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That magnificent designer of beautiful boats passed away on Jersey last month, aged 92. Among so many other lovely vessels, my YM 3-Tonner Sanderling was one of his great designs, winning the Yachting Monthly's annual design competition in 1948. Obituary from the Jersey Evening Post . RIP Alan, and ...

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Mike

... much later, and for what it's worth, I understand that MG thought that his 'Lone Gull II' design was his best (even including 'Kylix').

Mike

"Round the Cabin Table" is a good read. MG was particularly noted, I think, for his writings about voyages within the Thames estuary, and for those who like those particular stories I would also recommend "Shoalwater and Fairway" by H. Alker Tripp and "Swin, Swale and Swatchway" by H Lewis Jones. Ve...

... and along the same lines, Sanderling (YM 3-Tonner) had both bilge keels and internal trimming ballast of about 1/4 ton (in the form of sash weights under the bottom-boards), and I wouldn't have done without either.

Mike

"I painted the plywood hull underneath with antifreeze(ethylene glycol) , which is like chemotherapy for rot" That sounds interesting if really true, do you have any further info on this method of treating rot please? There's plenty of information on treating wood with glycol and/or CPES as a preve...

They should cross over to avoid water in the cockpit when she heels.

I assume this is already the case, but I would certainly emphasise this point -- it's critical.

Mike

Feliciationes, Carlos. Es muy linda. (Pero me disculpo para mi español.)

Mike

Exactly what John said. Sanderling's bilge keels are raked on the forward edge, primarily to avoid snagging warps --



If I were building them from scratch I'd rake both ends for that reason.

Mike

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