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Roger Taylor and 'Mingming II'

  • 04 Aug 2013 23:44
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    Just noticed Roger Taylor has put up several more videos of his progress on Ming Ming II on his website here.
  • 31 Jan 2013 14:42
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    YM seem to have now made their article about Roger Taylor freely available here. It's a good read.
  • 10 Jan 2013 19:33
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    Good move, well done Annie, thanks. 

    There is little point in having "friends in high places" if you don't call on them when they can be useful to us all. 
  • 10 Jan 2013 14:24
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    Good, thanks Annie.
  • 10 Jan 2013 07:36
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    I've mentioned the JRA to Kieran once or twice, but not drawn his attention to the website.  I wrote today to point out that Roger would neitherhave  achieved nor attempted to achieve what he has done. with another rig and that he's fitting junk rig again to Ming Ming II.  If he replies, I'll draw his attention to the website.
  • 10 Jan 2013 00:07
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    Excellent. I think it's time we drew Mr Flatt's attention to the existence of this website, unless that's been done already? Anyone know? Annie?
  • 09 Jan 2013 20:57
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    The following may be of interest, extracted from the electronic flyer for Yachting Monthly, and written by the Editor, Kieran Flatt, about this year's London Boat Show:

    "And yet, amid all the razzmatazz, the cornucopia of kit and the pristine hulls of gleaming white fibreglass, what gets me most excited about this year's show is a tiny, weathered, 35-year-old estuary cruiser. But as readers of our December issue will know, Mingming is no ordinary boat and her skipper, Roger Taylor, is an exceptional sailor. She may have started life as a bog-standard Corribee, but she's unsinkable, nigh-on bulletproof and has ventured further north than any other sailing yacht. And Roger, her solo skipper, is not just a courageous and admirable yachtsman. In my estimation, he's one of the very best sailing writers on the planet. If you've half an ounce of romance in your soul, be sure to stop by his stand, meet the man and his boat, marvel at what they've achieved and pick up one of his books."

    It's a pity that he didn't mention that she is junk rigged ... ! 

    And I am not sure that the statement that she has "ventured further north than any other sailing yacht"  would stand scrutiny.  It might depend on what is a sailing boat and what is a sailing yacht. 

    However, it it good to see Roger Taylor and his boat so revered by the Editor of the best sailing magazine, after the JRA Magazine of course. 
  • 07 Jan 2013 23:58
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    Tis fortunate to have a power grid with poles like that, the closest we have here are "hell-fer-heavy" galvanised steel.
    I like his partners and pedestals, some real poxy&ply art shown there, inspires me to do something proper for our build.
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  • 07 Jan 2013 22:24
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    David Tyler wrote:It's also interesting that the tube is 8" diameter at the bottom. "Hell-fer-stout", I believe is the correct technical expression. But only 3" diameter at the top. I dislike masts that "flick" at the top, like a fly-fishing rod. I would have cut a little off the top, and less off the base.

    Yes, that's what I would have done too.  My mast is 8 inches or 200mm at the partners and 4.5 inches or 110mm at the truck, with a 5mm wall and an overall length of 10.5 metres, setting a sail of 35.6 sq metres.  The mast is very stiff.  I get a little flex in the top section but the bottom half never seems to move.  My wedges creak a bit at times, that's all.  Of course, Ming Ming 11 is a much lighter boat than Arion, although the same LOA, and I am sure that this mast is more than adequate.  Another way of looking at it is that his mast is the right section at the truck and oversized at the partners!
  • 07 Jan 2013 19:03
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    I should make it clear that I asked Roger for a sail plan/boat profile drawing rather late in the production process for this article and I think he sent an early draft drawing, so please don't hold him to the 32ft dimension shown. He won't have cut down the lamp post without first making sure of the measurements, I assure you, but I think what he did was to cut 14ft off roughly in order to store the spar, then cut it neatly to the required length, which turned out to be 29ft rather than the 32ft shown on the early drawing. That said, I am perhaps being presumptuous in leaping to his defence. If there is any error in the published text, I expect it's mine.
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