Hi
I was the first owner of Madge Allsop, as she was then known. White she was originally, with blue and yellow trim (floor, etc.) She was built originally with a hole for a pole, though we started with a big conventional kite - quickly realised the mistake and rigged a sprit and assymetric. I seem to remember that she was a polyester boat, which won't have helped the longevity! Simon Roberts was a good builder in parts - like the curate's egg! She seemed stiff enough in the first few seasons, but he stuffed a rudder extension on the back made of wood dowling, wrapped in a bit of carbon, which fell off in about the third race of the first series we did: Torquay 1990. I quote from the report: "Slightly further back Will & Nigel, who had been well placed, were disentangling the remains of a jellyfish from the remains of their rudder gantry, and summoning a rescue boat for a tow home." The Moth replacement gantry did the trick, however. I think I may have one or two photos of Madge, but they will be on bits of paper, and finding them and scanning the findings is not what I want to do! I think our best result was 3rd in 1991 at Lee-on-Solent.
Will Perrett