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Welcome to the UK Home Built Boat Rally
Formed in 2006 by Alec Jordan, UK-HBBR is a loose collection of like-minded individuals with a common interest in building boats at home. The aim is to organise several meetings around the country where home boat builders can get together to have a chat, see each others boats, sail in other boats, and talk about the trials, tribulations and rewards of building your own boat.
Details of meetings past and future will be posted on this blog, Keep an eye on the future events page. This year 2008 we have already had a successful meet at Barton Turf and are looking forward to Cobnor, Cotswolds and Ullswater. If you’ve built a boat, are planning to, or just want to come along to see what its all about, we’d love to see you.
There is no membership fee, formal organisation, or red tape. If you have read this far consider yourself a member. If you want to keep up with the gossip and chat between meetings, sign up for the forum. You’ll find a link somewhere around here.
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By: 20,000 views « Strathkanchris’s Little World on January 31, 2009
at 2:19 pm
Chris,
I might have got confused between the two, it was a while back. Mike Ritchie was at the Jester meeting recently. Perhaps Andrew B can contact him.
Andrew (E)
By: Andrew Eckford on January 28, 2009
at 7:33 pm
Hello
I run a sailing centre at a reservoir a few miles south of Ipswich and have built a number of boats. I would be very interested in hosting a rally for you, driop me an email if interested.
By: Johno Brett on January 18, 2009
at 11:37 pm
I have sent John a PM – if his enticing offer developes into a Rally it will appear on the Future Events page once details are finalised.
By: strathkanchris on January 21, 2009
at 12:24 pm
Andrew, sorry, my mags suffered the same fate when I moved country. IIRR he sails on Findhorn bay. Possibly Iain Oughtred might know as he was based there at the time. Or try the sailing staff at CB, or scan the back issues on the site. It must have been 5/6 yrs ago.
Andrew E (didn’t realise that was for me as no-one calls me Andy!!)
By: Andrew Eckford on January 17, 2009
at 7:19 pm
Andy/Andrew, “Can you remember the Classic boat issue that had the article”. I was convinced I remembered this article, now back home after the Xmas break, I have been looking back through my magazine pile. There is a mention of a Haven 12 1/2 article in a back issue list for Sept ‘99 CB, before I started subscribing but I still had a mental picture of the article so went through Watercraft back issues, ‘Hero’ Michael Ritchie’s boat was featured in the July/August issue No 16 (still available). I suspect the CB article a month later was the same boat. Hope that helps.
Chris
By: strathkanchris on January 27, 2009
at 3:01 pm
HI andy,
The 12.5 is on hold at the moment as the renovation has been held up due to the cold and wet weather. I have put her under wraps now until things brighten up but everything is ready to complete. Can you remember the Classic boat issue that had the article. I do remember reading it but a lot of my mags went when we moved house and ‘her indoors’ insisted on a good clearout.
Cheers Andrew Boulter
By: Andy Boulter on December 30, 2008
at 9:43 pm
Hi, just joined if anyone can read this!
SEAHORSE 16 coming into port.
By: Rod Standen on December 8, 2008
at 5:30 pm
Nick,
Thanks – it will a fair chunk of work to migrate to a combined site/forum but the results will be worth the effort.
-Paul
By: ukhbbr on October 21, 2008
at 8:03 pm