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PeterSibley
09-28-2009, 03:13 AM
Has anyone sailed on her ?

I've been rereading the Marie Michon thread ,
http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97232,
and have realised that Frank Mulville's Iskra is another boat of the same type .I've read two of Mulville's books ,"Dear Dolphin " and "Single Handed Sailing " and am quite impressed with his writing and his boat .

Does anyone else have experience with Iskra ?
Andrew Craig-Bennett
09-28-2009, 05:25 AM
Haven't sailed on her; but I certainly knew Frank and saw him aboard her pretty regularly.

She was an ordinary comfortable old Hillyard; he was inordinately proud of his ancient diesel which I recall was an Ailsa Craig.
PeterSibley
09-28-2009, 06:02 AM
Andrew , how similar would she be to MM ? He doesn't give much detail although there are few very good photos in WB 53 and 67 .

The profile below WL looks quite similar but with a higher topsides perhaps ?
Andrew Craig-Bennett
09-28-2009, 06:06 AM
Rather lighter displacement, I would think. About the same as Mirelle but not as pretty!

(To be honest I thought of her as a slab sided old box!)
PeterSibley
09-28-2009, 06:12 AM
Oh cruel ! High sided and without much curvature to be sure ...is that the same ? But she must have sailed well!
Andrew Craig-Bennett
09-28-2009, 06:13 AM
About the same as Mirelle. When surrounded by racing smacks, she would appear to be standing still!
Bruce Hooke
09-28-2009, 08:54 AM
Reminds me of a line I heard about a small schooner up in Maine.

Q: How's she go to windward?

A: Not much.
Art Read
09-28-2009, 10:20 AM
Andrew? Do you know Frank's son Adrian? I've done several passages with him in the past and would love to "catch up"...
Pete Thomas
10-24-2009, 05:18 PM
Adrian can be contacted through Oyster Marine-Ipswick UK. We sail Transcur which Frank had before Iskra. Wrote a book Terschelling Sands.
Andrew Craig-Bennett
10-24-2009, 05:54 PM
Hello Pete, nice to see you here!
Andrew Craig-Bennett
10-24-2009, 05:55 PM
Pete is being modest; he does not just sail Transcur; he rebuilt her from the keel up, and sails her very well.
PeterSibley
10-24-2009, 07:24 PM
http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL282/9443996/17245530/376639332.jpg

http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL282/9443996/17245530/376639330.jpg

http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL282/9443996/17245530/376639328.jpg
Don Kurylko
10-25-2009, 01:38 AM
Hmmm……novel helming position in that last photo. I guess that’s one way to cope with a heavy helm.
PeterSibley
10-25-2009, 01:44 AM
It looks as though there is just enough to support his back , a cunning arrangement !