1969 Order is restored at Plymouth, Stone winning in his own build, ‘Whitehall’ 1212. Aluminium spars were now standard spec, gold Proctor Spars the go-to and visible on the photo below. This improvement must have been huge in terms of performance and longevity, though I wonder if there we’re more instances of solos capsizing and turning turtle. Wood does have one natural advantage. Incidentally, I understand that 1212 was used as the plug for the stone grp mould circa 1972-3. Richard Lovett enters the scene, winning a championship race and the Turnbull trophy in Solo 92, built by Stone in 1959. Clearly a talented sailor and he would go on to build exceptional Solos. Hiking straps and more advanced kicking arrangements were being developed. 186 had a single wire cable led from a bracket on the boom to a drum via a teflon block. Hyfield levers were also popular. Cotton sails had given way to teryline and Dacron and with a strong committee, rules were firmed up to provide a stable and uniform racing class. Mrs j britton takes the vacher cup back to salcombe, p. Vollebregt winning the under 21 title for the dutch.
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