Hi John
You are right, i should be clipped on but as in Solent and crew aboard tend not to-But always when sailing solo as auto helm won't come back !
Cleo is one of the first built, she had a transon hung outboard when new and the owner fitted a yanmar Gm 7.5 hp inboard diesel in 1984 which is original and runs very well (touch wood)
We are the second owners of Cleo and have had her 5 years before that a seal 22 also for 5 years but bought bigger as family growing
my wife Jenny, Alex 13 and Robert 8.
we gererally potter in the solent for weekends and halfterm school weeks we cruise between Weymouth and Chichester and had a few weeks last summer in France and Channel Islands
I am the sailor with family learning.
Alex and I race on "Ard Righ " Seal 26 number 67 in the Off seaoson.
Yes would be great to meet up in Beaulieu for a pint as also mentioned by Don Harvey
For the association it would be great to track down as many "un-members" and get them to join so as to fill in the blanks in the association Hand book ?
see you in the summer
Peter