The long distance event has become our most popular, everyone comes off the water absolutely knackered but elated at finishing. You are pretty much guaranteed to have a brilliant time. If you intend to do both days it's worth sorting accommodation out early as everywhere gets booked out. Honest revi...

Hi Bob, Thanks for the info. At least I know I'm not going mad :roll: I've already ordered a set of the Barton hatches as they were the first I found that had sizes that matched the holes. Nice thing about standards, there's so many to choose from :D So I'll see how they perform. Regards, John

Hi Bob,
It is indeed Erlings boat. I aquired it late last year from the guy that bought it from him. It's having a bit of a make over. Years of sailing on Salt water have taken its toll it seems. It now lives at Bala Sailing club in North Wales.

Regards,
John

Just come to refit my shiny new hatches from Windsport 4" and 6" and find the holes in the hulls are significantly larger. 115mm and 165mm. It's an out of Africa boat. Anyone else come across their hulls not matching the specified hatch size? John Bit more research and they seem to be clos...

While renovating a hull today I poked the camera on a string into the rear hatch to see what horrors might be there. Presumably the S. African builders had a sense of humour....

Dear all, As multi Hull rep and recent new Dart 15 owner at Bala SC it'd be fantastic to see a dart 15 fleet at our Multihull open on 5/6th July. We're still working on the event details but it definately involves going hell for leather round a course on Lake Bala, set in the stunning scenery of Ery...

Hi All, If you fancy something different, come to Bala Sailing Club on the weekend 21/22nd June for our Long distance racing event. This is two days of racing using the full 3 1/2 miles of Lake Bala set in the stunning scenery of Eryi National Park. The event is fast becoming a classic on the sailin...

I'm now the new manager of 2007 at Bala Sailing Club. Have already learned loads from these forums.