Racing Dinghies

After competeing the the International Canoe World Championships in Weymouth in 2005 I met up with Christian Knott from Australia who persuaded me (not that I needed much persuasion) that I really need to buy his IC after the Worlds. I ended up swapping GBR 212 and a significant amount of cash for the orange boat, […]

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Currently the fleet consist of:

Finn GBR 670
Finn K349 - Pandemonium
Finn K129 - Sea Mouse IIÂ
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 GBR 212 - Waning Planker
After having sailed an older IC, SCATT III, I bought a Pyrahna Carbon IC - GBR212 in 2002. This boat needed mainly cosmetic work and was treated to a total strip down of all deck gear, followed by a refit and paint job.

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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 calm Force […]

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International Canoe K37 - RannochÂ
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 Canoe. The […]

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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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International Canoe K26 - ZenithÂ
Zenith is very much a winter project. I had been aware of Zenith for a year or so before being able to head up to Loch Lomond to collect both her and Rannoch. Andrew Eastwood, responsible for the excellent restoration of Rannoch, found Zenith in a field,. He recognised her as […]

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International Canoe K119 - SCATT III
I have always wanted an International Canoe since flicking through dinghy books and magazines as a kid. So when I saw one advertised in a Adtrader paper for not alot I had to go and see.

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