N1680 Alsosue

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The life of N1680, Alsosue.  Design: Mark 8, designed by: Ian Proctor in 1958
Boat Broken Up - 1986

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Contribution from Ken Goddard
"Alsosue", N.1680, was bought new and launched by an old friend Allen Brunton, who with his sister, Sue, (whose name is part of the boat's name) were members of Trent Valley Sailing Club. Allen was an excellent Twelve sailor and and achieved a number of racing successes in TVSC club racing and in the Midlands circuit. (He continues to sail a large cruiser at Amble). The boat was sold in around 1968 to the (sadly) late Clive Robinson and then a couple of years later to Stuart Helm, a Master at Trent College, a public school at Long Eaton.
A couple of years later, Alsosue became a part of the Trent College fleet of National 12's, which was affiliated to Trent Valley S.C.. In September 1985, Trent College wisely put its menagerie of different designs of Twelve up for sale. The boats were all in poor condition and fetched give-away prices. Three of the boats are still around (I bought one of them), but Alsosue was sadly not one of them. Over the years she had been parked on the grass without a trolley, and damp had rotted the keel to render her not fit to be saved. She was broken up in 1986.
Ken Goddard (N.2300) June 2008