I think that was one of the many 'gay colours' they came in ...primrose maybe. you've hours of fun ahead...enjoy. What engine are you planning on running ? No hull numbering as far as I know on Sprites

Build it for DS2 keep the transom at 16 inches...you don't have to open the throttle right up, do you ?????? !!!!!! Oh and dry exhausts might save some weight. It probably does not weight more than a person and Colliwobble with a 16 inch transom and a Merc 200 hung on the back still had 3 inches of ...

Th at photo of interior of the Skimaster looks to be like the one being restored nr Chichester, I'll try to get some photos in due course. Can't find any pics of the other one I saw.

Cheers CW

Hi and welcome , I've some photos somewhere of a wreck that turned up at Southampton some years back and there' s a Skimaster (we think) being slowly restored nr Chichester, hull is done and in top coat, deck to do. There seems to be 2 different internal frame set ups. 1 boat had a lot of ribs almos...

Currently we have around 16 boats entered...room for up to 24 max, CMBA members let me know if you want to enter. If you would like to come along just to have a look as a visitor just turn up on the day. To access the lake, take the B2145 southward from the A27 roundabout signposted Selsey, Hunston....

Entry forms now available, please send me a PM with your email address, or email me to get yours...see you there?

Model boats are welcome on the day, no launching or entry fee for model boats!

Static boats also welcome and free to enter, bring you latest project along.

As Alacrity says.... 2 tanks. For peace of mind, you could get a half size 10 litre approx OMC tank as the second reserve tank and fit the correct connectors for your engine, I've got a 40 litre inboard tank and a 10 litre OMC spare on the Healey Sprite (not Colliwobble!)... and you can always come ...

Came across this website...worth a look to see animated instructions for boaty knots

http://www.animatedknots.com/indexboati ... dknots.com

My view is a classic boat has to be different/interesting to the current pointy stuff that began to appear in the 70's, some of our boats were still in production then and can be much newer than 70's although an old classic design... there's no real cut off date to my mind but it should show some of...