Classic Rally 25th AUGUST - Page 2

Martin The Talker · 02-09-2010, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Delta28

Haven't had much time to sort photos, but here's a taster...

The Monaco 36 at Torquay (Number 11) - can you be so kind as to name the boat please ?

THUNDERBOLT · 02-09-2010, 12:32 PM

Hi Martin
the Monaco 36 is Louly owned by Derek McClarron and has recently been restored . She is kept in Torquay
She is also 50 yrs old as Tbolt...
we gave her 11 as that was M Giles race no and she is almost identical to one of his first entries.

Mike

Delta28 · 02-09-2010, 06:55 PM

Really nice boat. Really nice guy who owns it...

Great to meet you Derek and say hi to Barry ..(Manilow!)

..also goes by the name of Alan Perriam. Another really nice local.

Now his boat (Tornado, 23' 6" Christina) was in a worse state than mine...Now she's the fantastic "Party Boat". Very good to meet you both, want to come back soon!

Delta28 · 02-09-2010, 07:24 PM

Winner of the COPOC / MDL Classic Revival Rally "Concours d'Elegance" was Felix and Wanda McHenry's "Frivola"...

Taking-part in the 1964 Cowes-Torquay, this 33' Fairey Swordsman is lovingly cared-for in every detail, right down to the on-deck herb garden!

Congratulations Felix and Wanda... and a big thankyou to the Fairey Owner's Club for such a good turn-out in rather trying conditions

Last picture shows a good one of the cruise ship... and there's one behind that can carry a few people too..

Delta28 · 02-09-2010, 07:39 PM

A close runner-up in the concours and a great favourite of mine is Tim Seward's Levi-designed 27' "Blue Corsair"

It was very difficult to compare older, well looked-after boats with this relatively (2002) new one... though that's still eight years of the corrosive effects of salt water, damaging sunlight and general wear-and-tear... she looks brand-new!

Martin The Talker · 02-09-2010, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Delta28

Really nice boat. Really nice guy who owns it...

Great to meet you Derek and say hi to Barry ..(Manilow!)

..also goes by the name of Alan Perriam. Another really nice local.

Now his boat (Tornado, 23' 6" Christina) was in a worse state than mine...Now she's the fantastic "Party Boat". Very good to meet you both, want to come back soon!

Those are some great pix - I remember the Morgan Giles Monaco's, & thats an early one, a 36.
Later on they built longer ones, & also a (shorter) 27 footer too.

That Christina (Tornado) - its been "converted" to a format thats rather un-Christina like. Might it be based at Weymouth, for I belive several are used there for fishing, off the 'Bill.

I will see you & get some prints of TQ, plus, if I may, one of Paper Tiger - thats one smart boat now - better than new IMHO !

Delta28 · 02-09-2010, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Martin The Talker

That Christina (Tornado) - its been "converted" to a format thats rather un-Christina like. Might it be based at Weymouth, for I belive several are used there for fishing, off the 'Bill.

I believe Alan is based in Teignmouth... He's done a brilliant restoration. When i first saw Tornado, I thought she was new aswell..!

I'll burn you a CD, if you like. My camera does great stuff close-up and is easy to use (it has a good Leica lens) but fairly useless at sea..!

Martin The Talker · 02-09-2010, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Delta28

I believe Alan is based in Teignmouth... He's done a brilliant restoration. When i first saw Tornado, I thought she was new aswell..!

I'll burn you a CD, if you like. My camera does great stuff close-up and is easy to use (it has a good Leica lens) but fairly useless at sea..!

That would be most kind - I owe you a drink then !

Delta28 · 02-09-2010, 08:37 PM

Cheers for that!

I owe several drinks to Paul Fairall who took me and Lynne out on the "fly-past" around Torbay.

Paul's Huntsman 28 is of 1962 vintage and I think I'm right in saying, was once owned by Charles Currey. She raced in the '62 Cowes - Torquay.
Thankyou Paul...that made our week! ... another fantastic boat, lovingly looked-after. Give us a shout if you want a hand when the new engines go in..

Delta28 · 02-09-2010, 08:41 PM

Paul's wonderful Huntsman..."Here and Now"

Delta28 · 02-09-2010, 10:28 PM

Just a few more pictures..!

Looks like those wartime MTB shots... prepare to attack..

Plus a nice one of the immaculate Miss Daisy..waiting for the others!

burgundyben · 03-09-2010, 10:15 AM

If anyone has any good shots of Fairey Huntsman Playtime II '333' I'd like a copy. Sadly our camera has a big smudge on the lense and all out pics are blurred.

It was a great rally indeed, despite the awful weather, thanks of course go to Mike and John and COPOC for all their efforts.

But most of all, thanks to Wanda to helping me get a hotel room for 2 nights in such bloody awful weather, the cabin windows were leaking and my wife was getting fed up with being wet.

For me, Louly and Tornado were both great to see. Mike's done a fab job of Thunderbolt, a few little niggles and she'll be flying.

As ever, be careful with Felix Pimm's.

Delta28 · 03-09-2010, 06:51 PM

Here you go...

Sorry about the quality. Other ones' where we were at sea, I had to try and zoom due to the distances away and you only need a little movement... so some of my shots were blurred I'm afraid.

Maybe some of the proper photographers got some shots?

Black_Tornado · 03-09-2010, 07:04 PM

The CTC has captured the interest of many threads with pictures but it's nice to see these old Ladies of the Offshore beautifully preserved and restored.
Congratulations to all participants in this Classic Rally in Torquay!!

BTW do you know something more of the Levi #17 ?

burgundyben · 03-09-2010, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Black_Tornado

BTW do you know something more of the Levi #17 ?

Yes, its a Levi Corsair, built 2002, 'Blue Corsair', with a pair of KAD43's, it's very very fast. A Corsair wore 17 in the CT race many years ago so they wore 17 for the run.

Ourselves, Playtime II 333, Here and Now and Blue Corsair ran from Yarmouth down to Dartmouth on the Sunday before, spent a couple of days in the Dart then onto TQ.

I've had playtime for nearly ten years and I'm a dyed in the wood Fairey man, but I could be tempted by a Corsair.

Black_Tornado · 03-09-2010, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by burgundyben

Yes, its a Levi Corsair, built 2002, 'Blue Corsair', with a pair of KAD43's, it's very very fast. A Corsair wore 17 in the CT race many years ago so they wore 17 for the run.

Ourselves, Playtime II 333, Here and Now and Blue Corsair ran from Yarmouth down to Dartmouth on the Sunday before, spent a couple of days in the Dart then onto TQ.

I've had playtime for nearly ten years and I'm a dyed in the wood Fairey man, but I could be tempted by a Corsair.

I strongly suspect that was one of the Corsair built from a vintage style design of Levi in recent years.
A very nice boat.

Delta28 · 04-09-2010, 09:45 AM

Rear Commodore’s Report... Part One!

By now you must be heartily sick of my ramblings but someone’s got to tell the world...

Anyway, a forum thrives on input, so here it is...good, bad, or indifferent!

As you have no-doubt already seen, the 50th Cowes – Torquay COPOC / MDL Marina Developments Classic Revival Rally didn’t really get-off to an auspicious start... The weather had “other plans” for us...

The Rally was supposed to set-off from Cowes on Wednesday morning... Given the forecast, the official run down was cancelled. But some heroic skippers had already set-off from Cowes early in the morning and some of the more local boats had already arrived too. It was a wet, miserable afternoon – then the Red Arrow’s display was cancelled due to the low cloud. Great. Effing Marvellous...

However, we were brightened-up by the welcome at the Royal Torbay Yacht Club. A few drinks and a chance to warm-up and exchange views made a world of difference. Shame about the squelching..

We returned to this worthy institution for our Reception in the evening. A “Finger Buffet” that was so lavish it was definitely a “knife and fork” job...possibly also requiring a butcher’s meat cleaver! A measure of how hard Mike James had been pushing himself to get Thunderbolt there came when he told me that this was the first decent meal he’d had in a fortnight! Yet he only looked mildly exhausted...Then, halfway through the evening some people in red flight suits came and joined us... The Red Arrows pilots had come to say hello... which was nice...

At the end of the evening, having prized / levered / hauled wayward wives off intelligent, witty, good-looking young men (though one was a girlie!) in their red flight suits (I now have firm instructions to get a red boiler suit...but somehow I don’t think I’ll have the same effect) we trudged back to the alleged grandeur of the Imperial Hotel. Tomorrow had to be better...surely ?(..and don’t call me Shirley)

Delta28 · 04-09-2010, 09:57 AM

Rear Commodore's Report Part 2...

Thursday morning was cold, dull and overcast - but positively tropical, compared to the day before! The boats looked quite impressive moored alongside the Haldon Pier..Our thanks to the Harbour Master for the hospitality and the prime location...

The parade of boats, postponed from the day before, was rather majestic.. a sort of sedate “burn-up” round our end of the bay and a good photo opportunity. The classic boats at speed were a wonderful sight, headed by Thunderbolt, the 1961 Cowes – Torquay winner! Well done Mike..you made it!! In fact, well done to all the owners and crew who turned-up, no matter what, for without you supporting this event we’d have looked pretty silly and it would have been a “bit of a flop”!

One of the most difficult tasks that I have undertaken for the club was to assist with the judging of the Concours Trophy. All the boats entered were of a very high standard, lovingly cared-for and special in different ways. Proud owners showed us into spotless cabins and engine room floors you could “eat your breakfast from”...but we had to make a call and for overall welcome, hospitality, gardening skills, condition for her age (the boat, not Wanda!), the attention to detail and making Uncle Albert AND Captain Birdseye feel inadequate, we awarded the COPOC 50th Cowes-Torquay Revival Rally Concours d’Elegance Trophy to “Frivola”! Congratulations to Felix and Wanda McHenry... The Isle of Man and Isle of Wight (and the Fairey Owner’s Club) will be proud of you. You obviously care a great deal for that splendid vessel and it shows!

Delta28 · 04-09-2010, 10:29 AM

Thunderbolt...

Delta28 · 05-09-2010, 12:42 AM

Thursday evening and time for the Gala Dinner and a Charity Auction to raise funds for “Help for Heroes”

We were privileged to welcome Dag Pike as our Guest of Honour, aboard Thunderbolt in the day and at the Imperial in the evening. He gave an excellent speech, regaling us with tales of past races. What particularly stuck in the mind was the vision of him navigating for Fabio Buzzi who, after making a mistake with not switching-over fuel tanks, drove slightly furiously to make-up time for the rest of the race... visions of Cesa 1882 at 110+mph..! (didn’t want those fillings, anyway..) Needless to say, they won. Nice one, Dag. Great Speech. Your support and interest are much appreciated.

There was a nice touch from John Iddon and ‘Trina: naming the tables after the first ten Cowes - Torquay winners, rather than just using numbers... A special thankyou must go to Charles Lawrence for the excellent Entrant’s List and Update, together with a very special Commemorative Menu. Dinner was taken and more speeches made, then followed some excellent (and sometimes outrageous) bidding at the auction – especially for the fantastic autographed Red Arrows picture! Thanks go to all the people who raised funds for our chosen charity. At the last tally it was in the region of £4000.00 ..Well Done!!

Alcoholic beverages were consumed (reshponshibly) and I got the impression people enjoyed themselves... Overall I think we did our predecessors proud ... though if we go back, we’ll have to re-create the “racing down the stairs on tin trays” and get a shark for the swimming pool !

Apologies for the "photos"...unable to get scanner going again