1996 Hunt Sails were the dominant sailmaker. North sails entered the scene and would become a big player. Speed/Holt FRP and Harvey Hillary’s Gosling 4004 were on display at Alexandria Palace. Jon Clarke leaves Performance Sails to set up Edge Sails in Earlsdon, Coventry. It was reported that Solo 265 ‘Volare’) had been stolen in West Molesley during a renovation, seems pretty desperate to me. The Superspar M7 cleaned up in the major Championships and Jamie Lea racing his Thresher 4072 took the Worlds and National titles. In recognition for attending 20 consecutive National Championships, Nigel Pusinelli was awarded Life Membership of the NSCA. The annual general meeting was somewhat subdued, no rule proposals but comments from robin webb and simon hoult on adoption of carbon spars and alloy stocks made for some interesting discussion. Subscription, after some extensive debate and amendments was increased to £13.50. we are a very boring group of sailors. Vanda young won the vacher cup for littleton in the ledger 3776 and Harvey Hillary collected his second junior title, the gosling and north laminate, matched with a wavelength mast and bloodaxe foils, incredibly quick. Below; gordon barclay in the gosling/north combo. At the Atlanta olympics, mateusz kuszneirewicz won Finn gold, John merricks and Ian walker winning 470 silver along with ben Ainslie in the laser.
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