Solos. He purchased a Seamark Nunn Solo which he took to the Championships but was told by Ron Green that it didn’t measure to which my father replied “I paid for a Solo who do I sue” a dispensation was rapidly granted!! But in 1986, disaster struck when my Mum lost her life to cancer. My Dad was devastated. He idolised my Mum. He never fully recovered from that loss. However, Dad pulled himself together, sold the shop and moved to Hayling Island with a big, vibrant Solo fleet providing accommodation and Gin to many attendees as Solo open meetings. Having been told that a Lovett was required to go fast he purchased 3252,a boat which I never could persuade him to lend me (indeed I never sailed it) but he did lend it to Geo ff Carveth who won the Championships in it. He then moved on to a Becket 3637 until retiring from sailing and buying a series of ever bigger cruisers with which he would follow the fleet at Championships. Dad spent longer in retirement than he did at work. In the past 12 yearsmy kids provided him with 5 great grand children, Freddie, twins Jack and Seb, Bertie and last but by no means least, a girl, Willa. He was very proud of them all. He loved his life on Hayling Island. He thought that it had the best of everything. RIP Dad.
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