RumPunch Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Must have been pretty breezy with the downwash though. Original in Norwich Air Museum - Whirlwind HAR-10 out of Coltishall at .... ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springsong Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 NBYC Wroxham Brosd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulo Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Obviously an early Three Rivers race. No wind, so favours called in. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumPunch Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 1 hour ago, bubble said: NBYC Wroxham Broad? I thought that, or possibly Rollesby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizG Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Although the trees don't look right I would say Oulton because several keel boats have W on their sail. The start line is too wide for a river start?Sent from the Norfolk Broads Network mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrundallNavy Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Are they not Dinghy’s, Looks like Fireballs Merlin Rockets and Wayfarers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizG Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Are they not Dinghy’s, Looks like Fireballs Merlin Rockets and Wayfarers.I see what you mean but the W on the right has a gaff?Sent from the Norfolk Broads Network mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 I would call it a "Gunter" rather than gaff. I remember in the 60's Gunter rigs were very popular and quite a few sailors who were not bothered by a little loss of performance or adhereance to their one design converted to Gunter. The reason was to be able to store the spars onboard, within the boat made for much less trailer problems. Gunter was very popular with the early dinghy cruising fraternity. Also folk tend to see a W on a sail and say "Wayfarer" but there is a smaller boat also designed by Ian Procter called a "Wanderer" however it too was Bermudan rigged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 The W on the sail is a Waveney One Design and the W distinguishes it from the Yare and Bure One Design, known as a White Boat. There is also the Broads One Design, known as a Brown Boat, which races mainly at Oulton and also at sea off Lowestoft. They are indeed Gunter rigged. I would guess this photo was taken at Oulton and shows the day moorings for racing dinghies on the jetty at the Yacht Club. I think you can just see the corner of the clubhouse behind the Waveney sail on the left. Coltishall was still operating Whirlwinds on SAR duties in the early seventies and I think they converted to Sea Kings in around 1976. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Obviously an early Three Rivers race. No wind, so favours called in. What I would have given for one of those when I did the 'Three Rivers Crawl' - A Chinook would have been better though. I was on HMS Antrim in 77 and she still had one of those paraffin parrots as we used to call them Griff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumPunch Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 Surely a Wessex then Griff ? ( my other hobby ) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kron Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 23 hours ago, Regulo said: Obviously an early Three Rivers race. No wind, so favours called in. Is that not everso slightly cheating?? 🤔🤷 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 31 minutes ago, Kron said: Is that not everso slightly cheating?? 🤔🤷 So how many have a good vindaloo the night before just in case??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 48 minutes ago, Kron said: Is that not everso slightly cheating?? 🤔🤷 No more than the leaf blower he took. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQ Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Oulton broad , I'd say taken just the the right of where this picture stolen from the Waveney Class web site was taken, but looking across to the same set of trees. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Surely a Wessex then Griff ? Yes, it would have been, nice models btw Griff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Looking back at the original image this is the building of which you can just about see one yine corner. Sorry I can't find one from quite the right angle to show the trees but they would have changed a lot by now anyway. A number of Elm trees were taken out there IIRC during the Dutch Elm crisis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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