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International 12 foot dinghy

vrijdag 8 februari 2013

West Kirby

The centennial event for classic wooden dinghies is one of the four friendship regattas and will be organized in England at West Kirby: Friday 28, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June 2013. A holy place, 100 years ago the birth place of the first 12foot dinghies, designed by George Cockshott. See for more information West Kirby website
At the moment in England are about 10 classic wooden dinghies according to the Dutch rules. This winter some second hand dinghies are bought in the Netherlands, the old ones are restored and the Lithuanian boatbuilder amber boat has found a dealer in England. Also a new 12footdinghy is built by goodwood boat company with number GBR050. Dinghy owners from Ireland, England, France, Germany, Lithuania, Belgium, Swiss, Canada and the Netherlands has plans to participate. The Dutch delegation is the biggest one, at the moment 16 teams have plans to visit West Kirby. A reservation has been made for a hotel. All classic wooden dinghy lovers stay together and there is still plenty of room. Sent an email to Pieter or Steve for more information about an historic and amusing event. Some watersport journalists have asked for information and will take attention to it.