Well it’s raining again so no earning any boat money today. On the bright side it means a day in the shed.
Antipodean Boats Connection
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Bloody cold here. About 11C but feels like 5 with the wind. I was going to put down my first coat of deck paint, but by the time I got 100 feet of reluctant masking tape off the edges, and put another 130 odd feet on around the edges and cabins, I figured not enough time for the paint to go off before the evening dew. So I did the masking tape battle and then set about flushing the cockpit sides and floor. Painting tomorrow and Wednesday, hopefully a degree or so warmer and not so much wind.
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Re: Antipodean Boats Connection
A few years ago, we, sort of notionally, discussed the idea of having a Mirror regatta. To make it happen, we'd all have to find, buy, steal or borrow a Mirror, get them sailing, and choose a meeting/sailing place - the Haul of Mirrors. So far we've accumulated ……. two Mirrors. I have one, Duncan has one and …. Bruce sold his So, it's not quite the America's Cup but at least it's cheaper. I only have about 500 other projects happening but I still think we ought to pursue this one. So, someone ought to help by buying this https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/st-i...ghy/1222247786 which looks like a real bargain! If you need me to go and look at it, if you're really serious, then I can because it's close to my outlaws' place. No, I don't know the boat or the people and haven't seen the boat. I have nowhere to put another boat and would probably be murdered if I bought another one - which would only be worth it if it was a really good Moth.
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Re: Antipodean Boats Connection
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Re: Antipodean Boats Connection
A few years ago, we, sort of notionally, discussed the idea of having a Mirror regatta. To make it happen, we'd all have to find, buy, steal or borrow a Mirror, get them sailing, and choose a meeting/sailing place - the Haul of Mirrors. So far we've accumulated ……. two Mirrors. I have one, Duncan has one and …. Bruce sold his So, it's not quite the America's Cup but at least it's cheaper. I only have about 500 other projects happening but I still think we ought to pursue this one. So, someone ought to help by buying this https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/st-i...ghy/1222247786 which looks like a real bargain! If you need me to go and look at it, if you're really serious, then I can because it's close to my outlaws' place. No, I don't know the boat or the people and haven't seen the boat. I have nowhere to put another boat and would probably be murdered if I bought another one - which would only be worth it if it was a really good Moth.
Rick
I fully appreciate your problem, but think it's just that you're on the wrong platform for this issue. There are oodles of Mirrorists in a Facebook group called "People who love Mirror sailing dinghies" and many of them are in Oz. If some of you who happen to be in that group advertise the "Haul of Mirrors" idea there, you'd probably get more boats together. After all there is an active Mirrorist racing community in Australia.
Here in Germany that's never been the case and the Mirroristi are an endangered species so that I was delighted to be able to assemble a microfleet of three boats (http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthre...72#post5565872) last year.
This year, we'd planned to meet in Woudsend, Netherlands and four had expressed an intention to come. The weather turned crummy and in the end (too much wind most of the time, see photo), I was the lone Mirrorist and in one of just two boats that actually got to sail on one day. We spent the rest of the time sightseeing.
Here's wishing you all success in getting a BIG HAUL going.
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Yes I think there might be a Mirror fan club or two Downunder. But If I'm not mistaken the Mirror here is the vehicle rather than the object of the excercise. The object being something of an on water EBS if you will. Mirrors are cheap and available and could be a great vehicle for our little Antipodean group to get together for a day or 3 and have a bit of fun on the water.
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