1966 Chippendale IXb for sail on eBay - nothing to do with me! Looks like it's in fairly good nick too... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Merlin-Rocket-14-racing-dinghy-an-enthusiasts-dream_W0QQitemZ7245141747QQcategoryZ98955QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem |
Looks interesting. |
isnt the IX supposed to be a very good design for inland/river sailing |
No, in its day it was an open water boat the IX & IXb winning the championships in |
Well the IXb has a devastating reputation in river sailing, maybe not as good ghosting as some of the Holt boats but still quick-tacking, easy to handle, responsive. |
Go on be brave |
Well, it didn't make it's reserve on e-bay Mervyn - I didn't bid for it in the end either. Looked very tempting I have to say and if the vendor wanted to contact me outside e-bay I may well be interested if we could agree a price (& as long as I can find somewhere to put it!!). |
Fun. Minima. Can they really coexist in the same sentence, unless as punishment that is...!? |
Minima the cradle of so many good sailors over the years. A culumny from some one who clearly has never sampled the delights and the smell of a tannery, though that it long gone. |
I've e-mailed the owner of 1920 twice via eBay in the last couple of weeks but he's not responded. |
Re Deepy's comment, I've written an article about Minima in the happy days of the 50s and 60s which includes a comment about the tannery wall and what we used it for! Should be in the Autumn issue of the magazine. |