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Looks great!

Anyone know whereabouts O'Crickey lives nowadays?

FAO everyone, does anyone have contact information for Simon Clark? Thanks.

FAO Simon Clark, I received your message regarding 3413 but was unable to succesfully reply to your email address, please drop me a line!

I do find it odd, would you buy a Merlin Rocket and then expect to be provided with a single handed handicap for what is a two man boat.

I agree, it's not that I'm wishing to complain that the National 12 is too restrictive in it's intended crew tally. It's more along the lines of I'm in a position where single handed sailing is a more viable option but there isn't a class of boat I'd rather sail more than a 12. A lot of smaller clubs don't have an issue with it, but Phil's suggestions sounded exciting on a wider scale.

As a preivous (briefly) N12 sailor. I know that one of the reasons I stopped sailig was the loss of my regular crew. I toyed with the idea of modifying the boat for single handed sailing before giing it up. The reason I did not do this was because I would not have a recognised PY number and I would be out of class (deavaluing my boat). 
Phil

As someone also unable to find a crew, this would make N12's more accessible for me also.

Thanks for the feedback. Best way to know is getting back in a boat and giving it a try I suppose.

Hi everyone,
I've been thinking over the possiblities of single-handing a National 12. My happiest sailing days were in an old Cheshire Cat with my brother, and I have been looking for a single-handed experience similar to 12's for a long time.
I tried, unsuccesfully, a low-rider moth - which ultimately proved too challenging. I have also read with interest about Keith Callaghan's Hadron, which looks like his vision of a single-handed Merlin. Whilst I like the general look of the resulting design, what I'd really like is a similar treatment of a '12.
I'm sure I've read on this forum before about a member who considered moving his mast foreward and ditching his jib before abandoning the idea. Not having access to any boats myself at the moment, does anyone have experience of similar? I used to do the occasional drifting race single-handed with a normal rig but in any kind of wind I'd rather just think about one sail.