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

Hi all,

I am now the owner of Mosquito's, 1747 and 1760.

I plan to keep 1760 (Faye Hulls)and sell 1747 (Boyer Hulls).

A couple more updates for the boat history.
1561, "Endaka" Garry Johnstone Lake Boga, sold to Ian Vernon Lake Boga.
1733 "Touch n Go", Garry Johnstone Lake Boga, sold to Ken Robinson Lake Boga.
Regards Garry J

Thanks to everybody who has provided updates. The register is constantly growing. And welcome back to Gary although we feel that you never really left the swarm.

Any additional info or archived info is greatly appreciated and greedily absorbed.

Regards,

Peter

Well Pete what can I say, well its more what I can't say that's no. I was given mosquito 1282 which you will probaly know as the bright orange one on the promanade. The hulls are in despirate need of a repaint although in good condition. The blades sails and trailer are also in good condition. So the plan is give 699 to a friend to fix up sell 1661 eventually, still a few improvements to be made there and race 1282 when complete, lots of work to do. Have fun in the pond will keep you posted cheers, Ant

Hi Peter,

can inform you that. 1747 now owned by Mitch Meade and 1749 now owned by Nick Baglioni, I think the spelling is correct. You will meet them at the Sauna Sail. Will keep you posted when Boat Names are changed.

Anthony,

Thanks for the update. It must be a pretty good feeling to have 3 Mozzies all at the same time. I remember looking at the orange Mozzie on the promenade before it was painted orange. There was lots of water inside it so it must be watertight.

Tim,

I have updated the register with the new details. Looks like GLYC will have a good Mozzie fleet next season (6 or 7 regulars).

Regards,

Peter

Hi All,

You can add another boat to the register.

I am putting together a new boat. Sail no. 1815 using Boyer hulls recently purchased. The boat will be called Sanity and sailed out of Rye YC on the Mornington Peninsula.

Looking forward to sailing with all the other Mossies this summer.

Nic Maan

Nic,

Thanks for the information and on behalf of the VMCA welcome to the swarm. With a new set of Boyer Hulls you are sure to do well.

Since there has been so much recent buy and sell activity I have issued an updated register below. It just couldn't wait until October and the start of the new sailing season.

As usual open it with Microsoft Excel and save it to your hard drive.

Regards,

Peter

Hi all,

Can someone tell me if the attachment is able to be downloaded. I can't see anything even though I went through all the steps to attach the file.

Regards,

Peter

nope