05/2005 08:18:49 By: no it is not a rocket |
Not really true, I have no doubt in my mind that the Salcombe Yawl is also a great boat for fishing.
Posted: 27/05/2005 09:48:50 By: Fishing |
Maybe no 'its not a rocket' meant this ->
http://www.stockphotography.co.uk/Store/App/f.asp?PT=430
Posted: 27/05/2005 10:52:48 By: Alan |
I suspect that "no it is not a rocket" is in fact an international canoe sailor who used to sail Merlins. Clearly he will have no difficulty clarifying what is what when his own boat is such a Bas**rd of two types itself. If he buys me a pint later I may let him off.
Posted: 27/05/2005 13:04:12 By: Rocketeer |
rocketeer you are wrong.
typing fishing boat merlin rocket and fishing boat national 12 into google give very different results.
i possible might buy you a pint though
Posted: 27/05/2005 14:49:35 By: no it is not a rocket |
