| Recent Updates |
| 5th July 2011 |
- Updated the pictures of Miss Adventure. Donald is now selling
her.Seems to be one or two Vivacitys for sale on Ebay or
Boatsandoutboards.
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| 12th June 2011 |
- Vivacity Kestanalto added to the for sale page. I think she is
located at Leigh-on-Sea.
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| 25th April 2011 |
- Finally another update! I have added some more photos of
Christobel now Graham has finished getting her ready for the season. Apparently
she use to be called Lady Jane and Graham would be interested if anyone knows
more history about her.
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| 11th January 2010 |
- A revised version of the single line reefing article has been put
on the articles page. Ron has corrected a couple of things and made the
diagram/pictures clearer.
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| 2nd January 2010 |
- Two articles by Ron Oliver added to the articles page on single
line reefing and mast lowering/raising
- Added Vivacity 'Linka' owned by Mark Emmerson to the gallery page
- Added Vivacity 'White Eagle' owned by Finn Pederson to the gallery
page
- Added some updated photos to 'Walkabout' on the gallery pages owned by
Steve Watson.
- Updated entries for 'Christobel' and 'Paul Jane' on the gallery pages.
'Paul Jane' now called 'Sabella'
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| 22nd November 2009 |
- Kiki sold so removed from For Sale Page, Chris tells me she sold
very quickly.
- I have been going through my old emails and notice I have yet to add
details about Christobel and Tjaldhur, and also update Redwing and Paul Jane
(now Sabella). Hopefully I will get to update these during the Christmas break.
If anyone else has any updates then get them to me in the next few weeks and I
will add them at the same time.
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| 24th October 2009 |
- Kiki added to the For Sale Page
- Added Extract from Small Boat Cruising Guide by D.M. Desoutter to
General Page
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| 21st August 2009 |
- Added article (No. 15) on articles page from Bill Green on fixing
a Navico TP10 Autopilot which he is now using on his Vivacity
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| 12th July 2009 |
- Added article (No. 14) on articles page from Paul Gyurgyak on
making and using a set of oars on a Vivacity. They look great and when the wind
dies and you run out petrol you can always row.
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| 3rd May 2009 |
- Added article on articles page from Bill Green on fitting a used
Plastimo 406 to his Vivacity, Barbarella. Thanks for the article Bill. Anyone
else upgraded their Vivacity over the winter, then why not send me an article?
I will format it.
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| 28th February 2009 |
- Updated Redwing (sail number 173) photos and details in the
gallery. Redwing is now owned by Richard Griffiths.
- Updated Walkabout details to new owner, Steve Watson
- Added link on Barbarella page to Bills own photo location
- Added Bluebird and Christobel to gallery
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| 18th January 2009 |
- Added Sacha (sail number 63) to the gallery
- Added article in the articles section on a shrunken bolt rope.
Thanks to Bill Green for the photos and information.
- Yet to add Christobel and Bluebird to the gallery, hopefully will
do so in the next week. That will make 41 in total. There must be a lot more
out there somewhere.
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| 15th November 2008 |
- Added Barbarella, recently bought by Bill Green, to the gallery
pages. Bill has plenty to do over the winter.
- Removed Miss Molly from for sale page as I have not heard from
Colin in a while.
- Do let me know if you want to see anything else on these pages.
Not had any adventures from anyone this year.
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| 16th June 2008 |
- Added Miss Molly to the For Sale Page.
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| 21st March 2008 |
- Removed Paul Jane from For Sale page and updated the record in
gallery to new owner John Kevan. Sorry to see her go. I hope John and his wife
have as much fun with her as we did. Looking forward to seeing some photos of
her in her new environment.
- Website has been a bit quiet, including the forum. Are we all still
alive out there or has everyone blown away in the gales?
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| 2nd March 2008 |
- Added More photos and some history to Moshula III in the gallery.
My thanks to Rowland Nurick for some great pictures and the text. Looks like
Rowland had a great time in her.
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| 24th December 2007 |
- Merry Christmas/Seasons Greeting to all of you. I have now added a
'For Sale' page to the site. As you can see I have kicked it off by putting
Paul Jane up for sale. I have an opportunity to upgrade to a larger and newer
boat which I am going to take. I will still keep this site going in the future
as I still have an affinity for the Vivacity 650.
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| 8th December 2007 |
- Added new Vivacitys Elise Rose, Wombat, and Hobbit. Of interest is
that Hobbit has a bowsprit fitted. Wombat has a fin keel so adds to the small
but increasing number of those that do. Also added is an article based on a
blog from Ron on a trip in Gitane, and an article with a few pictures from Paul
on Black Pearl's dissected rudder.
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| 5th August 2007 |
- Added new Vivacity Lady Uinen, owned by Lawrence Dexter in
Minneapolis, USA to the gallery, along with a bit of the history Lawrence
provided.
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| 17th June 2007 |
- Added article No. 9 on replacing the perspex in the windows of my
Vivacity 650
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| 27th May 2007 |
- Added new Vivacity Spirit of Life, owned by Mike Adams and based
in Chichester Harbour.
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| 18th March 2007 |
- Added new Vivacitys: Redwing, owned by Paul Dawson and now based
in Chichester Harbour. Unknown in Plymouth recently purchased by John
W.
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| 4th March 2007 |
- Added new Vivacitys: Danser, Langisput, Loopy Lou, and Blue Jay.
Unknown in Wales is now named as Dagmar. Also added two unknowns, one on
Hayling Island and one in Newport, Wales.
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| 24th January 2007 |
- Added Article No. 7 showing a summary of what was done for one
Vivacity to fix its deck compression
- Added Article No. 8 giving some background on Black Pearl and what
Paul has done to open out the cabin and to fix the deck compression. Article
comes inlow and high res depending how much you want to zoom in on the
photos...
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| 6th January 2007 |
- Added Article No. 6 to articles page. This article gives details
on how to make a simple winter storage canopy for your Vivacity.
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| 12th November 2006 |
- Added article No. 5 to articles page. Kiki in France by Chris
Calthrop, detailing his trip. An interesting read. Thanks Chris. Anyone else
out there want to submit anything Vivacity 650 related for
publication?
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| 14th October 2006 |
- Added new pictures of Kiki, including a couple from a recent trip
to Gravelines, France. Proves you can Channel Hop in a Vivacity
easily.
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| 2nd October 2006 |
- New Vivacity added - Gitane, Sail No 119 we think, based in
Bradwell.
- New Vivacity added - Saltrina, based in Troon
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