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General Boards => Boats => Topic started by: National 12 Webmaster on 13 Feb 2007, 02:26

Title: N886 Flare
Post by: National 12 Webmaster on 13 Feb 2007, 02:26
The life of N886 Flare.  Design: Little John, designed by: Dick Wyche & Digby Coppock in 1950
Title: Re: N886 Flare
Post by: ken goddard on 27 Jun 2011, 03:11
N.886 "Flare" appears in the Trent Valley Fixture Card and Boat List in 1952, as owned by P.E.J. "Joe" Hunt. Joe probably bought this boat new, from Wyche & Coppock. By 1957 this boat had moved on.
She was seen by me in 1963, rather a long way away, at the annual Regatta held by Beer Sailing Club in E.Devon. I believe that the then owner of the boat lived in Taunton. After that she disappeared from view.
Ken Goddard
Title: Re: N886 Flare
Post by: Andy Bussell (Guest) on 16 Oct 2012, 10:34
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Post by: Andy Bussell on 16 Oct 2012, 11:11
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Post by: Andy Bussell on 13 Sep 2016, 10:45
My earlier efforts seemed not to register.  Here goes again:
We bought Flare from the owner who kept her at Burton Sailing Club in 1959/60. Shortly afterwards we moved to Ilminster, Somerset. My Father Peter Bussell and I sailed Flare from the Axe Yacht Club in the early '60s and after moving from the area used to come down in the summer for Beer Regatta. Happy Days!
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Post by: Steve Crook on 03 May 2020, 01:59
N.886 "Flare" appears in the Shropshire Sailing Club year book in 1970, owner R. Bowles
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