Going to be a long very stretch but if anyone has this page and can pdf or jpg scan it and post it here this would be much appreciated. Or if in Sydney and want to sell the whole magazine for reasonable cash I can pick it up. Great thanks in advance. regards Rob
I can't find any Sea Sprays on Trove, but their search is a nightmare. It seems to be available at NLA, and you can try ordering a copy. I couldn't find any copies on eBay, Facebook or Gumtree either so that might be the only option.
catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/843670
Great thanks guys. Yes a Trove of nightmare. Somehow or other I clicked through NLA and went to Trove and it came up that it will be at NLA, State Library NSW and ANMM as indicated. I have sent an email to ANMM and called them - couldn't get through so left message. Hopefully they will call back else will try State library.
Since I was in the vicinity, I went to the National Library. Unfortunately their collection is incomplete. The only two issues they don't have for January to June 1980 are the 22 February and 7 March issues.:-(
Regards Q
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Since I was in the vicinity, I went to the National Library. Unfortunately their collection is incomplete. The only two issues they don't have for January to June 1980 are the 22 February and 7 March issues.:-(
Regards Q
Cripes Q many great thanks for your efforts so way and beyond! I will focus on ANMM and State Library NSW and wait for the contact back from ANMM.
To close this out;
My 2 phone calls and 2 emails to ANMM did not result in any response.
So I emailed the NSW State Library - their auto response system said they would respond within 7 days. The State Library response came back in less than one day - to the advice sure we have that magazine come in and join and you can scan the pages to a usb for free.
I did that this morning and everyone at the State Library was so very helpful. Have not been into that part of Sydney for a long while and parking was the trauma...........got a 1hr meter spot for $8 and the race was on......hope don't have to go into the city any time soon again..............
Again great thanks Q for your efforts at the National Library.
regards Rob
You are not going to leave us in the dark as to what is on page 17 of the March 7 1980 edition of Seaspray Magazine are you????
Ok good one, much thanks Cisco, great apologies guys. I didn't want to be a total pest and underwhelmer yet again. See below 3 pages - I had page 15 and 16 from a prior web search but not page 17 and they were reasonably low resolution so I got the total review 3 pages at 300dpi scan A3 and have sniped them each to A4. The magazines are hard bound into a hard cover book and don't open out fully flat.
So these will underwhelm again - it is a tad effusive in parts but that's journalism. I certainly agree with the author BillR that trimming the main first and then the jib and then sailing off the main is "not the way I would do it" . This is the 14th and last small yacht I have 1/2 life refurbished since the early 80s. It is a grandfather clunker Syd harbour daysailer - only Sunday or midweek if I get an RDO as in back in the halcyon days. It is essentially a Tophat with a fractional rig, a bit lighter. It was termed a "piece of manure" behind my back by the gents at the dock I slipped at last March and I did the afoul and diesel upgrade as posted before. That's all fine and dandy ok - but this is my piece of manure and I know that, there is no need to tell me. I am also a 1/2 owner in a 9.3m Sat arvo club racer down at Botany Bay - the timeline on that is winding down as osteo sets in. Cripes no wonder James Cook went north to Port Jackson with the shallow sandbars which have got worse and extended into the bay and river mouth to the Capt Cook Bridge - with our 2.22m draft steel fin keel and lead bulb it is usually a very depth awareness and course line concentrated passage out to the bay for the start and course and back. Transit races starting off the Kogarah Bay clubhouse and out around the whole bay are only held during afternoon high tide events.
Lastly my thread drift (my thread so hopefully acceptable) - start training up for the Sydney Marathon next year that is great news and a huge effort.........I realise there are a lot more pressing global issues to talk about right now but this really brings a cheer - Jane Fleming on ABC Radio tonight driving home gave a great summary including to Wayne Lardam from her athletics era 30yrs ago leading the bid to get it over the line - that is a lifetime achievement and the course is the most picturesque of them all. Take care all. See links at;
Sydney Marathon joins the Majors
TCS Sydney Marathon | Run Sydney's Iconic Marathon
Sydney Marathon to join London and New York City in world majors series - ABC News
Thanks for scratching my itch. I think the PR 25 just about qualifies to being a classic. Osteo is real fun isn't it.
No problem. Yeah as much fun as a US election. Not sure about classic. For a late 70s design it is very much 5-10 or more years out of date imho. eg the Black Soo was designed in 1957.
www.classicboat.co.uk/articles/great-yacht-designs-8-black-soo/
The designers obviously wanted a keel hung rudder and did cut the keel fwd edge back a bit to make it a tad less in chord. The waterline plan shape is slanted to the cods head and mackerel tail geometry, the stern sections are way too narrow and veed, and the forefoot is deep. The unbalanced rudder is heavy on the arm, the fractional rig is large (to suit E22 or 5.5 sails apparently - I have an E22 main and jib for it bought 2nd hand cost effectively) and I am told that downwind in a breeze the boat "has a mind of it's own". I will get some impression of this maybe in 2-3 weeks when I go for the first sail.
