Agree with the above, well done Yvonne really good job. I thought I was going to miss George's consummate professionalism, but honestly - i don't
The magazine is indeed in safe hands.

kind regards

Keith (1840)

Hi Liam,

Many thanks for dropping the key back to the hotel.

cheers

Keith 1840

Hi Liam,

Its me

The hotel is the Wight Hotel, which is on the Avenue in Sandown, You kindly dropped me there on the Saturday evening. If you are willing to take it back I would be most grateful.

many thanks

Keith 1840

Gordon, It is a great pity that you are stepping down as chairman of the class. You came into the role under sad circumstances, but made the role your own and in your own style. You managed to covey your enthusiasm of the class to new and existing sailors alike and encourage them which, with the hel...

Hi Andrew, In anser to your question - they could be sailing! fibreglass while not immortal is very close to it. The article attached shows a day yacht submerged for 2 years - pulled up - restored and now winning races. http://www.ericgreeneassociates.com/images/Boat_Longevity.pdf Recent article in ...

Stuart I have a solution to your problem of pulling the boat up the beach with more weight, fit a drogue or sea anchor hung off the rear beam, they are quite light, could I helpfully suggest the 3 metre diameter one. http://www.lalizas.com/product/31-sea-anchors-drogues/2849-professional-sea-anchor-...

The accuracy and the precision between weighing devices has worried me a little in the reporting of the weights. Commercial calibrated (calibrated by standard weights) load cells, e.g. 100Kg maximum weight has a typical variability of 0.025% or 8g in 30 Kg, but I came across the article below that s...

Liam,

Nicely done.

A noble line of British films: The Third Man, Lawrence of Arabia, Chariots of Fire, Life of Brian, Local Hero and the Sprint 15 Promo.

regards
Keith 1840

I have only just noticed - being dim, that the fantastic photos are by a larger number of talented photographers than previous stated: - Cindy Chung, Pauline Love, Yvonne Pike, Rosy Snell and Brigitte McKenna - Thank you to all of you and the ones I still may have missed.

Keith 1840

Special thanks to Cindy & Gabriel for the excellent photographs, they really are great pictures - Many thanks.

David - for the Mac, I just use ctrl "click" and "download the image as". Have not worked out a way of getting them into i-Photo yet.

kind regards

Keith 1840

Hi Dave and Jane, The fleet, well known for its fashion sense, vary quite a bit. At one end there is the "Shanklin dandy" Paul G, who spares no expense, to the downright scruffy (no names to spare blushes). Many wear a breathable drysuit all year round, which is good if you always tend to ...

Hi Stuart, You are no doubt retiring to keep up the production of your elixir of eternal youth! It has been a real pleasure sailing with you, although to be fair I was only ever near you in a race if you capsized, and you stopped doing that after a while. Safe journey and enjoy your travels. Keith 1...

A big thanks to all the team at Seasalter for a brilliant event, great courses, great hospitality and enough to do to stop the rescue boats crews from getting board, including the honour of towing in our very own Chairman. Very nice to have a Seasalter "light winds" event :D regards Keith ...

Just like to add my own thanks at an open meeting brilliantly organised and to all the members of Marconi who helped land the visitors boats by wading chest high in freezing water, this prevented a bonazar for boat repairers! Who would have thought there could such large waves that far up an estury ...

Big thanks to all at North Devon Yacht Club especially the rescue crews. Thanks for towing me off the sand bar and standing by after the capsizes. Really glad that Brian from windsport was at the nationals otherwise I would have gone home on the first day. I don't remember breaking so much stuff in ...