Tideway Dinghies at Chichester Harbour In 2013 the Tideway Owners Association celebrated its 50th Anniversary. In addition to cruising meetings at Portsmouth, Leigh-On-Sea, River Alde, Falmouth, Portland and Ullswater members met Chichester Harbour for a week of cruising and the annual Challenge Meeting for single and double-handed crews on this occasion hosted by Bosham Sailing Club. The Tideway dinghy was developed by L H Walker at Leigh-on-Sea in the aftermath of the second World War 2, and by the 1950s the Walker was a popular name amongst Britains sailing fraternity. Early boats varied in length from 8 to 16, and offered several types of fixtures, fittings, sails and rigs, but the 12 clinker-built sliding gunter-rigged sloop in mahogany on oak was the most popular. Originally known as the Walker 12, with a few tweaks over the years, it evolved into the Tideway of today. In the early years the Tideway was only produced in traditional clinker construction, generally mahogany on oak. Tepco Dinghies were the first to produce a fibreglass version, and these were permitted into the TOA in 1993, giving the class a new lease of life. GRP hulls became popular and with their extensive mahogany trim they are much admired boats. The tradition of building wooden classic boats was recommenced in 2009 by Good Wood Boat Company. Further information: TOA: ift.tt/1vSJmVk Wooden Boats: ift.tt/VrJpXK GRP Boats: ift.tt/VrJpXM Race Report: ift.tt/VrJquF Like our #Facebook r-js/1uOEA6Y, #Follow on #Twitter r-js/1us3SdS to stay updated and listen to @LIPSapp @Hits56FLL @RadioFLL r-js/1imT49y when you can. We play all the Hits from the 50s and 60s, plus More Locally Performed #Music than ANY other #Radio Station. You can Request, Dedicate, Play and Vote on any song at anytime. Requesting a song and/or Voting it UP automatically causes it to play more often. Songs with the most spins make it to our #Top10 List. When a song makes it to No 1 and stays there for 7 days in a row, we change the icon on everyone’s player for that station to be that of the Music Artist or #Song Cover. LIPSapp Radio - Local Presence, Global Reach Radio! #beatles #60s #1960s #rollingstones #bobdylan #Love #LIPSapp #Radio
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