tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post2883122199921482802..comments2024-03-28T02:33:20.668-07:00Comments on Earwigoagin: Header Photo: Australian Vee Jay DinghyTweezermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06559514473959503645noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-66014778206969498712017-11-28T15:25:05.322-08:002017-11-28T15:25:05.322-08:00Sailed VJs in Bunbury KBSC Western Australia in ...Sailed VJs in Bunbury KBSC Western Australia in the 80s <br /><br />Had 2 named Tempest & outcast <br />still have good memoirs of ruining across the bay with my brother as crew <br /><br />this is what we did as kids then if you could sail a VJ you could sail anything <br /><br />still sail but learnt how to on a VJ <br /><br />Mike Mincham Perth WA Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11220077518704713500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-68701867989433100552015-02-22T12:15:06.373-08:002015-02-22T12:15:06.373-08:00When I moved to Oz in 1965 with wife and daughter ...When I moved to Oz in 1965 with wife and daughter in tow, aged 21, I couldn't afford a boat, but someone was selling an old VJ with cotton sails and twin planks for only 10 quid, so I couldn't resist. It was a hoot albeit pretty rough around the edges, and as I didn't have a crew I jury rigged a trapeze (stitched my own canvas harness!) and sailed it singlehanded from the trap. Great fun on Lake Illawarra with steady 15-25 knot breezes every day. Its demise happened during a race, I got a crew and we sailed with the planks, some time during the race the wind piped up, and the old plywood started to open up, with us slowly sinking. We abandoned the boat, climbed aboard the rescue boat and left it to float to the shore. I went the next day and brought it up, but it was too far gone.....Had a metal daggerboard as I recall....<br />Mike. Whidbey IslandDieharddinghysailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06416371587101106236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-36651576729616683242015-02-21T16:00:12.628-08:002015-02-21T16:00:12.628-08:00I am not surprised that this was the class that he...I am not surprised that this was the class that helped JB build his skills.<br /><br />The question is, which junior class today will develop the future iconoclasts in sailing?Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-25793883358163834312015-02-21T14:55:23.279-08:002015-02-21T14:55:23.279-08:00Tillerman,
I didn't mention in the post that ...Tillerman,<br /><br />I didn't mention in the post that the eminent Australian sailor, John Bertrand, the one who completely destroyed the natural order in yachting history, got his start in Vee Jay's (winning the National Titles in <i>Triad</i>.<br /><br />Also I see on the Vee Jay website that someone has imported several Vee Jay's into Mission Bay, San Diego.<br /><br />And, yes the Vee Jay is the most exciting junior class ever.Tweezermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559514473959503645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-6379054683336431152015-02-21T14:39:37.201-08:002015-02-21T14:39:37.201-08:00Wow. Is that the most exciting junior class ever?Wow. Is that the most exciting junior class ever?Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.com