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Yvonne,

What a cracking set of photos - brilliant!

Cheers
Peter C

I cut my dinghy sailing teeth crewing for Jim in the mid 60's at Earlswood Lakes (where the Aldis family lived) and various open meeting venues until our combined teenage bulk became too much for a 12!  Jim built Bunyip (2401) for himself and then built the hull of N2440 Moomin for me.  I finished her off, built the foils and wooden mast, and sailed her for a while until further education interrupted my sailing for a year or two.  Moomin unfortunately eventually fell in to uncaring hands and I understand ended her days rather ingloriously somewhere in the north east in the early 80's.

Uncle Stalky was originally built by Jim for his brother Chris, who had a lot of success in her, often crewed by sister Gill.  She originally had a quite alarmingly flexible wooden spar, but that was probably necessary since Chris was extremely lightweight.  Unfortunately, I know nothing about Jim's later creations.

Cheers
Peter C
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Thanks for that, Bernard.  Don't think I ever received Howards missive.

We'll be there, hoping for a brisk breeze and at least a 5C improvement on current temperature (3.5C).

Regards
Peter

Could anyone enlighten me as to the start time on Sunday? (and hopefully coinciding with high water this year!)

Cheers
Peter C
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Paul,
The obvious answer is to ensure both vessels get an outing by inviting a trusted helm to pilot whichever one you aren't!  ahh... the problems of multiple boat ownership!

Regards
Peter
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Paul,

I'm not sure why you felt vintage boats were not made welcome at Ripon this year - I had hoped that we made everyone very welcome, as is the tradition at the club.  We are always delighted to see any 12, of whatever vintage, at the club - in fact its often the only chance I get to beat anyone!!  If you can suggest any way we might make you more welcome, please let me know.  We can probably change most things but, regretfully, can't do much about the weather.

Talking about the weather, I think we have enjoyed some outstanding conditions for the last three years, with fresh breezes and pleasant early autumn temperatures.  Sailing at Ripon can be quite demanding (and frustrating), but the 12's have had some of the best conditions that Ripon can offer, and I get the impression that most people would prefer a bit of a breeze rather than a drift.  

We are very much looking forward to providing a venue for the ANEYC next year and will do everything we can to provide an evening to remember on the Saturday.  We certainly have the location and facilities to hold a memorable event - all we need are lots of enthusiastic 12's to join in the fun.  If we could get 30+ boats there, it would be a truly memorable way to celebrate the 70th Anniversary, and hopefully enthuse some of the dozens of junior sailors at the club.  We look forward to seeing you there - in whichever craft you select from your growing fleet!

Peter C
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We will be there for Sunday

Peter
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We'll be there for Sunday.  Not had time to collect new sail yet, so we won't have to join the queue!

Peter C
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James, you and I must have different yearbooks to everyone else, because the user ID and password won't let me in either!