A link from "Clyde Sailing" which certainly brings back memories for me. How my generation didnae all drown or die of hypothermia without 150N LJs, Musto HPX, and all the rest ...
http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=2874
Those were the days
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sahona
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Re: Those were the days
Would be super if it would buffer. My link must be slow because it's like the wheel-tappers and shunters club.
Any way of getting it stored and displayed on a better viewer?
Any way of getting it stored and displayed on a better viewer?
http://trooncruisingclub.org/ 20' - 30' Berths available, Clyde.
Cruising, racing, maintenance facilities. Go take a look, you know you want to.
Cruising, racing, maintenance facilities. Go take a look, you know you want to.
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Nick
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Re: Those were the days
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That's copyright, I doubt if the archive would let us host a copy - not for free anyway.
Here's some footage of Mylne yachts on the Clyde in the 1930s
[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6N1UPXTuLlA[/youtube]
That's copyright, I doubt if the archive would let us host a copy - not for free anyway.
Here's some footage of Mylne yachts on the Clyde in the 1930s
[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6N1UPXTuLlA[/youtube]
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Re: Those were the days
Ditto mine. I recal sailing a Laser in the early 80's on News Year's Day.marisca wrote:How my generation didnae all drown or die of hypothermia without 150N LJs, Musto HPX, and all the rest ...
I was wearing Jeans and a Blue pullover.
If someone let their kids sail like that nowadays they'd be taken into care!
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aquaplane
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Re: Those were the days
Jeans an' pullover, LUXURY lad, tha' med us sail a soggy shoe box wi' rags fer sail, one lad had a life jacket wi Titanic writ on it, but 'e were a puff.Markie wrote:Ditto mine. I recal sailing a Laser in the early 80's on News Year's Day.
I was wearing Jeans and a Blue pullover.
Nostalgia int wot it used to be tha nose.
Seminole.
Cheers Bob.
Cheers Bob.
Re: Those were the days
Cardboard box?aquaplane wrote:Jeans an' pullover, LUXURY lad, tha' med us sail a soggy shoe box wi' rags fer sail, one lad had a life jacket wi Titanic writ on it, but 'e were a puff.
You were lucky, ower dad used ter....
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puddock
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Re: Those were the days
What great video............ how I never saw it earlier, I don't know, Beautiful.