I AM ABOUT TO REPAIR THE FORE DECK AND TOP PLANKS ON THE BOW/HULL OF MY ROCKET WHICH HAS BEEN STORED IN THE GARAGE FOR THE PAST 10+ YEARS WITH THE AIM TO PUTTING IT BACK ON THE WET STUFF NEXT SEASON, AND I WOULD LIKE TO IDENTIFY WHICH MODEL IT IS. SHE IS OF WOODEN CLINKER CONSTRUCTION, WITH A SOLID TRANSUM. THERE IS NO NAME ON THE HULL, ARE THERE ANY REG MARKS THAT WOULD ASSIST IN IDENTIFICATION AND WOULD SHE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED ANYWHERE? ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. PS. I OBTAINED HER FROM LYMME IN CHESHIRE.
Posted: 03/09/2006 08:51:06 By: keith marshall |
Has she got her registered number engraved in the wood anywhere, for example on top of the thwart? If she has, you can then find out her original name, design and builder from a Merlin Rocket yearbook.
Posted: 03/09/2006 09:01:55 By: Richard (3233) |
THANKS RICHARD I HAVE JUST SEEN THAT THERE SHOULD BE A NUMBER ON THE MAINSAIL AND HAVE HAD A LOOK IT IS 1315
Posted: 03/09/2006 09:05:39 By: keith marshall |
CHeck the hull too, as the sails may be from another boat - as Richard says. check the thwart or hog (middle of floor) for a carved number.
Posted: 03/09/2006 09:19:45 By: Mags |
If she is 1315 She is a Proctor designed Mk V1 built by Bob Hoare and probably finished by her first owner. In 1962 she was called MAREA and was at Leigh SC. As mentioned above there should be her number engraved in the thwart or hog. Is there a builders plaque?
Posted: 03/09/2006 09:24:54 By: Tony Lane |
TONY THANKS FOR YOUR REPLY. MAREA HAS 1315 STAMPED ON HER THWART. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER HISTORY ON HER? OR WHERE I CAN FIND OUT? WHAT IS THIS CLASS LIKE TO HANDLE /SAIL ETC. AND WHO BEST TO CONTACT REGARDING REPAIRS WHICH ARE NEW FORE DECK AND UPPER MOST PLANKING ON THE HULL AROUND THIS AREA? KEITH.
Posted: 03/09/2006 10:38:43 By: keith marshall |
try the caps lock button
Posted: 03/09/2006 12:55:39 By: quietly spoken |
1315 Marea was probably built in 1961 and may have been the last Mk V1 built.
Her first owner was J.N. Cooper and he may have owned her for many years.
His last known address to the MROA was 4 Pewterspeare Lane, Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire. The year books after 1962 appear to show no other owner!
Posted: 03/09/2006 13:07:38 By: Tony Lane |
Whereabouts in the country are you, and we can recommend a builder to do the repairs.
Posted: 03/09/2006 23:42:55 By: Mags |
thanks tony/mags for your replies, i am based in high lane near disley cheshire between stockport and buxton.
Posted: 04/09/2006 08:02:30 By: keith marshall |
Winders in Keithley, Derek Jolley in Chorley can give contact numbers if necesary.
Posted: 04/09/2006 20:00:02 By: Nigel3280 |
Steve Boon at J16 of M6
www.boon4boats.com
or JP Boats near Ashbourne
http://www.jpboats.demon.co.uk
Both excellent boat builders and work with wood
Posted: 04/09/2006 20:44:10 By: curious |
