I’ve made the decision to sell my Tideway. Further details can be found on the For Sale page
Tideway Dinghy for sale
January 12th, 2008 by neil · 1 Comment
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International Canoe - GBR 304
January 11th, 2008 by neil · 2 Comments
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, AUS 17.
AUS 17 was registered as GBR 304 and I sailed her for a year or so before realising that it was canoe sailing that was causing my back problems (or maybe it was the multiple capsizing causing the problem). At this time I had started sailing Finns and made the decision to change class so sold the boat to Stu Budden.
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Tideway 026 - On the water
January 11th, 2008 by neil · 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 locker, gun metal fittings and slatted seats. all the fittings were cleaned up and polished and new brass keel band fitted.
The sails that came with the boat were a little tired so I got R and J Sails to provide a new set complete with reefing points.
Rigging the Tideway for the first time [Read more →]
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Tideway 026 - Restoration part 2
January 11th, 2008 by neil · 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 quick call to Dennis at Dartmoor Hardwoods in Princetown I had enough oak to do the job and all the new ribs were steamed in and fixed in the copper rivits and roves.
New ribs installed [Read more →]
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Tideway 026 - Restoration part 1
January 10th, 2008 by neil · 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 boats.
It seemed to make sense to find another traditional boat that could be sailed at CVRDA events when it is too windy to sail Rannoch or when we both want to go sailing. A chance conversation with Danny form the Tideway Association led me speak to a couple of Tideway owners with boats that required some work and were affordable.
In early September I ended up in Bosham and came away with Tideway 026. The boat is basically sound but needs some attention to take care of a couple of little problems.
026 as she was on arrival
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The Fleet……
January 4th, 2008 by neil · 3 Comments
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 - GBR 212
January 4th, 2008 by neil · No Comments
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 sailing
January 4th, 2008 by neil · 2 Comments
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 2 and Rannoch won the prizes for best looking boat on the water, best looking boat afloat and the boat everyone wanted to take home.
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International Canoe - K37
January 4th, 2008 by neil · No Comments
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 Canoe. The background to the Uffa canoes are well documented in the Uffa books but Tim Gittins’ excellent historical archive has all the relevant information.
Image © Ron Head
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ToY Sails
January 3rd, 2008 by neil · No Comments
I still get contacted by a few people who have ToYs, mainly to see if I have any spares (which I don’t). But I did recently come across some new ToY sails for £85 on the SeaTeach website - http://www.seateach.com/DinghySails.asp
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