tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26037538936699430612024-02-02T21:05:01.641+00:00SAILING MARGHERITA - a Willow Bay "Shilling"Notes and pictures relating to my Willow Bay Boats "Shilling", a 17ft long gaff rigged cutter.Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-37690771167604998212021-06-20T15:01:00.001+01:002021-06-20T15:01:51.882+01:00Back in the water again at last!<p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 2020 sailing season did not happen for me at all. Covid lockdowns delayed the work being carried out on Margherita by the boat yard in Poole and my ability to get there. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I finally brought Margherita back home in August and spent a week or so re-fitting all of the cleats, brackets, jammers etc that make it all work. I could not have floated her before mid- August at best </span><span style="font-family: arial;">and It felt to me that it was not worth bothering. So, looking very smart, she went back into her barn for the winter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">What was done? a complete make over really. Dick Phillips of Willow Bay Boats made a new centre plate in bronze (damn the expense) to replace the rusty steel one. The boatyard stripped all antifoul from the hull and copper coated it before fitting the new plate and cloth sealing gaskets in the keel, retained by the keel irons. Using Epifanes two pack paint, the topsides were repainted in white and the deck and coach roof in Oyster. All varnish work was given a couple of coats of Epifanes two pack as well. The boot line was deepened and changed from blue to black to better match the copper/green of the new antifouling. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">All in all, she looks very smart I think. Apart from some fading of the wood here and there, she looks like new again</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrBtPdoZA27fGtBGhyphenhyphenmifIIARA8BBRVnc-qnRu9obRTnDTme-7WQobGourLa2kX4ruDzCItMsTWaVhYozJ9-py0RuteBeocgxOXf_LOQZQany2Vy4s6vp0Y2tqIxNUQV48susgU17p3E/s2048/20200916+reassembled+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrBtPdoZA27fGtBGhyphenhyphenmifIIARA8BBRVnc-qnRu9obRTnDTme-7WQobGourLa2kX4ruDzCItMsTWaVhYozJ9-py0RuteBeocgxOXf_LOQZQany2Vy4s6vp0Y2tqIxNUQV48susgU17p3E/w442-h248/20200916+reassembled+3.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2pST_Pr2l3mNGGhPGtYPq6gFTAbaYTwPfLPALpWySVTzitbt-bl0ffQNMa7qJL5VNGRZm7UTtkRqvj829rZGK83XRVBlEM7oB_orwXoZe9Ql80jwMXe2EA1agDccFlRyKT4GZSmyTlY/s2048/20200916+reassembled+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2pST_Pr2l3mNGGhPGtYPq6gFTAbaYTwPfLPALpWySVTzitbt-bl0ffQNMa7qJL5VNGRZm7UTtkRqvj829rZGK83XRVBlEM7oB_orwXoZe9Ql80jwMXe2EA1agDccFlRyKT4GZSmyTlY/w439-h246/20200916+reassembled+2.jpg" width="439" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVf97NYTTs01x77lxUKVJ0YeqO4DuXEI7usmaQbXq_kZITN5JtCXPLvTDmb_unbAWVuFU9Inou6Xi8RVjzAKajo4QvTtSNaM9ncY3VRuMCqN33udVeek4W1Of8OabPRvB3ajVqhqYH5Y/s2048/20200916+-+re-assembled+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVf97NYTTs01x77lxUKVJ0YeqO4DuXEI7usmaQbXq_kZITN5JtCXPLvTDmb_unbAWVuFU9Inou6Xi8RVjzAKajo4QvTtSNaM9ncY3VRuMCqN33udVeek4W1Of8OabPRvB3ajVqhqYH5Y/w436-h245/20200916+-+re-assembled+1.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br />I launched Margherita for the 2021 season at Salterns Marina in Poole in late May, delayed by a bout of awful weather. I slept on her in the marina overnight to finish sorting rigging etc. before putting her on the mooring the next day. She looked lovely - in my eyes at least! <p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-IvIq44XNx98tHqYbyo5y8gQ1U9qk9xgnxUEKU-4iuJVTSoOKa-6ZZP-8ajmrcBm_T0hizDK7KhLGQheHccvdsGr5qI6PTv9BNxYdaHpuxZVh4nukGIIJ-3T-cLcS4EmdFPLTfQ-vAY/s2048/20210526_174503+%2528002%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-IvIq44XNx98tHqYbyo5y8gQ1U9qk9xgnxUEKU-4iuJVTSoOKa-6ZZP-8ajmrcBm_T0hizDK7KhLGQheHccvdsGr5qI6PTv9BNxYdaHpuxZVh4nukGIIJ-3T-cLcS4EmdFPLTfQ-vAY/w479-h269/20210526_174503+%2528002%2529.jpg" width="479" /></a></div><p>What have we done together so far? In early June I sailed her some 20nm East to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight to attend the OGA Solent Gaffers annual Regatta. We cancelled it last year and had to modify some of the socialising for this one but 59 boats showed up! I was away for a week. I don't race her but did crew for friends on a couple of lovely Golant Gaffers. If you have never seen one of those - google it and take a look.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigi3BL_f3u5lK0uIcJYDZsm0GoTe-rYbeMdPoa0tgdQfue1L-NvwZBReuh_QYRk70VrIK81Fjd25im-xGsUBvpfQdxPyWSFfdcKekSwGNhyphenhyphenlcm_oY8AAvv58lmza4HF2Au-S0yA-eNkvM/s2048/IMG_5066+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigi3BL_f3u5lK0uIcJYDZsm0GoTe-rYbeMdPoa0tgdQfue1L-NvwZBReuh_QYRk70VrIK81Fjd25im-xGsUBvpfQdxPyWSFfdcKekSwGNhyphenhyphenlcm_oY8AAvv58lmza4HF2Au-S0yA-eNkvM/w311-h415/IMG_5066+%25282%2529.JPG" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />The new Bimini works well at giving me a bit of privacy in a marina and keeping rain out of the cabin while I get in and out.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjSayfLvhq8xQh16ZCaY4g8SRJLjJLoarphP-LRb5xxwkmtr0rqEZtC3SLAsaIE98dpNwfEYfnHQJA9sPkQSH84iOAZosdmedWjMFoAZCov2r5D-WMp0jXWojIgZuOOwTGxARECQZuTY/s2048/IMG_5067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjSayfLvhq8xQh16ZCaY4g8SRJLjJLoarphP-LRb5xxwkmtr0rqEZtC3SLAsaIE98dpNwfEYfnHQJA9sPkQSH84iOAZosdmedWjMFoAZCov2r5D-WMp0jXWojIgZuOOwTGxARECQZuTY/w456-h342/IMG_5067.JPG" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKERCXcpQ1iDB0tzM0k9OIMEMEWvkASA6-OmPqk9526zxLoEXvfZEqhuEzC_WO8UzSSao8MItaBVZ_BC8xSeRKsxt3Jg0TAjb4sq4ZrSYQAMha8kxc2jDWc7BkNjRQA0lVivvIJ_z2ZcY/s2048/IMG_5068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKERCXcpQ1iDB0tzM0k9OIMEMEWvkASA6-OmPqk9526zxLoEXvfZEqhuEzC_WO8UzSSao8MItaBVZ_BC8xSeRKsxt3Jg0TAjb4sq4ZrSYQAMha8kxc2jDWc7BkNjRQA0lVivvIJ_z2ZcY/w436-h327/IMG_5068.JPG" width="436" /></a></div><p>Finally, last week I spent a couple of days just sailing around Poole Harbour and enjoying the boat going well in a decent breeze on a calm sea. 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I was moored on the harbour side of Studland peninsula and this is looking West towards Furzey Island. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXe_aumtX8_ZIBo_wkbQ35dsuAYPrFSsNeBnJ1azqRyQ1CedIMI3TveDWaecWUegjYfYA4zRfHKPJAz3TGQ-O9zAePJm0KJF8OvQSxqXIV7NoTMAZsChp-9-RARnUm138lVrDkkbdR_oo/s2048/20210615_203429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXe_aumtX8_ZIBo_wkbQ35dsuAYPrFSsNeBnJ1azqRyQ1CedIMI3TveDWaecWUegjYfYA4zRfHKPJAz3TGQ-O9zAePJm0KJF8OvQSxqXIV7NoTMAZsChp-9-RARnUm138lVrDkkbdR_oo/w481-h271/20210615_203429.jpg" width="481" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8l_NfKgSUsXoxqvc0MvvRFgN4WtTc-mCRCtYZlRzB4Q_yXBespRih-Z7xFnrae74Dy1F-WJPFwfvEbdavTsLHfU7DqUTO1Id-Ni4PTy_JE25PukDdfHXKSSmOFWUEThRYNAdwVZ2CXA/s2048/20210615_213543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8l_NfKgSUsXoxqvc0MvvRFgN4WtTc-mCRCtYZlRzB4Q_yXBespRih-Z7xFnrae74Dy1F-WJPFwfvEbdavTsLHfU7DqUTO1Id-Ni4PTy_JE25PukDdfHXKSSmOFWUEThRYNAdwVZ2CXA/w482-h271/20210615_213543.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">More adventures to come, I hope!</p> <p></p>Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-78768251062785841052019-12-02T19:41:00.004+00:002021-06-20T15:03:32.861+01:00A Video on "My Classic Boat", new sails and a paint job<span style="font-family: arial;">Time passes by so fast and its ages since I posted here. A few things have happened since my last post. Firstly, I treated Margherita to some new sails. The two headsails were pretty rough after 11 years out in the weather so I asked Peter Sanders of Lymington to quote for new ones. I ended up thinking I may as well replace the mainsail too. With a slightly longer bowsprit as well, the overall result is much better headsail separation and a boat that points better and is faster in a given wind (below and up to hull speed).<br />
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The second thing that happened in 2019 was that I met a man called Bob Aylott at the Solent Gaffers Yarmouth Rally in May. He operates a web site called "My Classic Boat" on which he posts short videos of people talking about their boats. He interviewed me at Yarmouth and later in the year came down to Poole to shoot some scenes of me sailing around in the shallows of Whitley Lake. The result can be found here.... </span></div>
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The third thing was that I finally had enough of crawling under the boat on her trailer sanding down antifoul and putting on new. It kills me these days. In any case, 10 years worth of self-eroding was starting to come off in lumps and I could not face stripping it back. This, coupled with worrying corrosion on the steel centre plate led me to book her into Traditional Shipwright Services in Poole. She will get a new Bronze centre plate, a copper coated hull and a full paint and varnish job. I re-do the varnish regularly, but the paintwork has lasted since 2008 and is now showing signs of fade and failure on corners. The bill is rather eye-watering, but everything should now last me out I think. To keep costs down a bit, I stripped her bare before delivery. Should look smart in 2020!</span></div>
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Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-68717740835896916732019-05-16T19:55:00.001+01:002019-05-16T21:31:15.448+01:00Under my last post the question was asked if I needed a preventer to stop the rudder hitting the outboard prop. I do as they will clash and the alloy prop machines chunks out of the plywood rudder blade. I know this for a fact.... The pictures show the preventer in its two states, active, around the tiller and passive with the loop passed around the starter cord handle, in an attempt to eliminate the chances of running the engine without the preventer in place. The two Samson posts are very useful for mooring up and are strong. They go down inside the hull, and are glued to the transverse frame. The main sheet arrangement was my attempt to avoid an intrusive metal horse or a rope one that gets in the way of the tiller or allows blocks to clatter around on the deck etc. You can see it in the last two pics.<br />
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<br />Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-23582641912088426462019-03-03T18:46:00.000+00:002019-03-03T18:46:02.955+00:00I have been asked about portlights and pumps fitted to Margherita. The bilge pump Is a Whale Compac 50 and is mounted in a fixed portion of the cockpit floor/sole. The outlet goes out to starboard, through the side of the cockpit (into the internal accessed stowage area) 90 degree bend then piped up to under the seat base and out through the side of the hull.<br />
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The portlights were supplied by Timage in UK and are chrome plated brass. They do open but I seldom do as sealing them is a pain as the rubber seals are hard. They are screwed to the cabin sides from inside the boat and the outside rim is dressed with a screw - on chrome trim. They are shown on the Timage web site at http://timage.eu/marine/portholes-hatches/92-art8-round.html#/116-porthole-8c_chrome_12mm_spigot. But I am not sure if they still do them. They are also on Norfolk Marine's web site. I have two different diameters Timage ref 8B00C and 8C00C. I cannot access the boat to measure the dia at present - ask if you want me to and I will do it next month.</div>
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Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-43899691241604382952017-11-28T10:04:00.000+00:002017-11-28T10:04:39.108+00:00Some design details of Margherita<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have been asked how I stow my anchor on the foredeck. Here are some pictures of what I came up with. The lashing goes through two eyes screwed to the foredeck. The anchor holds well, with 2m of chain and rope</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also, I got Phil Swift to alter the cockpit stowage. Instead of small lockers with lids, I asked for lidless lockers with enough room to stow a 12litre fuel tank on the engine side and warps and fenders on the other. Works a treat and allows easy quick access. I also added two Sampson posts to the cockpit rear for mooring up etc. Very useful. Other shillings have the aft Henderson hatch cover in the deck. I thought this to be both ugly and impractical so I have it in the rear cockpit bulkhead. looks better and allows easier access to spare warps and fenders etc. stowed inside.</span><br />
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Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-60215580952850061812017-09-21T22:20:00.001+01:002017-09-29T17:38:59.086+01:00The start of 2017 - bigger bowsprit<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Over the winter, I got Dick Phillips of Willow Bay Boats to make me a longer bowsprit. The aim was to improve the separation of the staysail and jib. The clew of the jib tended to sit on the staysail when sheeted in half way (sort of when on a beam reach). I played with an old bit of 2 by 2 with the boat in the garden to see what looked reasonable. I ended up with a mere 8 inches/200mm longer. But it makes a big difference. the sails set better and the boat looks longer and sleeker. She is now 20ft/6.1m over spars! First two sailing pictures were taken by Alan Robertson, the last one by Peter Edgington. Thanks guys.</span><br />
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<br />Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-13965122095554511442017-09-21T22:05:00.000+01:002017-09-29T17:39:28.564+01:00Round up of the rest of 2016<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am not very good at keeping up with this am I? 2016 was a pretty good season and I did a couple of trips up to the Solent for old Gaffer Association meetings, including "YOGAFF" at Yarmouth and a meet up at Beaulieu. In September I went back to Cowes for the Annual Race and Rally. I do not race "<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Margherita", but I do crew for Tony and Sally Kiddle on their Golant Gaffer "Step back In Time" Anyway, here are some pictures..........</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">surfing along in the Needles Channel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goose-winged foresails on a windy day, running with the breeze from Poole to Keyhaven</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moored up at Newport Isle of White</td></tr>
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Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-45025295449781367402016-05-17T20:34:00.001+01:002016-05-17T20:34:28.989+01:00The 2016 Season begins<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I retrieved Margherita from her winter barn storage at Easter. I was able to do the odd maintenance task and varnish removable items, but as I have to work on the hull in the open, the varnishing of cabin sides and bulkwarks was frustrated by awfully variable weather during April. One minute too hot, then too cold; or a day with a 10 minute shower in the middle! Anyway, it all got done in the end. The hull white paintwork is still in pretty good nick, as is the cream of the superstructure. I gave most of it a light T-cut and polish, which livened it up again. There is some fading and dulling of the light cream paint used, most evident when I touch up the odd ding. It is all Epifanes two pack polyurethane, which is very nice to use. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One interior addition this year was to make and install a small rack for the tea and coffee making materials. It was an interesting exercise in spiling to get the components to match the compound curves of the hull. The piece of foam is to stop it all going walk about while being towed to Poole. Not sure if it will be needed when sailing.</span><br />
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I launched Margherita into Poole Harbour on May 6th, which was warm and sunny. My first trip out was over the weekend of 13-16 May. Three cold nights on board, huddled in my sleeping bag with most of my clothes on. I did get some good sails though, and bedded everything into place ready for the season. Here are a few pictures taken while moored at Shiptall point in Poole Harbour.</div>
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season produced some strange weather, but overall I had a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spent 43 nights on board Margherita (185 now
since first using her in 2008) and about 36 days sailing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of that disparity came about from being
stuck in Yarmouth after YOGAFF (see earlier entry). The last big event of my
season was……. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This was
probably my best and longest cruise yet, taking me from Poole to Portsmouth and
back over the 8 days and nights I was on-board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I left Poole on Tues 1st of Sep and made good progress towards
Christchurch, on a brisk NW breeze and favourable rising tide. I had lost some
of the rising tide waiting to get off my drying mooring so I knew it was going
to be tight getting past Hurst Castle before the ebb set in, but I decided to
go for it anyway rather than stop at Christchurch….how hard can it be? Well,
quite hard actually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the time I got
to the lighthouse at Hurst the ebb was well under way and I snuck through close
to the shore with full sail on a broad reach and the engine flat out, making 0.5
knots over the ground at one point, surrounded by lots of eddies and small
standing waves making hissing noises. I was happy to eventually turn the corner
to port and get into Keyhaven harbour out of the way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I picked up a vacant buoy, just astern of the
lovely Ed Burnett-designed “Zinnia”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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Sep, I drifted, sailed and motored with the tide along the mainland shore of
the Solent, into Southampton water and into Ashlett Creek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somewhere I had never been to before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tucked in behind a line of oil tankers and between
the derelict Fawley Power Station and the refinery, it does not sound idyllic,
but it is a lovely little spot, complete with a tide mill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I moored on the Ashlett Sailing Club pontoon
for the night, and was made most welcome.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I arrived at the top of the tide, which stood for ages - and then
vanished rapidly, leaving a vista of deep, deep, mud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a good supper with a friend in the tide
Mill, I found that Margherita had settled at a jaunty angle onto the edge of a pre-existing hole in the mud
, which made sleeping rather uncomfortable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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Sep I waited for some water to re-appear (it took ages) and after lunch motored
across to Cowes to berth in Cowes Yacht Haven for two nights. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was cold, grey and windy. Several of the
Gaffers fleet had already arrived, including the Secretary, who plied me with
gratefully received hot cups of tea. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On
Friday 4 Sep, the rest of the gaffers began to arrive and it was nice to see interesting
boats and old friends again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The marina
also filled with lots of Fairey Marine powerboats, who were also having a rally
on the back of the Cowes-Torquay race that was starting on Sunday. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all had supper in the Island Sailing Club,
and as the sun set, saw the ghostly shape of the Russian three-masted Frigate “Shtandart”
waft in to the harbour.</span></span></div>
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was the Solent Old Gaffers Association (OGA) race day, to Portsmouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do
not race as it has never really appealed to me and, from what I have observed,
gaffer racing is often afflicted by too much wind, or too little wind, or a
foul tide, or buoys in the wrong place - or indeed any combination thereof.
While the racers this year struggled with adverse currents and falling wind, I
had a perfectly pleasant sail from Cowes to Portsmouth and In company with a
few others, I was all settled in Haslar Marina by lunch time on a bright sunny
day. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Supper and prize giving at a local
restaurant was the usual hilarious and good natured evening.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On Sun 6<sup>th</sup>
Sep the fleet dispersed again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spent
the morning at the excellent Submarine Museum and departed Haslar after lunch,
motoring out of the busy harbour with some trepidation, before hoisting sail
and heading for Ryde pier and then to Wootton creek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a slow sail against the wind and
across busy shipping traffic, so I motored the last part and moored on the
Royal Victoria Yacht Club Pontoon, intending the stay the night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it was bouncy and exposed to ferry wash,
so I motored to the top of Wootton Creek and, after stopping for a cup of teas
with Dave and his wife on Maude (we had been at the same rally) I moored in the
shallows and settled down for the night. I was having a bad mud week as I was
awoken to find the boat at a strange angle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When I looked out, all was flat mud, except for the ditch that was under
my bilge keel!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Up at 06.30
on Monday and motored out to Wootton fairway buoy where I raised sail in a
decent early morning breeze to sail across Osborne bay and back past Cowes. I
misjudged the path of a large container ship that came rather too close and
produced a tsunami-like wash that I was able to ride by turning into it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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rose, the wind dropped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I motored across
the busy Cowes fairway and sailed and drifted gently with the tide to the Newtown
River, gifting the NT £17 for the use of one of their buoys for the night (it
is in a good cause).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A very still, sunny
and hot afternoon (32c on the cabin thermometer!) spent reading in swimming
trunks…in September.</span></span><br />
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Sep, I was up at 06.30 and under way by 8.15.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A cold sunny morning, with a 12kt easterly breeze - ideal. Hurst Castle
by 9.30 and a decent sail to Hengistbury Head before the wind began to die out
again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A frustratingly slow sail to
Branksome Chine and then losing the favourable tide made me give up and motor
into the harbour before a gentle breeze allowed me to sail into Lovells Lake,
where I enjoyed a sunny warm afternoon reading a book. </span></span><br />
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Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-12518308500341405172015-07-14T23:26:00.000+01:002015-07-15T09:45:06.558+01:00Introducing the Florin - Margherita on steroids!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For a while now Phil Swift, who designed the Shilling, and Dick Philips who now builds them, have been discussing a larger version - now christened the Florin. Part of the rationale was to offer better accommodation for the crew and also enhanced value for money as the labour to build a 21 foot boat is much the same as that for the 17 foot Shilling. I have been fortunate enough to be party to several design meetings and I have to say, Phil is doing a great job and Florin looks as sweet as Shilling does and should sail as well too. Here he is with the model he has made to develop ideas on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although only four feet longer, Florin is materially larger than Shilling. Here is the Florin model along side Phil's original Shilling model.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was really brought home to me at YOGAFF when I found myself moored alongside the first production Shrimper 21. It was significantly bigger than Margherita in all respects - and much bigger than a nearby Shrimper 19 too. The cabin interior layout was hugely better than the 19, which I have never rated very highly. Looking at the pair of them, I think that the Shilling is far the prettier boat and I think that Florin will outshine the Shrimper 21 in every way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was a write up about the Florin in the May/June 2015 Issue of Watercraft Magazine. from where these drawings are taken. Meanwhile, detail design continues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want to know more, contact Dick Philips at Willow Bay Boats, who will happily build you one - at a very keen price for the first customer!</span></div>
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Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-63506938121053778192015-07-14T22:35:00.002+01:002015-07-15T09:49:28.260+01:002015 already.....Well, time flys doesn't it?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are looking at this Blog to learn more about Shillings, perhaps to buy one or have one made, take a look at the earliest postings where you will find lots of build photos and other details.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I never intended this Blog to be a blow-by-blow account of everything I do with my Willow Bay Shilling "Margherita", but I am a bit ashamed of one post per year!. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I keep a diary (not really a log) of what I do and, to date I have spent over 150 nights on board since 2008 and a similar number of days sailing. I have learned to live with and love little Margherita. she does everything well and is much admired. Any limitations are mainly down to her modest size, but as I mostly sail on my own, she works for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In summary, 2014 was a good season for me with several trips to the Solent for Old Gaffer Association events, and lots of local trips too. 2015 has started well with another successful YOGAFF at Yarmouth, although I spent rather longer there than planned due to ferocious Westerly winds. When I did sail back to Poole it was in the company of several Yarmouth 23s, which quickly fell behind in my wake, and a friend in a lovely Yachting World 5 ton cutter with which I was neck and neck all the way to Poole. Margherita is fast when you have a decent breeze and calm(ish) seas.</span><br />
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Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-6244002000624482142014-07-05T20:31:00.003+01:002014-07-05T20:31:40.166+01:00Yarmouth IOW and the Old Gaffer's "YOGAFF" Rally<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Wed 28 May, Tom and Catherine Taylor in "Marjory" and myself in "Margherita" left Chichester early in the morning to sail to Cowes. It was a grey drizzly day with an uncomfortable stiff wind over tide chop and was a hard beat all of the way. We spent Wednesday evening in Cowes Yacht Haven, drying ourselves out. On Thursday, we had a pleasant broad reach under grey but dry skies to Yarmouth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On arrival, we were efficiently e</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">scorted to our pontoon berth amongst a growing fleet of Gaffers all dressed overall. This was our first YOGAFF and it had </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">attracted over 100 entrants, ranging from the Thames Barge Alice and the Pilot Cutter Jolie Brise.... all the way down to us! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The whole town was alive with people and activity. Some seemed in keeping with the boats and the sea, and there was some good street music but much was (in my opinion) tending to street market tat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the evening the YOGAFF organisers held a welcoming drinks party on the pontoons and on Friday evening they held an excellent nautical music evening at Yarmouth Sailing Club, recapturing much of the fantastic atmosphere of the OGA 50th Rally the year before at Cowes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday morning there was the great YOGAFF race....but very little wind! the fleet sailed and drifted over a shortened course for an hour or so and there was much confusion. Tom entered Marjory with a borrowed crew, I did not. At the evening prize giving in the Royal Solent Yacht Club, it was announced that Tom and Marjory had won their class....and the overall race on handicap - beating three times Fastnet winner Jolie Brise!!! Tom was amazed and delighted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Rally dispersed on Sunday. Tom and Catherine left early to get the easterly flow of tide to Chichester. I left at 13.00 to get the flow westwards past Hurst Castle. Another hard and lumpy beat with wind over tide to Poole, arriving at 7pm, cold and damp. I moored up in the harbour and fell on a tin of heated up beef stew .....and a whisky. Back onto my mooring at Sandbanks on Monday June 2nd. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All in all, a great trip from Chichester and a fantastic time at YOGAFF. I will do it again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On 15 May, I towed "Margherita" from home and launched her at Emsworth Yacht Harbour, in Chichester Harbour, and moored her in their marina for a couple of weeks, before sailing back to Poole. I had her hoisted in with a crane, which looked rather scary! </span><br />
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following day I met up with Tom Taylor and his Shilling “Marjory”; the first one
built by Phil Swift in about 1998. Together over the next couple of days we did some exploring of the harbour, and later sailed to Bembridge
for a night. It was very crowded and we were forced to anchor on the beach. which had a hideous cross current. Never again! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tom knows Vince Powell, who
now owns Ten Bob (Shilling number 10 and the last one built by Phil Swift) and he keeps
her at Emsworth too. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, on 16 May w</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">e three met on the Emsworth visitors pontoon where Vince was puzzling over the mizzen rigging. Tom offered some advice..... </span><br />
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Bob (Shilling number 5) with Matt Andrews on board. Quite by coincidence he had
launched at Langston Harbour and sailed to Chichester – and he was as surprised
as we were! Five Bob is marginally longer than my Shilling at 17 ft 3 inches, and has her engine in a well. This works well for Matt as he keeps her on a trailer most of the time and does not suffer fouling problems, but it is in the water all of the time he is sailing, which must affect performance a bit.</span><br />
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mud of a falling tide and, after being joined by Vince, the four skippers spent the evening drinking Matt’s wine and comparing
boats, before dispersing next morning hoping we could all meet again in the
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were 99% certain that this was the largest gathering of Shillings ever accomplished and it represented half of the existing active fleet. Well done team!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tom and I spent some time sailing together in Chichester Harbour exploring places I had never visited before. It was surprisingly large and very attractive - but very busy on the Sunday. The tides were a bit of a shock after Poole, with a 4M range at Springs and a ferocious current in the entrance! The two boats were surprisingly well matched despite different rigs. With a decent breeze the cutter rig of Margherita made her a bit faster upwind, but we were never more than a few hundred yards apart. This matching was even more evident in our later sail together to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight ( a later post I think). </span></div>
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On Thursday Aug 15th, I set sail at 07.30 in a SW F4-5 again. I ran close inshore to Cowes under goose winged head sails and no main. Margherita goes well like that and I was at Cowes by 11.15. The rally organisation was superb and all boats were assisted into their allocated berths by teams of volunteers in RIBS. To my delight, I was berthed well inside the marina, next to Tom and Catherine Taylor and their Shilling Marjory (who I had met earlier in the season at Newtown Creek). During the afternoon the sun shone and the marina became more and more active. The OGA completely filled it, as well as part of Shepherd's Wharf. It was a splendid sight and one that I am unlikely to see again in the UK.</div>
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The rally finished on Sunday, with a wash up meeting and presentations to all of the round Britain crews, and boats began to depart. I decided it was too blowy for a beat to the west and elected to stay until Monday. I left Cowes at 10.00 on Mon Aug 19 and, with a reef in the main, had a wettish beat to Keyhaven, arriving there at 13.00. As the tide was still under me, I kept going and reached Christchurch at around 4pm, where I stayed for the night. On Tues 20 Aug I sailed back to Poole and my mooring. </div>
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By far the best and longest cruise yet with Margherita, with 7 days afloat and 7 nights on board.</div>
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Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-12933519203802234422014-02-19T14:12:00.001+00:002014-05-10T14:44:48.273+01:00A trip to the Solent and a meeting with "Marjory" - July 2013<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided to take advantage of a spell of settled weather to attend an impromptu gathering of boats from the Old Gaffer's Association in Newtown Creek on the Isle of Wight. Setting sail from Poole on Thursday 4 July, I ran in front of a F4 and spent Thursday night anchoin Christchurch Harbour, before heading for Hurst Castle and the entrance to the Solent early on Friday morning. Those who know these waters will be aware that, ideally, you need to get to the Hurst race with the tide either slack or gently beginning to move in your direction - especially in a small boat like mine. Through lack of wind, I motored most of the way and got through with the tide just beginning to run against me. From there it was a gentle two hour motor to Newtown Creek. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those reading this who have been there will know that it is a beautiful spot and very popular with people from all over the Solent. Here are a couple of Pictures of the scene around my National Trust Mooring (£15 per night)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was interesting to compare the two boats, built 10 years apart. Mine has more built-in bouyancy and hence less space below, but I have a lower centre box top which makes it easier to move about in the cabin, I think. Overall though, it was encouraging to see how well Marjory was ageing - well done Phil!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Beaulieu River is beautiful. After Roma and Helen departed on Monday morning, I motored 2 miles or so up river to Beaulieu Abbey, home of Lord Montague, which is the limit of navigation. Amazing houses on the river bank.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Wed July 10th, I sailed around for a while before mooring in the shallows off Brownsea and cleaning ship. Then back to the mooring. A great trip all round, with 6 nights on board and new friends made.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, 2013 was a <u>much</u> better sailing season and I took "Margherita" to places she had never been before, as well as making new friends. I launched in Poole on 31 May and took her home on 8 October. Between those dates I enjoyed 26 days sailing, spent 24 nights on board, made one trip to Christchurch and two to the Solent (more in a later post). For those few souls who were wondering, my "new for 2012" but untested commode-cum-bucket toilet works OK.....provided you are careful. It enabled me to perform my ablutions in relatively crowded anchorages without embarrassment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is me sailing around near my mooring while talking to Chris Boxer on his Wh<span id="goog_240158804"></span><span id="goog_240158805"></span>arram Catamaran "Skinny Dipper". He kindly took the pictures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, all that was accomplished in 2012 was varnishing and the construction of a new experimental and as yet untested toilet which is a cross between a "bucket & chuckit" and a comode (see below). Looking on the bright side, all I have to do this year is antifoul again. I have to get afloat in 2013 if only because I have entered in the Old gaffers Association's 50th anniversary rally at Cowes in August.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">When I was discussing the build of Margherita with Phil Swift, I was keen to fit in a Porta-Potti. however, even the smallest available was a stowage nightmare, let alone the problem of using it without mishap. So, we settled on "bucket & chuckit" and I stow a bowl under the cockpit sole. The picture above shows the cabin in normal sitting mode. The idea for the toilet shown below was to see if I could get more privacy by rigging up something in the cabin for those times when one is not moored up in isolation somewhere. The picture below shows the toilet base sitting across the side supports that hold the seat base when it is raised to form the head of the port sleeping berth. The seat base stays in its low position and I moved the cushions out of the way for obvious reasons. When not in use, the toilet base stows under the seat base rather neatly. The plastic bowl, with its plywood lid, stows under the cockpit sole as before. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Meanwhile, on a more uplifting note, and to help me remember what it all feels like on a good day, here are a few pictures of Margherita anchored up in sunshine during 2011. I hope for the same in 2013. </span></span></div>
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Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-16125309636220740512012-02-11T17:27:00.000+00:002014-05-10T14:50:59.301+01:00Improving Margherita<div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Hello again. You can tell that I am not much of a Blogger as I have been silent after that first burst of enthusiasm in 2008. Since then, nearly three sailing seasons have passed and I have made good use of Margherita in and around Poole, sleeping on board for some 70 nights in total. I have not been too far afield; to Lymington once, Christchurch Harbour a few times, and to Swanage on day sails. But it is always fun to sail such a lovely boat, even if only round in circles! Since 2008 Margherita has had a write-up in both Practical Boat Owner (summer 2010 issue) and Watercraft Magazines. I have also made a number of improvements and additions to Margherita that have worked well.</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">Here are a few that may be of interest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>Transom height.</strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> The first improvement was to cut about 35mm off of the transom top to lower the engine further into the water. Phil Swift did this for me (I lacked the courage!) over the winter of 2008/9. It is still a bit too high but the clamping screws are almost on the deck so it is not possible to lower further. The shape of the boat and its light weight means that if you go forward by more than a few feet, the engine lifts out of the water and you get cavitation and lose cooling water pumping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Cockpit Tent</strong>. This was designed by me using lots of bits of rope to get a workable space envelope and then patterned up and manufactured by Dawn Morgan who trades as "Cover Girl" in Swanage. She made a good job of it. What I wanted was somewhere to put stowage when two people were sleeping in the cabin, or for when I needed a bit of privacy or weather protection. You can see that it ties under the raised boom (I have put a whipping on the topping lift rope so that I know when the boom is at the correct height) and fastens to the hull throught the scuppers in the bulwarks. I did not want holes or hooks in the hull. The four corners have adjustable buckles the rest use Velcro loops. You can tie the sides up to allow some fresh air in but when it is all battened down you need to be sure of your anchorage as you cannot see much of what is going on around and about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Adjusting the trim.</strong> Margherita is very much a small yacht not a big dinghy, and she sits in the water with solidity. This is aided by a 50kg steel centre plate and by around 90kg of steel punchings in 4kg bags.T</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he boat builder and designer Phil Swift came up with a very neat way of stowing the ballast. He made two boxes that are bolted to the transverse frames and take the weight, rather than it sitting on the hull. Each box has a curved base to match the hull shape and is divided up into 9 compartments and has a lid that ties down firmly. I have moved ballast to starboard and forward to better balance the 25kg outboard and she sits almost level to the waterline now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Cockpit and Sail Covers</strong>. I had these made in Windermere when the boat was being built and they work well. The sail cover was initially too big hence the rope around it but was reduced by the maker and now fits well. The cockpit cover was a work of art and fits brilliantly. Keeping Gulls off is another matter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Mooring</strong>. She is moored much like the many shrimpers in the harbour, with the header chain clipped to the D ring that goes through the stem (and also carries the bobstay) However, a rope strop from the Samson post joins the chain via a shackle that is placed far enough down to make normal loadings go to the boat via the strop, and the chain only takes load in a heavy blow. The chain goes to a swivel and thence to the sinker. As you can see , my mooring dries at low tide.</span><br />
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Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-9231845662388165582008-10-22T14:16:00.005+01:002008-10-22T14:30:31.643+01:00Some Design Details of "Margherita"<div><span style="font-family:arial;">1. <em>Stowage of long items.</em> On other Shillings I looked at there was no where to stow long items such as a boat hook except on the side deck where it would catch the sheet ropes or you would fall over it. On Margherita we made cut outs in frames 6&7 in either side of the cockpit just above seat base height to allow such items to be stowed out of the way behind the seat, under the side deck. This works really well and reduces clutter. You can see this in use, as well as fuel stowage arrangements, in the cockpit shot in my second post.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYXlspFoBxdW1KdBrCDbPKjUatkcu6_cHKI_d3106cBBFaEfau7_Oc8mdJAVjgogO_TMWTc4U3lgPOpl2KWeNXp7jdSSCGzNzLEL4Jkbw30_Sovo6b3ZMqeg5Wp1bAmi3RGfJRsyTwwU/s1600-h/wcraft+107.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259969050983324530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYXlspFoBxdW1KdBrCDbPKjUatkcu6_cHKI_d3106cBBFaEfau7_Oc8mdJAVjgogO_TMWTc4U3lgPOpl2KWeNXp7jdSSCGzNzLEL4Jkbw30_Sovo6b3ZMqeg5Wp1bAmi3RGfJRsyTwwU/s400/wcraft+107.jpg" border="0" /></a>Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-73737375925381546672008-10-16T14:16:00.006+01:002008-11-11T10:07:24.080+00:00Taking Margherita Ashore for the Winter<div><span style="font-family:arial;">Some of the weather in September was as good as July should have been and it went on until around mid-October.</span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42Y4hcHotWRr-6c52MU0TpLtvCr_Zeq8bmOghjy7s5FoWbbj5eYCwmoMyvt5TP4fipEpccZZaH3iKkvuAkbZbSPIV80qWZeDtKEsVkcYqFqUMHrcqHt9dyJdMPKlqDP0EP4ZqlP6XiqE/s1600-h/IMG_1868.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257742482319368642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42Y4hcHotWRr-6c52MU0TpLtvCr_Zeq8bmOghjy7s5FoWbbj5eYCwmoMyvt5TP4fipEpccZZaH3iKkvuAkbZbSPIV80qWZeDtKEsVkcYqFqUMHrcqHt9dyJdMPKlqDP0EP4ZqlP6XiqE/s400/IMG_1868.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:Arial;">After a final sail on 8 Oct in brilliant sunshine and gentle winds, I took Margherita out of the water the following day, using the hoist at a local marina - it is easier if more expensive!</span><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHjunhAZXAE-VPuj1DFW4he4xrMoNSjhL3OIMVl2lrPzTFPs5gph3H4OnJK2LdaMiU74S40keYG72tB-GwmM72MgDDVumvwwqtuE6fBttvU4rXXDycRsMVLFA8YXwoQOpTvh01VzYInM/s1600-h/IMG_1897.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257741945584364546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHjunhAZXAE-VPuj1DFW4he4xrMoNSjhL3OIMVl2lrPzTFPs5gph3H4OnJK2LdaMiU74S40keYG72tB-GwmM72MgDDVumvwwqtuE6fBttvU4rXXDycRsMVLFA8YXwoQOpTvh01VzYInM/s400/IMG_1897.JPG" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257743443526943810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6kaaG2F6GzmB2ph3sAjkCIqggqtjQSTdcavH1evO8HtD0m2-Hi626uM6j4d7cpeEOVY4_9fvcdlrRpTwjoCkHZfZ5B7bnecSfl4r9Ocjroot3HUykzX4htbgppeeaNibyeMKr-NKuqo/s400/IMG_1570.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267338893270123858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXD5MwrvRdoQSOQ25r5dGPDUCUXfcm4_qFIlJMlix8jr46kXNLlllH01R2aGRVd1VrJEVR2dRjs6Rnd3hh4qR7dVY7uWJj3VVncZBsiMJSATTiFTIBrhKWi09fecW6x063xQ3W090Ot1A/s400/IMG_1519.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div>Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-73830863232825709462008-10-02T21:34:00.033+01:002014-01-23T12:28:33.000+00:00Building Margherita<span style="font-family: Arial;">Margherita is a "modern" wooden boat, held together largely with epoxy. The hull is cedar strip, covered in glass fibre inside and out and all of the remaining structure is marine ply and solid mahogany (or the modern sustainable equivalent!) Mast and spars are Douglas fir. and fittings a mix of bronze and stainless steel, Phil Swift, who runs Willow Bay Boats in Cumbria UK, designed the Shilling and builds them pretty much on his own. A clever man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">She is 17ft long over the deck, 19ft with the bowsprit; 6ft 6 ins wide and has a draught of 13 inches with the centre plate up and 3ft with it down. Sail area is approximately 170sqft. The lines were scaled from the Deben 4 Tonner, which originated in the 1930s on the east coat of England.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1. The hull is planked with 12mm thick cedar strip over the frames. Frames are covered in gaffer tape at this stage to prevent the hull skin sticking to them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">2. With the hull planked, it is faired using sanding boards ready for covering with glass fibre cloth . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">3. The hull is filled and faired again after covering with epoxy and glass fibre, and the keels fitted </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">4 - 6 After inverting, the frames are removed and the inside of the hull cleaned up prior to sealing with a layer of glass reinforced epoxy resin. The frames are then glued in place and the fit out gets under way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">7. The picture of her in the water was taken minutes after the first launch. You can see that the cabin is small, but there is room for two to sleep, as well as a small cooker and lots of stowage - but no toilet other than a bucket! </span></div>
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Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603753893669943061.post-60934300944067575642008-10-02T21:20:00.031+01:002008-10-19T19:24:16.768+01:00September/October 2008 - Getting To Know Margherita<span style="font-family:Arial;">Margherita is my new yacht. She is a "Shilling" 17ft gaff rigged cutter made by Willow Bay Boats. A company run by Phil Swift, in Cumbria England. His workshop is in an old barn close to the edge of Lake Windermere. Phil started building her early in 2008 and I took her home on August 11th, after a test sail on the lake</span><span style="font-family:arial;">. I think she is a thing of beauty!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Although late in the sailing season, I launched her on 28 August on the south coast of the UK, where I belong to a yacht club and have a swinging mooring. She sails really well and looks lovely. Phil has done a great job building her and she is much admired by fellow club members and passing yachts. September and early October have been good weather-wise and I have been able to sail her for around 15 days and have slept on board for around 10 nights.</span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257439004980728402" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 407px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 276px" height="305" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCjH7L6MBHFDcSOkgEqZeMQ6Sbpo04JW1AhcyPDKFu6t9A5sJ904LpgNtYNquE_UftkSBi95MYztblOWXp9MshGjCuj2FxZORMeNNO6QDHUwJmzx1U2dp_T_7fqr1N3NPOQXtsnXeAOg/s400/IMG_1863.JPG" width="407" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITFbmVq6dT0h-K7HBfwYuCVUwnKcxhbvpn-iP8G7zp12s1hyphenhypheng_Pl7AqXIoQWSwSk6KABo5h5JPJg4wL4jj8rDK4bsFxokez9QUFFagEWOdX85iPADzVnLz8QCp31kBIIVIQ__w1KRiDw/s1600-h/IMG_1834.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252657051032829282" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 406px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 276px" height="257" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITFbmVq6dT0h-K7HBfwYuCVUwnKcxhbvpn-iP8G7zp12s1hyphenhypheng_Pl7AqXIoQWSwSk6KABo5h5JPJg4wL4jj8rDK4bsFxokez9QUFFagEWOdX85iPADzVnLz8QCp31kBIIVIQ__w1KRiDw/s320/IMG_1834.JPG" width="373" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5GW3tRmmJOt0-fgENuQ8NpJQtI4ymLM0ltrUfmpgnyAlibmpfQNXW9h3o9AFn4768cnUn8XX70SDWemZ2ZJqyWl9ZpqYd2Q_ZI0vcfBJwcGc2JqsybTfAonw04vsdMCV4BmkF4M_u-lY/s1600-h/IMG_1826.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252656573196676610" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 406px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 296px" height="289" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5GW3tRmmJOt0-fgENuQ8NpJQtI4ymLM0ltrUfmpgnyAlibmpfQNXW9h3o9AFn4768cnUn8XX70SDWemZ2ZJqyWl9ZpqYd2Q_ZI0vcfBJwcGc2JqsybTfAonw04vsdMCV4BmkF4M_u-lY/s320/IMG_1826.JPG" width="399" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchxhO0PfiCHnU_XqJ3spRyCjnsbSiErllcLUdwwkwEMT_zDfuFbFOtNGcxqATMbups8axNQ8HJ6io5H_TZWCigGFGtlyYdeTvq2keR371ArEfEeTAo_Q6caIsHZj3YJWvqfqyKGCGvaw/s1600-h/IMG_1824.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257684543746363602" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="285" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchxhO0PfiCHnU_XqJ3spRyCjnsbSiErllcLUdwwkwEMT_zDfuFbFOtNGcxqATMbups8axNQ8HJ6io5H_TZWCigGFGtlyYdeTvq2keR371ArEfEeTAo_Q6caIsHZj3YJWvqfqyKGCGvaw/s400/IMG_1824.JPG" width="406" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The cabin is small, but plenty big enough for one person to live and sleep; and two if sufficiently friendly. The design is clever in that the base boards of the two berths are lowered during the day to form the bottom and back of two seats that give a comfortable sitting space</span>. <span style="font-family:arial;">There is stowage each side of the cabin and more under both the side seats and bridge deck accessed from inside. The centre plate box is low through most of the cabin (same height as the berths) and fully sealed. The plate is raised and lowered using a rope and block system in the bridge deck.</span> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CNvmQEGqCoLxZYPwH1JpvrXyNiTMVd1KxzIqnch1yfUUA0AKADCndeBkMLLcGW-t2Mc5JTkDd9wW8nYJgqsSA7A-gB-SWw5JZxzqMKQz-_eDZ9rYMmZMYBXT9Ar1njhkDMjJyvwPvv0/s1600-h/IMG_1695.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257683075214865858" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="304" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CNvmQEGqCoLxZYPwH1JpvrXyNiTMVd1KxzIqnch1yfUUA0AKADCndeBkMLLcGW-t2Mc5JTkDd9wW8nYJgqsSA7A-gB-SWw5JZxzqMKQz-_eDZ9rYMmZMYBXT9Ar1njhkDMjJyvwPvv0/s400/IMG_1695.JPG" width="409" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-GgfIIwE4-TBxyP0eL46hd4AL0dLhYC2tEM94N_NdPyY_9F0_78TG73R44V7leFwWpBUiSvV3TmeYC27cWuyFrOYU52JVBbD2ub6_hYvU-xiLIaoVJVsYBu3UBLzmImPvza-kyvJ0O8/s1600-h/IMG_1716.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257693427963875634" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="310" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-GgfIIwE4-TBxyP0eL46hd4AL0dLhYC2tEM94N_NdPyY_9F0_78TG73R44V7leFwWpBUiSvV3TmeYC27cWuyFrOYU52JVBbD2ub6_hYvU-xiLIaoVJVsYBu3UBLzmImPvza-kyvJ0O8/s400/IMG_1716.JPG" width="412" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffzFoDNAafoY9cT25c4jtQUtI6zJr5c2ZNwKeDHRDltUKnBZsOd4EX11bWRjfBR61lUXzl_IXGbs2nbEyS1heIC6jidxXdIt7pkY1Q6fEPLVWKh7V2ah-GivCtdyeBwQNHqtzMi6Qog0/s1600-h/IMG_1704.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257692076468513906" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="306" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffzFoDNAafoY9cT25c4jtQUtI6zJr5c2ZNwKeDHRDltUKnBZsOd4EX11bWRjfBR61lUXzl_IXGbs2nbEyS1heIC6jidxXdIt7pkY1Q6fEPLVWKh7V2ah-GivCtdyeBwQNHqtzMi6Qog0/s400/IMG_1704.JPG" width="411" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The galley is simple, with a single burner "Origo" spirit stove. I have fitted thermal insulation all around the stove to protect the boat.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFqwoNzAWEToLLw2v5CvuVt51-WMnT34dxUl9IPvKR0hqYktTj6avAuo6dUCL_Or79E5QTJ_ku7nVSTLdfJZnaLruXXmGoINcuGBte2uZ9yKBk3J3Ph0FZQXlk6Fdz-I9WGq6tC1yfEPM/s1600-h/IMG_1701.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257681876920308754" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="308" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFqwoNzAWEToLLw2v5CvuVt51-WMnT34dxUl9IPvKR0hqYktTj6avAuo6dUCL_Or79E5QTJ_ku7nVSTLdfJZnaLruXXmGoINcuGBte2uZ9yKBk3J3Ph0FZQXlk6Fdz-I9WGq6tC1yfEPM/s400/IMG_1701.JPG" width="414" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Keeping the simple theme going, I have avoided hard-wired electrics in favour of dry cell battery power. For lighting I have used Osram "Dot-it" LED lamps bought in B&Q, my local hardware shop. They work OK and you can see to cook, work and read - but the light is rather cold. They are fixed to the structure with blue-tac.to avoid drilling holes or damaging the paintwork.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjIzn1gQuVcZsPGfymEDdwA0xFeK5i-L6UFCyhC2EJf9BtCbMyuAD9kSpGXD0a_186cqunK4Ait7x0b-vU1YIkhAEYsG4ql6gUn87ePaea17LeFM8kx05WEHLmsJICixzIxR8_3Das5Q/s1600-h/IMG_1729.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257681513230475906" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="312" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjIzn1gQuVcZsPGfymEDdwA0xFeK5i-L6UFCyhC2EJf9BtCbMyuAD9kSpGXD0a_186cqunK4Ait7x0b-vU1YIkhAEYsG4ql6gUn87ePaea17LeFM8kx05WEHLmsJICixzIxR8_3Das5Q/s400/IMG_1729.JPG" width="413" border="0" /></a><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The cockpit is large enough for two in comfort and three at a pinch when sailing. There are three sealed buoyancy come stowage areas and two open ones. One of the latter holds a 12 litre fuel tank and the other ropes and fenders etc. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1YPEYs797dDgilB6pnbeIcLtYy19DpCLRixf0g4Dqas6dhu8sAD4hRmL6-woaHHVzd84X440rhJz-CwDa8IJWJLsAzzq0MeNSHGUVYMtSs4cLbYOLmDOxlBGMzhjm32ikR1751TYcaw/s1600-h/IMG_1703.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257692326865180674" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1YPEYs797dDgilB6pnbeIcLtYy19DpCLRixf0g4Dqas6dhu8sAD4hRmL6-woaHHVzd84X440rhJz-CwDa8IJWJLsAzzq0MeNSHGUVYMtSs4cLbYOLmDOxlBGMzhjm32ikR1751TYcaw/s400/IMG_1703.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">At the end of the day, happiness is sitting in the cockpit,with a glass of red wine in hand, watching the sun go down.....</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoghEOBBY2D_F_QCHs5OKQfrD0wGOzSrGnTTwxNbjIbmEhwfY9yE0-K-KfWs1r7YYZY9wHd-qa4taXWopk1rwAtGrXHdf6HYftn4X0Hep45yTE8HMw3QZYbYYLrtWdYiPBag2Wl0rzRU/s1600-h/IMG_1856.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257689166644418258" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="308" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoghEOBBY2D_F_QCHs5OKQfrD0wGOzSrGnTTwxNbjIbmEhwfY9yE0-K-KfWs1r7YYZY9wHd-qa4taXWopk1rwAtGrXHdf6HYftn4X0Hep45yTE8HMw3QZYbYYLrtWdYiPBag2Wl0rzRU/s400/IMG_1856.JPG" width="413" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjIzn1gQuVcZsPGfymEDdwA0xFeK5i-L6UFCyhC2EJf9BtCbMyuAD9kSpGXD0a_186cqunK4Ait7x0b-vU1YIkhAEYsG4ql6gUn87ePaea17LeFM8kx05WEHLmsJICixzIxR8_3Das5Q/s1600-h/IMG_1729.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Willow Bay Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16124120287776755998noreply@blogger.com0