I've written about the 12 sq. meter Sharpie before in Earwigoagin. (The Sharpie was the doublehander class at the 1956 Olympic Games.) Here is a video about the small fleet of vintage 12 sq. meter sharpies based out of the tidal rivers of northern Norfolk, U.K., done by one of my favorite sailing videographers, Dylan Winter. Dylan Winter started off documenting his circumnavigation of the U.K. coastline in a Mirror 19 (under the "Keep Turning Left moniker"), then put his videos behind a paywall, and has now brought them back out in the light for public viewing. I am always fascinated by odd-ball, local fleets of one-designs. The 12 sq. meter Sharpie has the added photogenic quality of being gaff rigged.
Other Earwigoagin posts on the 12 sq. meter Sharpie:
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4 comments:
I want one.
I agree Doryman. Dylan Winter hit the nail on the head when he described the 12 sq. meter Sharpie sailing with "Grace and ease". Silky smooth would be another adjective I would use.
Rod, thanks for 26 and 11 minutes of peace....Whenever you're ready to go over for the Broads event, let me know!
Delightful, love those old Sharpies, there was one at our club in the 50's, sailing on the Thames no wider than the estuary Dylan featured. So different from the Aussie Lightweight Sharpie I sailed on Lake Illawarra some 10 yrs later.....!
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