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Solo demo boat at Royal Windermere Yacht Club

by John Richardson 4 Jul 2023 13:45 UTC

For the second year we had use of the Solo Class association demo boat. This was the northern boat, new last year and state of the art. With a Winder 2 hull, Super Spars mast and boom, North sail and all the protective covers trailer, trolley etc. to keep it nice.

It has been with us just over a month competing in most dinghy races and winning with James Nield, Gavin Tullet, John Walley, Harry Frith and Peter Frith who has bought his own Solo now to add to the fleet. Various other members also sailed and enjoyed the chance of sailing such a good new competitive boat and maybe getting their own!

The use of the demo boat is helping buck the trend at the club of a fleet of ageing dinghies with three new Solo's in the last three years to go with half a dozen competitive race ready boats.

Our thanks go out to the Solo Class Association and their kind donations from their sponsors.

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