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Title: Help!!!
Post by: canon fodder on 11 Jul 2007, 11:47
In a moment of weekness (I have many) I bought myself a skol international moth on ebay. Unfortunately it is in kent and I am in Perth.  Can anybody help moving it north. It does not have a trailer but will go on a roof rack. I can be contacted on angus3@tesco.net
Any movement north would be helpful, I am willing to pay reasonable costs.
Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: Roly Mo on 12 Jul 2007, 06:07
Wibble, wobble, splosh!

I speak from experience . . . sold mine to Nick Spence who went on to do great things with it, and his subsequent Moths.  Me?  I just swam a lot with it!

RM
Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: Nigel on 12 Jul 2007, 11:26
Hi

Sorry cannot help in moving your new toy, but as a teenager I had great fun sailing such a vessel.

Nigel
Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: THG on 12 Jul 2007, 04:17
Isn't the Skol very similar to a Europe?  Something is going on as you are the 3rd 12 sailor to have also bought a Moth recently.  One of the 12s on the next door pond has just bought one and is even contemplating selling the 12!  :o  I just got them to attend an Open earlier this year too...

Think I'm too big for a Moth but I quite like the RS300 (like a big moth).

Kean



Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: canon fodder on 15 Jul 2007, 09:27
Yep I used to sail one years ago, never really learnt how to sail it although my swimming did improve. My best memory is when I went flying, unfortunaetly not in the modern style as i left the boat behind. Just screamed by a 505 when I hit the wake of a motor boat and did a Chaddwick. Boat stopped I didn't. By the time I got back to the boat the 505 had long gone.
Kean maybe its 12 sailors desperately trying to recapture their youth. I think that was when I first stated to go grey. :B
Title: Re: Help!!!
Post by: Jimbo42 on 15 Jul 2007, 09:06