Hi Dave,

I live in Mt Martha and sail at McCrae

If I can be of any assistance in getting your Mozzie sorted let me know.

Cheers

peter, one of my relatives works for a government dept, there email system does not allow any picture files to be uploaded, wat they do is just change the extension type to suit. so instead of file being *****.jpg they rename it to be *****.doc this way it allows their system to send and recieve all they do is say what extension to change it to after you have downloaded and saved, maybe tis will work for your .xls files. just rename it from boat register.xls to boat register.txt than just tell people to rename it after they download. ??????????? worth a try maybe????

I have some info that is archival, and could be added to the list. My father, Don Thorn (dec) and myself had 4 mossies over the years.
#109 Lisa, Blockey kit
#701 Lisa Too, hulls by Ken Lott
#1261 Orange Peel, foam Frank Nott hulls
#1655 Lemon Peel, hulls by Bruce Carter (It is good to see on this forum that peter still sails the boat.
My son Lindsay sails occasionly from Rosebud (not Rye) on #1717.
All the best Wayne Thorn

hey guys, i have just started stripping down and doing up a mossie...its in pretty bad condition but the timber underneath is perfect...i'm not sure of the sail number but the name on the side says,"guided mussel"...does anyone know anything about this boat...
on a slightly different note i am looking for a good set of second hand foils here in melbourne, if anyone has any theu want to part with please let me know...the same also goes for a decent second hand set of sails....
cheers
andrew

Wayne,

Thanks for the info. They will all be listed in the next issue and #1717 yacht club info has been updated. I assume that Lisa #109 and Lisa Too #701 have gone to Mozzie heaven. Any history on what happened to Orange Peel #1261 or any of the others ? Were they particularly successful in races ? Any info. would be greatly appreciated.

Way back when I was a kid sailing a Sabot I remember going to Blockeys with my Dad for some fittings or lifejacket. I remember it being very busy and people buying Mirror kits.

Andrew,

Is there a small nameplate rivetted onto the rear beam with the yacht registration number or some identification on the inside of either hull ?

Regards,

Peter

hi peter, when the guy i got the boat from delivered the boat to me he left the beams at home and as such i wont see them till next week...i will undo the sail bags tomoroow night to see the sail number...i am looking foward at doing some racing in it here on the bay and hopefully if goes well and the kids like it i can look at a new boat next year...
cheers

andrew

hi peter, the sail number on the beams say 1183 from altona yc...
cheers
andrew

Guided Mussel 1183 was owned and sailed by Ross ? , out of Altona it was a cream colour.

sold to Derk Blitz about 15 years ago.

Thanks Simon I will keep you in mind if and when I get stuck
Cheers
Dave

Peter,

No sorry, no knowledge as to what happened to the earlier boats.
#109 would have sunk as just too heavy as a home built 1st boat.
#701 was a good boat for its day. #1261 was a foam sandwich, but was too "soft", and I felt was really not as good as a good timber boat of its time. #1655 was an excellent boat, but of course a heavy weight, and through most of its life with us, was sailed with 2 people that combined, weighed to much to do very well. We always had reasonable results, especially on handicap!
Mum would still have a lot of archival material, such as early Mosquotes and results dating way back etc.
regards,

Wayne Thorn