Racing Dinghies

As with most projects there’s always some slippage. Realised that the blog has been unattended for many years, but looking through the comments that have been stacking up for approval there’s still some interest in old boats. Much has happened since the last update. Work, getting married, house move, rebuilding Land Rovers etc have meant […]

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Finn K129, my rather lovely Fairey Finn is for sale. More details on the For Sale page.

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After a few weeks in the workshop being varnished, painted and refitted K349 was ready to go.

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When going to collect Finn GBR670 I was talking to Graham Brookes, fellow Finn and Roadford Lake sailor. I persuaded him to sell me a lovely Raudaschl  Finn he had recently bought. This boat was built in 1970 for Alistair Currey, the son of Fairey Marine’s Charles Currey. This boat ex-Sharon, now called Pandemonium was pretty […]

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So, as the owner of GBR662, a Vanguard Finn, I was looking to upgrade to a Carbon Wing Mast. When speeaking to Rodney Cobb of Suntouched Sailing to enquire about a new mast he told me he had a number of nearly new B4 Finns taken as part exchange for new boats.

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After a number of years in International canoes I decided to give Finn sailing a go, mainly due to advancing age and being fed up of swimming. In 2006 I noticed a very nice Fairey Finn on eBay and it was down the road at Poole.

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Currently the fleet consist of: Finn GBR 670 Finn K349 – Pandemonium Finn K129 – Sea Mouse II  International Canoe K37 – Rannoch International Canoe K37 – Zenith Flying 15 GBR 2147 Tideway 026 Solo 1922 Hobie 16 International One Metre – K??? International One Metre (unregistered) 2 * Perception Acadia Kayaks. Bugger.

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International Canoe K37 – Rannoch The August Bank Holiday weekend finally saw Rannoch take to the water. I have to say, it’s a different experience sailing a 60 year old boat compared with a new IC. The narrow sliding seat and slippery varnished deck made life very interesting. We sailed on the Saturday in a […]

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International Canoe K37 – Rannoch  Getting an email from Rannoch’s previous owner offering to sell me the boat came as a great surprise and called for a 1000 mile round trip to collect both Rannoch and Zenith (probably the biggest buy-one-get-one-free offer I know of). I think an Uffa Fox boat is the ultimate International […]

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International Canoe K26 – Zenith, current state Zenith needs a major rebuild, there are at least six planks to replace and over 20 new ribs required…..and a new deck…..and a mast….ahhh, some sails would be useful as well.

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