GrahamD
Junior Member
Hi all, have been following this forum for many years and have taken the plunge and joined.
Have never owned a boat (apart from a Mirror Dinghy and a couple of Canoes), but followed the Offshore and Inshore races from the late 60's all through till the late 80's. I spent a short time as a part-time freelance photographer in the early 80's and got onto the press boats at Cowes, Poole and Bristol a few times. I had a few things published in the two Magazines at the time. Also had a poster produced of "Brut" which was distributed around the venues of the races in Britain at the time !
Before that in the late sixties and early 70's I used to visit the Cowes Torquay race with my day (I was around 13-14 at the time and loved going around Souters Yard, Groves and Gutteridge and even got a visit to Enfield Marine !!)
I still have many of my slides and Negs and am now starting to sort them out as a lockdown project, now I'm retired. When I find something of interest, I'll post on here in the pictures section !
One thing I think I've got but will have a good hunt for is a shot of the original Miss Enfield, taken from the ferry leaving Wooten Creek, when she was going, I assume her first sea trials - If I can find that I'll post it !!
Thanks, Graham
Have never owned a boat (apart from a Mirror Dinghy and a couple of Canoes), but followed the Offshore and Inshore races from the late 60's all through till the late 80's. I spent a short time as a part-time freelance photographer in the early 80's and got onto the press boats at Cowes, Poole and Bristol a few times. I had a few things published in the two Magazines at the time. Also had a poster produced of "Brut" which was distributed around the venues of the races in Britain at the time !
Before that in the late sixties and early 70's I used to visit the Cowes Torquay race with my day (I was around 13-14 at the time and loved going around Souters Yard, Groves and Gutteridge and even got a visit to Enfield Marine !!)
I still have many of my slides and Negs and am now starting to sort them out as a lockdown project, now I'm retired. When I find something of interest, I'll post on here in the pictures section !
One thing I think I've got but will have a good hunt for is a shot of the original Miss Enfield, taken from the ferry leaving Wooten Creek, when she was going, I assume her first sea trials - If I can find that I'll post it !!
Thanks, Graham
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