jackh
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Do you know what's very sad, I (rather my dad) used to own a Hillyard 8 tonner ( in fact it's the one pictured here ) and I remember spending summers on the french canals or crossing to cherbourg, falling asleep on the boom after constructing intricate harnessing arrangements so that I wouldn't fall off(!) and strapping myself to halyards to pretend i was trapezing on a dinghy...
My Dad having sold the Hillyard a fair few years ago and replaced it with a seadog (At the time I was young and naive and wanted a beneteau oceanis - luckily I was ignored) if I go down to work on the dog I can see the Hillyard still on the hard, where it's now been sat for several years, slowly falling apart.
Just thought I'd share my woes...
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lescargot
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...if I go down to work on the dog...
Whereabouts are you?
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jackh
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At the moment I'm far away at University - but the Seadog (Curlew River) it on the hard in Christchurch, and will in the near future be returned to her mooring in Keyhaven.
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Sixpence
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I'm confused (easily done)
You say she is falling apart, but then that she will be moving to her mooring at Keyhaven ??
Could you explain please
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jackh
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Sorry - two different boats!!
Curlew River, our Seadog 30 will be going to Keyhaven in a few weeks, but at the moment she happens to be next to her predecessor, the Hillyard, at the boatyard.
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lescargot
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We were up at Christchurch SC last summer and met Dogmatic off Hengistbury Head on our way in. We had a run up to Keyhaven in September and were surprised to see 3 or 4 dogs on moorings when we went up, don't recall the names but presumably one was yours.
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Sixpence
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Ah right, sorry, I should have read it a little better maybe
Is it possible to get some photo's of her as she is now, and post them here so some can have a look ?. Not for morbid reasons but some of us are suckers for rescue projects and like to see if there's anything that can be saved. Almost completed my latest one but she wasn't too bad, only a few holes in her in comparison to what can be taken on.
If you want to e.mail the pics instead just drop me a line and I'll let you know where to send to. You never know with these things, she could possibly be rescued before she's driftwood.
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jackh
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I don't have any current photos of her ("Fumper" - no idea where the name came from!) at the moment and I'm currently in Oxford, but in about 3 weeks I'll be going back home to take Curlew River to her mooring, and if you're interested I can certainly take some photos and email them then. Feel free to PM me.
in response to lescargot: I'm always surprised at how many I see around (until my dad bought one I'd never heard of them) - we're moored right next to another (Soyakaze) on the Keyhaven river.
I'll admit I was sceptical when we first got Curlew River, and she's had her share of issues (this season steering failure and leaking into the aft cabin) but recently I sailed her up to Beaulieu on my own in an F6 with no autopilot (I'd broken that as a result of the earlier steering failure, but that's a different story) and she was perfectly happy going to windward on her own with me just stood on the deck watching. Fantastic. Later on I passed my cousin in a beneteau motoring into harbour because it was too windy. Ha.
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Sixpence
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Oh yes, most definately I would like to see the pic's if you don't mind, you'll find my e.mail in my profile so just send them through, and thanks for taking an interest in older boats, too many these days just want easy maintenance plastic
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jackh
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Yeah, I was in that camp a few years ago, but now I've come to the conclusion that the more things on the boat you have to take to pieces, the more you appreciate how she works. Besides, boats need character.
The date's not fixed yet, but I'll probably get those photos on the 2nd weekend of May.
Cheers,
Jack
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