N2521
Name: Mumble
Design: Mumble
Designer: Paul Trevan
Year built: 1971
Build type: Amateur
Builder: Paul Trevan & Richard Holttum
Construction: Four planker
Hull type: Single Bottom
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ntoa 19-Mar-2007 |
The life of N2521 Mumble. Design: Mumble (4 plank), designed by: Paul Trevan in 1971 |
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DavidW 12-Apr-2007 |
Mumble was Paul Trevan's modification of the Whisper design - I first came across her when she was in the ownership of Paul's great friend Roger Cherrill with my then unknown wife to be, Frances, in the front end! |
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jeki3111 19-Jan-2008 |
picture from 23rd January 1983 being sailed by Barry Robinson at bough beech
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jeki3111 19-Jan-2008 |
forgot to say - pic was taken by Mike Gibbons |
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Paul Trevan 05-Jan-2011 |
David is kind enough to indicate that she was my deliberate adaption?of Phil's Whisper design. Regrettably, I can't claim this honour - when Dick H and I lifted her off the mould we didn't put stretchers across her for a few days and she?"setlled". On measuring her it was obvious that?she?wasn't a?Whisper so she acquired the name Mumble. Did OK at times - Roger Cherrill won the Secretary's Cup at QMSC in the late seventies. |
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Paul Trevan 05-Jan-2011 |
When first built, Mumble was open-decked, sported a centre mainsheet and had a mind of her own (subsequently cured by Roger Cherrill using a much larger rudder). But it made for some interesting sailing - in a blow at sea, you had to sit back to stop her swamping upwind?and?you had to sit forward to stop her corkscrewing downwind. What's more, tacking was a bit iffy - I remember sitting luffed and stationary with no control on the start line at Brancaster, and only managing to get away once she started moving backwards. Mind you,?we won the race - everyone else? must have fallen in. |
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