{"id":456,"date":"2021-01-05T16:34:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T16:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pegasus18.com\/zenith\/?p=456"},"modified":"2021-01-05T16:34:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T16:34:35","slug":"lockdown-1-0-2-0-if-in-doubt-buy-another-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pegasus18.com\/zenith\/2021\/01\/05\/lockdown-1-0-2-0-if-in-doubt-buy-another-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown 1.0\/2.0: if in doubt buy another boat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2020 was written off for sailing, with many events being cancelled including those of the CVRDA<\/a>. Work on Zenith<\/em> has been stalled as various house and garden projects were prioritised during the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’d hoped to have done a few CVRDA events in the Harrier but all were cancelled. I did get out in the Harrier at Roadford lake for a couple of sails though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The other major highlight of 2020 was the purchase of a new boat. An MX-RAY F1 popped up on the Dinghies and Dinghy Bits for Sale Facebook Group<\/a> in June. With lockdown restrictions eased I was able to drive to Hedge End and collect the boat, handy it fitted on the roof of the Range Rover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The red gelcoat had faded over the years but an afternoon of polishing the hull soon brought back the colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This MX-RAY came with a number of sails and the F1 rig, developed by John Gibson, the UK dealer in the early 1990s. His original UK MX-RAY website is still available at http:\/\/www.users.globalnet.co.uk\/~cobo98\/<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Had a few days of sorting the rigs out and found that several spinnakers had mouse damage, soon sorted by Westaway Sails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, a totally impractical boat has been added to the fleet, following a tradition of weird and wonderful dinghies . Managed to take it out a couple of times in 2020, hopefully 2021 will be better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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