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We needed to test getting he on oand off the traler and a see how she handled on the water – we spent hours rigging her up and makeing a list. Once lauches the river was running too fast and high to venture out under the bridge so we thought a potter around the marina…
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Not happy with the boats name, we took the decision to rename her. After much debate we took Nancy’s grandfather’s boats name – the ‘Odd Times’ and carried on the tradtion – it also works a pun ‘Odd Times II’ but it isnt really meant as that. The Ship Registry was dealt with and a…
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The canvas cover needed some love and the zips and tapes on the cuddy needed a lube up It also becomae apparent that the width of the bunks was going to be a problem for me as a side sleepers and would need expanding. The jackstays didnt seem right and the cover had been cut…
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How does it all work – what goes where and how do you make the sail go up? Tape measures out!
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So after looking at Ruby we thought it would be good to test one out make sure it sailed well and we liked the experieince, Also a huge consideration was Shackle, out black lab who is still young and has been on a yacht and a canoe and seems ok but has never been dinghy…
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Whilst at the coat on holiday we decided that time had come for us to get a boat again. We have had several from single handers to performance raceing dinghys but this time it would be a traditional dayboat – a trailer sailor with space for sleeping and a keel or heavy centre board. We…
