It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk. (Sir Francis Chichester)
 
Some photos of progress on the Italian Merlin
 
http://www.italianmerlin.blogspot.it
 
Best wishes to everyone for a great 2017.
 
Ainslie French
 

Looks like she is coming on well. The home builds might soon be in to double figures and just need to get a few moer in the USA and possibly Oceania (AUS/NZ) and the class could have a World Champs somewhere in the World ;)

Looks like she is coming on well. The home builds might soon be in to double figures and just need to get a few moer in the USA and possibly Oceania (AUS/NZ) and the class could have a World Champs somewhere in the World ;)

Looks like she is coming on well. The home builds might soon be in to double figures and just need to get a few more in the USA and possibly Oceania (AUS/NZ) and the class could have a World Champs somewhere in the World ;)

Looks like she is coming on well. The home builds might soon be in to double figures and just need to get a few more in the USA and possibly Oceania (AUS/NZ) and the class could have a World Champs somewhere in the World ;)

Multi[ple upload due to error being shown!!!!???

Barnsie, is there a clue in the thread's title?

 The sea finds out everything you did wrong (Francis Stokes)
 
Thank you very much for your generous comments. The spinnaker chute isn't finished yet and doesn't look much but has taken (and will take) ages.
 
It's the measuring and remeasuring that takes all the time.
 
A sailor is an artist whose medium is the wind (Web Chiles)
 
Best wishes & Thanks again.
 
Ainslie French