Can anyone tell me some of the history behind this boat???

NSM 1, One of Spud Rowsells named Footloose,
Won the Inlands in 1978 at Datchet with Spud sailing

Spud also won the 1978 Championships in her at Abersoch with Jon Turner crewing. They finished 1st in the first 4 of the 6 races in that champs.

I owned the boat for several years, it was refitted by Brian Palmer prior to my ownership, he fitted the boat with ajustable rig tension and updated the boat to the spec of the day, the boat was in as new condition, always garaged a very lovely boat. I sold her in 1989 or 90. I had reasonable success on the circuit with a top 10 at the inlands and the old boats prize. Sold her to a chap from Queen Mary (I think)

I have spoken to Spud and if you will e-mail me I will put you in touch with him.