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  • in reply to: Road Base. #3172
    Oliver Shaw
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    Not sure what you mean by the “standard” trolley,  as there are several different ones.

    The one with the rather nice twin cradle arrangement,  with padded vertical ends to the main cradle which give lateral support to the hull and can assist with docking, is essentially a West Mersea Trailers design,  although there are some clones of it around.

    Try West Mersea Trailers,  or Mersea Trailers (NOT the same firm  –  very confusing),   http://freespace.virgin.net/trailer.sales/,    http://www.merseatrailers.com/home.php;   or Chris Brown, http://www.cbcoverstore.co.uk/.

    A launching trolley with a more basic arrangement of chocks is (or at least was) made by Rapide,  as part of a combi-unit;  and I am fairly sure that Indespension also do one.

    Yet another design of combi-trailer is produced by Sovereign Trailers.    I had not previously heard of them,  but there was an article from them about the new trailer legislation in the Spring 2013 issue of Mainsail.

    I rather doubt whether launching trolleys of differing designs are interchangeable with road bases for alternative designs,  so it would be sensible to first identify exactly what launching trolley you have.     However I have successfully used a launching trolley from Chris Brown on my West Mersea road base,  but then this launching trolley is a near clone of the West Mersea one.

    Hope this helps,  and good luck.

     

    Oliver

    in reply to: Sailing The CHELSEA… #2573
    Oliver Shaw
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    Great to see this on here.

    After a period of decline,  there is now a small but apparently strengthening band of GP14 enthusiasts in what I think are the north-eastern states of the USA (Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,  I think,  but my geography is rusty and I am very definitely open to correction),  and it is good to see that enthusiasm for the boat.

    There are certain issues with the standing rigging of this particular boat,  but we are already in discussion on this “in another place”,  to borrow Parliamentary terminology,  and I think we all now know the way forward.

     

    Oliver

    in reply to: Bass end of season #2571
    Oliver Shaw
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    Seconded;   a superb weekend,  with some excellent sailing,  in a glorious part of the country,  and a marvellous welcome for the Vintage fleet.

     

    > There must be hundreds if not thousands of clubs Series1′s just like mine

    Well,  Series 1s, yes;   not many (like yours) going back as far as 1950/51,  though,  with sail numbers in just two digits,  and as historically authentic as possible!

     

    Oliver

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