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Cherub Chat => Sailing Stories => Topic started by: Will_Lee on June 06, 2011, 12:11:05 PM

Title: Flat Stanley
Post by: Will_Lee on June 06, 2011, 12:11:05 PM

Flat Stanley is among us!

Collected from Sheffield on Saturday evening.

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: Graham Bridle on June 06, 2011, 12:48:57 PM

Bonza.

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: ross_burkin on June 06, 2011, 01:15:45 PM

The start of another epic chapter in what seems to be the never ending story of Flat Stanley! ;D

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: simon_jones on June 06, 2011, 02:35:09 PM

So can we expect to see him at the nationals?

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: Neil C. on June 06, 2011, 02:42:08 PM

Chez Lee, or just generally Londonish?

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: Will_Lee on June 06, 2011, 03:19:21 PM

Chez Lee. The plan is for him to be at the nationals, possibly with one or both of Mrsdrlee and/or me sailing.

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: Neil C. on June 06, 2011, 03:43:44 PM

Very good news! Look forward to seeing him in action again.

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: Banshee Ambulance on June 06, 2011, 06:41:03 PM

Any plans for fixing the deck? I fear my patching up may not have been as good as it should have been.

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: Will_Lee on June 06, 2011, 10:38:03 PM

When I have a moment (ha!) I will have a look. Luckily there are numerous hatches, so no vandalism required to look at everything.

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: Will_Lee on June 07, 2011, 09:52:57 AM

Can you let me know where your patches were?

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: Banshee Ambulance on June 07, 2011, 07:23:18 PM

The ply was coming up from the deck with rig tension. I patched it back down again with a bit of carbon to get it water tight before the nationals and never finished it. It was patched from the outside so should be obvious (port side of mast foot). There were also another couple in the tanks which were within easy reach of the hatches so should be easy to find.

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: Will_Lee on June 07, 2011, 08:53:18 PM

On the back of the foredeck? I have seen that. It's still there. Thanks,

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: phil_kirk on June 11, 2011, 10:00:04 AM

It will be great to see Flat Stanley on the water again and especially at the anniversary nationals.

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: Will_Lee on June 13, 2011, 11:58:19 AM

Yes - we are looking forward to it:

Flat Stanley  - Check!
Us - Check!
Accom - Check! (Kingfisher caravan park)
Childcare - Check!

Now all we need is big winds.

Oh yes here is Ross and me in Flat Stanley in not much very wind in Jan 2008:

http://www.sailingsource.com/cherub/GPSAR/gpsar.php?filename=KGSC-20080126a.gpx&maps=maps/kgsc.maps
17.1 knots I think is the maximum we got that day.

It is looking like Wandrous may be coming to the nationals too!
Wandrous is Cherub 98 (698 on sails because the 6 was added when the international numbering came in) - still sailing - no spinnaker) and she needs a crew who is not too heavy and likes a pretty and sedate vessel. Any takers to make history? (And very likely to get the wooden boat prize!)

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: Will_Lee on June 13, 2011, 12:03:46 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVpiPcW7rWY

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: andy_paterson on June 15, 2011, 12:18:21 PM

What Wandrous needs is a kite!
I have ( somewhere i hope I can find it ) a kite from 94, which i could donate. ( not 1994, sail number 94 )

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: Will_Lee on August 23, 2011, 07:04:55 AM

Thank you for that.

At the prizegiving the commodore of lossc showed some pics from 1964 and there in the middle was wandrous !

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: Tim Noyce on August 23, 2011, 09:08:18 AM

Awesome! I saw the pictures on Thursday night but didn't even think to look for 'current' boats in there! That's pretty cool.

I took a photo of one of the pictures on my phone, but it might be nice if we can get some scans of them to go on the website if the owner doesn't mind.

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: Banshee Ambulance on August 24, 2011, 09:09:46 PM

So how did Flat Stanley do at the nationals? Hope it stayed together! I wont forget Alex looking back at me on the wire with the tiller in his hand and obviously no longer part of the boat on the last race 2009!

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: Will_Lee on August 24, 2011, 09:21:09 PM

I put me heel through the side tank on the practice day. soon repaired. Moments of warp drive and the pilots went home happy !

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: ross_burkin on August 25, 2011, 08:45:55 PM

It m
akes me feel good inside knowing Stanley is still out there kicking ass!

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: Hayley_Trim on August 25, 2011, 10:38:37 PM

Jo and Beth were really flying in Stanley - there was barely any weight in that boat. Shame you couldn't make it Ross, it's time to get Fuzzy sorted out.

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: phil_kirk on August 26, 2011, 12:12:04 PM

Flat Stanley is a truely iconic boat But looks a bit rough at present and suffereed from a few leaks when capsized on the tuesday.

It would be fitting for the class to give her a bit of a tarting up.

While this may take longer than 1 weekend to do a proper job I reccomend that if we have no other projects to focus on several people could make a good start on a refurbishment of Flat Stanley.

He would then be ready to give another series of young cherubers a lead into the class.

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: john_hamilton on August 27, 2011, 01:56:41 PM

stick younguns in e5s!!!! we bounce when we fall over ;)

Title: Re: Flat Stanley
Post by: simon_jones on August 27, 2011, 04:54:28 PM

That's what us old'uns are scared of ;D