Morbic Gathering.

[Port-Na-Storm]

There was an impromptu gathering of Morbic 12s down in Chichester Harbour yesterday.
Paul and Robin had pressed ahead during lockdown (unlike one laggard Scotsman) and completed their boat so they arranged to meet a couple of other owners and builders for a sail in company.
Sarah and Mike Curtis who some will recognize came in their Adrian Donovan built Sloop, and John Shelton who lives locally brought his balanced lug and sailed rings round everyone.
I was lucky to bum a lift off Tom Edom in his Tancook Whaler and managed to take a few photos.











It's hoped that this might be repeated sometime somewhere next year and that other Morbics and Francois Vivier designs might be persuaded to attend.
If anyone out there (we know who some of you are Julian) are interested please get in touch.

Many thanks to Tom for giving me a ride in his lovely little boat.
Just to put things in perspective, she is about 11ft 6ins on the waterline. Deceptive.



 Cheers Graham.

[Julian Taylor]

Thanks Graham
I've been in touch via Alec Jordan who sent out an email to those he's provided the kits. Hopefully we'll get together sometime in 2021 though the way things are going who knows. Will be good to see your boat and to catch up again.
Feel rather blessed being retired and living in Woodbridge getting out on the water in a nice variety of boats including my Morbic or cycling in some wonderful countryside fairly oblivious of this Covid stuff.
The boatbuilding has been interesting too and a small group of us are now completing our second St Ayles Skiff alongside the starting of the Sutton Hoo ship replica. Fortunately their use of chainsaws and axes has not had too much influence on the skiff construction in our side of the Longshed. We've also got no intention of dragging either skiff up the hill on the other side of the Deben and burying it under a mound.
Julian

[Paul W]

Thanks for the pics Graham.
May I take the opportunity/liberty of mentioning the UK Morbic website?