N2996 was one of three boats ordered from Joe Radgick by members of Redesmere SC. Dave Peacock had the first one (Landslide) and subsequently modified it with a dagger board by Nigel Waller, I had the second boat 2994 ( The Faker) and Julian Brown had the last boat 2996, (Rumour). The windfall was low wetted area and very fast in light winds thsits united to inland waters.
I tried to locate 2994 when I came back into the class but 2996 came up for sale in the local area so I bought her. Still in original condition, instead of pimping the boat up to current standards, I decided to keep it really simple in order to train Jimmy in the basics. This worked very well for inland light windassailing and we were very successful in this boat winning over 20 open meetings and I think 4 or 5 Midland area titles.
The windfall would still hold its own inland today given light winds, a new rig and a crew weight < 19 stone.
I tried to locate 2994 when I came back into the class but 2996 came up for sale in the local area so I bought her. Still in original condition, instead of pimping the boat up to current standards, I decided to keep it really simple in order to train Jimmy in the basics. This worked very well for inland light windassailing and we were very successful in this boat winning over 20 open meetings and I think 4 or 5 Midland area titles.
The windfall would still hold its own inland today given light winds, a new rig and a crew weight < 19 stone.