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Tideway 026 - On the water

January 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Everything on the boat was stripped down and varnished, the soleboards and seats had multiple coats of Schooner varnish and the mast, boom and gaff were treated with Le Tonkinois. All I had to do now was put the boat back together again. As this Tideway is the ‘Super’ version it comes with fore and side decks, stern […]

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Tideway 026 - Restoration part 2

January 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

After repairing the the hog and keel it was time to replace the broken ribs. As I had the seats out and everything stripped out of the boat I had a good look at all the ribs and found that the rear full width ribs  needed replacing along with a couple on the starboard side. So, after a […]

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Tideway 026 - Restoration part 1

January 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments

The 2004 August Bank Holiday weekend finally saw Rannoch take to the water. The wind picked up over the weekend and I thought it was wise not to risk Rannoch with her old wooden rig. This meant sitting out the racing for the Sunday and Monday and give us time to look at the other […]

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The Fleet……

January 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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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