Boat of the Month comments (starting from September 2012)

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  • 06 Sep 2012 23:17
    Reply # 1066150 on 1064491
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    Dan....beautiful job you did building your boat.  Great photos!!!  I rebuilt my Nic 32 and seeing your photos reminds me of my project.....one in particular l saw looks just like a photo I took....same angle etc etc....
    Thanks for the link.
    Neil
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  • 06 Sep 2012 23:15
    Reply # 1066149 on 1064491
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    Hi Brian....thanks!  Gonna go look at them right now....
  • 06 Sep 2012 23:10
    Reply # 1066145 on 1064491
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    Neil Tanner wrote:That's a beautiful picture....

    Hi Neil. Dan has given permission for us to link to his own photogallery - click here. Ther are some even better images - click the big grey arrows to step through them. And if you look through his blog (the link is in the BOTM text) you'll see he's been experimenting with spinnackers and building his own vane gear. Somehow he also found the time to get married in the last couple of months... 
    Last modified: 09 Sep 2012 22:19 | Deleted user
  • 05 Sep 2012 19:22
    Reply # 1065188 on 1064491
    That's an interesting question, Karlis. My guess is that the 34ft Benford Dory will quite probably come out with the top number of home build junk rigged boats. However, that number will be less than the number of professionally built boats, simply because for quite a long period, Newbridge Boats were making a range from the 19ft Navigator to the 26ft Pioneer, all with the option of junk rig (at least 31 in our members' boats directory). You didn't have to do it yourself, you could buy your junk rigged boat straight off the boat show stand, and that has resulted in a fair-sized fleet of junk rigged yachts up to 26ft, mostly still located in the UK. Similarly, there were the three sizes of Kingfisher yachts with junk rig offered as a factory-fitted option (19 in our members' boats directory).

    A further thought – Tom Colvin's Gazelle design was very popular at one time, and I think I've seen as many of those, in various places, as I've seen of the Benford dories.
    Last modified: 05 Sep 2012 19:26 | Anonymous member
  • 05 Sep 2012 19:04
    Reply # 1065179 on 1064491
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    Thanks for that - very honoured .
    Not sure how many have been built. maybe a dozen?! getting common!  
  • 05 Sep 2012 17:22
    Reply # 1065098 on 1064491
    How big is the Badger fleet?  Sometimes it seems like this group should be called the "Badger (and a few other boats) Association".  And always more under construction, I imagine.  

    Has anyone built any of the smaller Benford Dories as junk rigs, like the 26' raised deck dory (design 274) or the 23' sourdough (#179)?  I love the benford dories but the smaller sizes are more appealing. 
  • 05 Sep 2012 08:39
    Reply # 1064796 on 1064491
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    I too was influenced by Annie Hill's book and was also looking seriously at the 'Badger' design then David Tyler brought his newly launched 'Tystie' to our Scottish rally 12 years ago. Her sister ship 'Malliemac' should be launched in the very near future.
  • 05 Sep 2012 07:49
    Reply # 1064792 on 1064491
    If I'd known about Annie's book all those years ago I would have built a Badger as well.
  • 05 Sep 2012 03:15
    Reply # 1064633 on 1064491
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    Neil Tanner wrote:That's a beautiful picture....

    It certainly is, I'm biased though.
  • 04 Sep 2012 23:26
    Message # 1064491
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    That's a beautiful picture....

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