Hi Edward,
I've always been a little worried about my records on Pyefleet boat sail numbers. As you have seen, on the history page I say"
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Another is "Skylarking" (formerly Almaz), which is reported as having the sail number 501 although photographs from 2005 show it with no emblem or sail number.
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My memory says that David Cornabe told me his sail number was 501, and maybe he was misled or misinformed when he purchased his boat, as using the site's Search facility, I find that Skylarking appears in the
For Sale section of the forum listed as #503. I must have been told that number at the time I posted the advert, and failed to update the history page at the time with the further information I was told then of which I was unaware.
None of the photos of C-Auk I have taken, or been sent, show the full mainsail, so I have never had the sail number confirmed and, it seems, when I was invited aboard to take the internal photos that I have, I failed to ask the then owner about the sail number.
Thanks for raising the query as it now only leaves one question - is the boat with the black "H" sail emblem with no number a fourth example Pyefleet boat and
The use of the "H" sail emblem on Pyefleet boats remains a bit of a mystery but not a complete surprise, as I note on the
History page John Bennett used it, or a version of it, all the way through from the earliest designs till the, never built, MkVI boat.
I'll update the History page in a day or two (I hope)!