Archive for September, 2010
Four Fireballs in the Front
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010These four Guy Winder-built Fireball dinghies are in for repair after the end of the summer season. Need to be ready for winter Frostbite in Dun Laoghaire. From left: 14691: a few small gelcoat repairs, new mast strut car, a few new control lines 14416: very bad gelcoat de-lamination on the hull, nicks on centreboard […]
Leo and Síle A Dó
Saturday, September 18th, 2010My friend Leo purchased a rather down at heel wooden fishing boat and is busy converting it to a sailing ketch. A tall order. Leo is a very talented carpenter and has been busy for the past year working on Sile at Hegarty’s Yard in Oldcourt, near Baltimore. After the boat was dragged ashore, he […]
Euphranzel, Fenestra, Arandora and the others
Monday, September 13th, 2010They are the seven Dublin Bay 24 footers (waterline length) that last sailed in September 2004. They had wondrous names: Adastra, Arandora, Euphranzel, Fenestra, Harmony, Perriwinkle, Vandra (sunk off Howth harbour in 1974) and Zephra and I remember seeing them sailing in the Bay. Euphranzel getting a coat of paint in the George. Designed in […]