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Mousqetaire spotted Howth

  • 20-04-2014 2:12pm
    #1
    cbreeze
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    I was hurrying away from Howth YC on Good Friday and noticed that a freshly painted Mousquetaire was being craned in. These are small 4 berth cruisers of about 21-22 fit and Glenans Baltimoire had a couple of them, whose names I have forgotten - though the names were changed frequently. The notable characteristic about them was the hemispherical perspex bubble on the starboard side of the cabin which was designed for the navigator to get a 360 degree view - the perspex would always steam up making the exercise a bit pointless. Good to see one again in the care of new young owners.


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  • #2
    neris
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    I was moored next to that last year. A truly awful looking thing that looks like it was cobbled together by someone with a few spare sheets of wood they had lying around. Its a howth boat kept on a mooring if you want a look


  • #3
    r27
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    Hilarious looking boat, is moored out in the outer harbour, spent the winter stored in Sutton Dinghy Club


  • #4
    miss no stars
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    neris wrote: »
    I was moored next to that last year. A truly awful looking thing that looks like it was cobbled together by someone with a few spare sheets of wood they had lying around. Its a howth boat kept on a mooring if you want a look

    Is that the yoke that was the first in, last out and didn't get sailed once?


  • #5
    HeidiHeidi
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    I must take a trip out to Howth and get a look at this marvellous craft!


  • #6
    neris
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    miss no stars wrote: »
    Is that the yoke that was the first in, last out and didn't get sailed once?

    This yoke was used alright last year. I saw it going out off the moorings last summer. Its around the same area the j80s are moored in and right beside the finger on east pier.


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  • #7
    miss no stars
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    neris wrote: »
    This yoke was used alright last year. I saw it going out off the moorings last summer. Its around the same area the j80s are moored in and right beside the finger on east pier.

    A greyish white thing? Looked a bit broken tbh if that's it. Actually, if you were the boat beside it I think we shared a launch one fine day. I dropped the car keys somewhere between the gate and the boat and was running around the club and taking multiple launch trips like a blue arsed fly trying to find them while everyone just sorta laughed at me. :( Was looking at the couple I shared the launch with rigging and going out while I tried to avoid vomiting with stress. The reason I remember it is the launch was going to pull up beside this yoke and I was wondering if it was fit to sail at all (:eek:), but then pulled up to the boat beside it before dropping us off.


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