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Coming ashore - I especially like the early 70's fashion. thats me in the yellow lifejacket...

finally got round to finding the rest of the pics I intended to post.....

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Here are some pictures of my father and I sailing WaterNymph in 1972/1973 at Llyn Aled SC high on the Denbigh Moors. The pictures are not the best but I think nicely capture the atmosphere of Llyn Aled  in th early 70's. Sadly the Club is no more!

pics from the internet

Entry from the National Maritime Museum website:
Designed and built by Uffa Fox for Bruce Banks, Westwind is the only survivor of the two N12s built by Fox.

She won the Burton Trophy in 1939, and in 1950 won the same Trophy here in Falmouth, skippered by Bruce Banks. She also won the Yachting World’s Points Cup in 1947, 1948 and 1950, in addition to many lesser prizes.

Found by Peter Catling and David Reid in a dilapidated condition in 1967, she was carefully restored by them, re-varnished, and equipped with contemporary fittings and one of her original suits of cotton sails.

She sailed in 1970 and 1971 and proved herself still outstanding to windward, planing easily though unsteadily in comparison with a dinghy of the 1970s.
Westwind will be the subject of the Museum's Study Boat Area from 22 January
for 3 months.

The picture from the website shows Bruce Banks winning the Burton Cup in 1950

Advertised on eBay for £550. Advert ended on 2nd December 2009 with no bids. Located in Harwich. Pics from EBay.

Located in Ayr, south west Scotland. Sold on eBay 28th November 2009 for £99. Looks like she needs some serious TLC.

More pics to follow as progress continues. A new suit of Alverbanks is on order to do the rejuvenated hull justice...and be her first suit of new sails (not hand-me-downs) since the early 60's suit of Windward sails she still has! My children are excited by the thought of sailing the boat their grand-father used to sail in! The question is what Club shall we base her at...?

Another internal shot showing bailer cutaways and sidebench supports renoved

Hull exterior being cleaned up and new centreboard slot and bailer cutaways

Here is the new hog and keel going in

Here are some views of the damaged areas cut out ready for the repair and rebuild to start

With everything stripped out Brian weighed the hull - 63kg - not a bad place to start from for a 50 year old boat!