I owned this boat back in the 80's, a Bob Hoare built Hexagon. It had suffered a bit of storm damage when I first bought it and we had to replace the gunwhales, fix a couple of sprung planks, patch a plank in the bottom and replace the mast. With some stiffening to accept greater rig tension we had some good times with it, including a couple of top twenty finishes in races at the inland championships. After I sold it, the new owner did a repaint job and it was looking very smart last time I saw it. Last I heard it was at Coniston SC, I would be interested to know how it is getting on.
Posted: 11/04/2007 13:03:42 By: David Downs |