Penultimate 14 intros

[PitchpolePrincess]

hey due to a large recruitment of penutimate 14 sailors on this site i think it would be great if we had a seperate thread introducing ourselves and our boats, pics please!

Hi my name is Emma and i've had a i14 problem for 3 years now....

Name: Emma
Boat: Windspirit (shared with down_the_mine)
Sail No: GBR1333
Design: Morrison 7a
Year built: 1992
Type: Modded Penultimate (new rules)
Country: UK
Location: Portsmouth
Club: Tudor SC







Also it would be a great thread for any 14ers to share any issues they've had and to ask other 14ers advice!

i know we have another morrison 5, benedict 4 and ovi 2 lurking in the midst so its time to come and have your voice heard!

[Big-C]

Hi all I'm Steve, am new to 14's in fact have only had the boat a day!
not sailed her yet hopefully next weekend.



My crew and I are going to have one hell of a steep learning curve as this thing is going to be just a little more tippy than our other boat which is a 25ft C-Class Catamaran, lots of swimming coming up me thinks!

Name: Steve
Boat:Blast from the past
Sail No: GBR1265
Design: Not Known
Year built: Not Known
Type: Penultimate
Country: UK
Location: Datchet
Club: QSC

[Andrewst]

I have recently got my hands on this piece of kit. Manage to sail it twice so far so still trying to sort the rig settings!

Name: Andrew
Boat: Proteus
Sail No: GBR1359
Design: Jon Turner Modified (Based on Morrison 7 design, I believe this is correct)
Year built: 1993
Type: Modded Penultimate (new rules)
Country: UK
Location: Hythe Kent
Club: HSSC





Will post some better images when I get round to taking some

[TASA Commodore]

Euww u have sobstad sails!!

They are probably the best made sails there are, but from the worst company possible! they dont seem to be able to organise a pi** up in a brewery! i had such fun trying to get new sails from my spice when i had it!..


Both boats looking good, cant wait to see them in action against some 5000s in the new mini circuit (details soon) and pitted against the 800 and 49er etc

Along with Windspirit of course!!

[Andrewst]

Fortunatly I also have a set of Hyde sails aswell and 3 kites

I agree about the sobstad seem nice enough sails but ment to be expensive to repair (according to the boss guy anyway)

Should be good fun anyhow. Cant wait to try it out against some other 14's. Should be a good match for Emma's as they are very similar. As long as we learn to sail it.

[PitchpolePrincess]

3 kites eh? looking to sell one of them?.... we wont be much of a match for you unless we get another kite

another morrison 7a! wow how uncommon from what i know there werent many built! i'd love to see how competetive they are! how much does yours weigh?

[Andrewst]

Hi Emma

Unfortunatly one has alot of patches, one has streched and the final one looks unused.

According to the measurement certificate it weighs 200LBS with 14LBS correctors.

I was looking at the certificate which says it is a turner design! From what I gather the boat is a morrison 7ish design with slight modifications made by the builder/designer Turner. Still very similar to yours though.

[PitchpolePrincess]

oh id get those correctors out then she'd be around 84kg a lil lighter than mine who weighs in at 85 atm

shame to hear about the kites.. i guess i'll have to go scavenging else where was worth a try though..

hows the new rudder working out?.. would be cool to have a step by step on here as lots of new penny 14 owners on here would probs benefit from converting their fixed rudder to lifting

[14_Ed]

I am the proud owner of this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...83208&rd=1&rd=1 but not yet collected which is a shame but i shall be sailing her in the new year!!!!

Name: Ed/ Edward
Boat: DINKY (dual income no kids yet)
Sail No: K1209
Design: Morrison 5
Year built:
Type: Penultimate
Country: UK
Location: Bristol
Club: Chew valley lake sc

[Andrewst]

I managed to get some photos this weekend of sailing the boat. Its the first time we have been out and have not gone swimming. Our spinniker drops were not too good though







I will try to get the photos of the rudder conversion on here soon.

[peterchinnock]

Hey!
I'm Pete!
Got a penultimate, 1219, morrison 5!
had her out bout 5 times.
yeah, we've been swimming a bit, but who cares, all part of the fun!
sailing it at bough beech, kent.