1992 Noble Marine become official class insurer. 68 new builds were registered to August. SB Marine started building Solos after Steve Boon took his first, in striking pink to Penzance, finishing last but welcoming feedback which he would implement in future builds. Nsca membership stands at 818. Carveth turned up in Kevan Gosling’s head turning first build 3817 ‘Monologue’ and took the national title with a 2-1-1-1-1-rtd scoreline. Carveth also won the world title in Medemblik and the Endeavour trophy with Pete Rowley in an Enterprise. Jim Hunt’s Holt foam sandwich Solo 3816 was for sale for £2500. Martin Payne reported that his Beckett built Solo 3740 had been stolen, whether it was ever found remains shrouded in the mists of time. The Solo mag editor is Paul cunningham and he reported that their were ten builders constructing wooden hulls, the dark art of knowing which to choose was the trick. The Australian Class Association put forward rule proposal to allow alloy rudder stocks but this is rejected. Structural fillets, minimum thickness of rudder stock cheeks and optional positioning of capping knees were accepted in construction rule changes at the agm. Ken falcon is elected as the new class president and wins the inland championship in his Beckett 3615, 110 entries. The nsca hold the inaugural winter championship, won by carveth. at the Barcelona olympics, Jose van Der ploeg won gold in the Finn, Laurie smith, rob cruikshank and osier Stewart taking bronze in the soling.
The gosling solo 3817
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