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#1
first question - is it worth it?
second question - I take it should be as simple as planing  them off, then repainting the hull? in that they contribute little to the stiffness of the hull?
#2
We used to get a good turnout at Scottish events -
in the 1950's....
 
 
 
#3
can anyone with a reasonably competetive Crusader give me some pointers on rig setup?

Thanks

aLex.
#4
I have broken the inner finishing on the side-decks of my crusader. The individual strips of wood that make up this "plank" have seperated due to them flexing.
I'm going to fit another stiffener under it, right in the area that flexes to stop this happening again, but need advice on what glue to use to stick the seperated strips all back together.
It looks like this has split apart before and been repaired very well, but without the extra stiffening, this was a bit of a lost-cause.
can anyone suggest a good glue to stick this all back together? it needs to be reasonably runny, so it will flow into the gaps before I clamp it all up,

thanks
Alex.
#5
just wanted to say hello.
I purchased N3223 last month and transported it north to Edinburgh

having sailed Graduates quite extensively when I was younger, I remembered the quantity and variation in National 12's I used to see at Loch Tummel when I attended either Tummel-week or Tummel Regatta with my brother, or later in my own Grad.
Last year my eldest daughter started to get quite keen on sailing, and after buying an old topper for her to attend the local club's training in (I am interested as to how you "teach" someone to sail in a single-hander - read from this I havent been too impressed with the training!), so to supplement this training I decided to buy a 2-man dinghy for us to sail and also for her sisters to get a shot too!
I stopped sailing dinghys a few years ago (a laser - hated it - couldnt get it to sail properly at all)  and suffered from excessive middle-age-spread (i blame an unhealthy interest in old 2-stroke motorbikes and 1960's cars), but those 12's at Tummel must have had an effect as I have always liked 12's and decided one would be the best substitute for something like an RS200 (way out of my price range), being twitchy, reasonably exciting, but above all cheap (sorry, Im Scottish) - The prices of 12's were a bit of a surprise, you can get a very nice boat for not a lot of cash!
I was advised to look at N3223n after seeking advice on what ould be the best 12 for under 1k that would cope with sailing on the sea (reasonably sheltered however) and also a fair bit of weigh (until I loose some!), and received lots of pictures from the seller, and even though the drive from Edinburgh to Northampton was dull and slow, the boat was exactly as described, and seems to be everything I was looking for - money exchanged, onto the trailer, and back home.
as yet I havent managed a sail, but will be trying to sort that out as soon as I can purchase myself a road-trailer - I borrowed my sister's RS200 one for the collection, then, completely out of the blue, and without any consideration for her little-brother, she sells the RS!, leaving me without a trailer in the short-term - I am entered in a local regatta early next month, so some practice will be required before that, so I will be borrowing another RS trailer from someone else hopefully soon.

I am trying to attend some of the Scottish Travellers events, but right now it looks as though Im already busy most of the weekends they are on, but this may change.

right now Im looking at which club to join - currently the Royal Forth at Granton is in the lead with friends there making a determined effort to kick-start dinghy racing again (plus the added advantage of my parents keeping their boat there).

I will be at Tummel-Week this year, sailing in the full weeks events with one of my daughters as crew (depends on wind conditions - the youngest/lightest is 8, the oldest 13!)- first time since the early 80's.

Hopefully I can persuade a few other friends to take up sailing again with a nice cheap N12!!!

ALex.
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