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Mirror Dinghy roll call The count is now at 1067! OWNERS PLEASE NOTE: if you wish to be anonymised, have your boat 2014 Started by adding requested entries as well as the published Australian national removed from the list or if you wish to be added to the list, please post a championship results of 2011 and 2013/2014. Also boats reported by persons who joined corresponding note on the forum’s ”Roll Call” thread, Facebook group “People who love Mirror Sailing Dinghies” on Facebook. “People who love Mirror sailing dinghies" or write to the forum admins. 2015 Worlds results added, lots of responses via FaceBook. It would be great if buyers of boats posted “for sale" would also send a note to the forum (i.e. post it on the forum’s “Roll Call” thread) that it is no longer for sale and perhaps say where the Remember that we all age so boats change owners without me being informed about it, boat is stationed now etc. others may have been scrapped since they were entered here and therefore there are no claims that this list is 100% correct. Interested readers should glance through the remarks/comments column, as some boat reports are doubtful and in some cases people have requested history information about 2018 After adding some more race results, I noticed that I’d overlooked some duplicate their boats (or former boats). entries. I have eliminated them, I think, but if any reader finds a duplicate please let me know. The Abersoch Mirror Week results show that some boats have changed owners and, 2008 European and 2009 World Championships results have been added. 11 entries that in some cases, names. did not appear in the results but were given Sail numbers as entrants, possibly only participated in the beach events. 2019 Facebook groups have contributed a lot of new entries. The forum, too, has acquired a number of new members. 2008/2009 Australian National Championships added. 2 OMDA Mirrors added. I have attempted to integrate information on the participation but do not guarantee 2020 UK Nationals results of 2019 added. There is some uncertainty about some of the correctness, particularly the helm/crew/club relationships may be reversed ! numbers as the boats are reported by the number on the sail during the races, which sometimes does not match the hull number. Several boats have come out of hiding in the 2010 European championship participants added and several Mirrors about which I USA thanks to the Facebook groups. received individual reports – it’s now possible to trace some boats through several events and see how they have changed owners / crews. I have tried to list the helms/crews in the same order as the event results. In recent years, several Mirror Dinghy groups have appeared on Facebook, the most general 2011 World championships in Albany, Australia yielded a huge collection of photos (e. g. world-wide one being “People who love Mirror sailing dinghys”. This has been a channel by http://www.flickr.com/photos/mirrorworlds2011/) , so I have left the starter numbers (“Jib which many owners have published information on their boats and allowed me to register them no.”) in the remarks column. You can therefore determine boat/crew relationships better here. when looking at the pictures. Following the various links in the remarks column can provide an evening’s entertainment. 2012 Individual members of various forums have agreed to enter their boats from as far Many owners are now featuring their exploits on YouTube, Facebook and other social afield as Japan and Spain. I also added a “dead boat list at the end of the roll call. RIP to all networks. who are entered there. Changed date format in footer to prevent Europe/American As some confusion has arisen because many boats are sailed with used sails off other boats, misunderstanding danger. Crossed the 400 entries mark thanks to some forum members I’ve changed the column heading to “Hull no.” – it’s the hull that counts. reporting their boats. Put some numbers of the Woollahra Mirrors up that I could find in their FaceBook photo albums Happy sailing, (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.270295596353208.62164.254187364630698 yours, &type=3) Gernot Hirsinger (aka 62816inBerlin aka PuffinInTegel) 2013 FaceBook, YouTube and the new Mirror Dinghy Discussion Forum have contributed to additional entries. I have synchronized the contents with the World Championship results listing, and eliminated some accidental duplicates. Let me know if you find any more. Some boats even have two names or nations now as they have changed hands over time. Status: 30 August 2021 Word file: 210830RollCall.docx 1/74 Mirror Dinghy roll call SOURCES: In some cases, you’ll find the starters’ numbers for these events in the “Club or town” column to allow you to identify the boats in the large number of pictures in various race report albums. Published regatta results, e. g. http://www.abyc.org.za/ , alan[at]abyc.org.za , However, so many years have passed since this list was started that it’s impossible to list such http://www.mirrorworlds2011.com/ , sources in detail here. http://www.sailracer.co.uk/results_report.asp?status=0&usr=sr&event=6947 , European championship results: http://www.sailracer.co.uk/results_report.asp?event=3641 as well as various web sites, postings on the Mirror Discussion Forum (MSN), new Multiply forum and other boating sites Worlds: http://mirrorworlds2013.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Mirror-Worlds-13-Results- Final.pdf . Status: 30 August 2021 Word file: 210830RollCall.docx 2/74 Mirror Dinghy roll call Hull Boat Name Country Helm / Crew Club or town (if no Remarks/comments no. Owner club) (not Dudelsack NZ Hugh Blank Pukerua Bay, NZ Facebook message on 06 March 2018. Pictures of cruise with Ian Ridsdale found) (not Tenacious GBR James Ross Henry Ross Hamble River SC 2018 SCYC Mirror Week place 12 (was reported with hull number 2 on race results ??) known) Clone La Sirène AUS Tony Keyes various family Brisbane, Queensland AU Built in Brisbane about 1969, bought in early 1970s by owner's uncle and has remained in family ever since. Restored to members seaworthiness (if not furniture-grade finish) in 2007, and in regular cruising use since. Sail no 16095 was donated by legitimate boat owner who converted to balanced lug rig in 2018. Report by owner on 22 Aug. 2018 X5691 tba RSA Steven Medcalf Megan Medcalf 34th 2015 African Ch.; 48th 2015 Worlds; Sail number X5691 ? 1 Eileen GBR National National Maritime Boat is on display and will probably never sail again. Maritime Museum, Greenwich Museum 3 Dingbat GBR Paul Cooke Tewkesbury Cruising & Photo in „Oldies“ on http://home.kpn.nl/herman1.janssen/ Paul Cooke is now a member of the FaceBook “People who love Sailing Club (TCSC) Mirror sailing dinghies” group. Photos on Facebook. Latest news and photo by Neil Cooke on 15 July 2018 11 Legs Eleven GBR Stuart Cutler Hampshire Post in the Mirror Dinghy Discussion Forum on 31 May 2018 by owner. A family boat for many years. 14 Mimi GBR Neil Cooke TTCSC mentioned in „Oldies“ on http://home.kpn.nl/herman1.janssen/ . See note for #3 above. Recent pictures of her sailing on FaceBook “People who love …” by Neil Cooke on 02 July 2018. 19 Sea Witch GBR Nerys Garbett Forum message on 16 Dec. 2015 32 Mirror 32 GBR Bunty Baxter Roadford, Devon, FaceBook “People who love Mirror sailing dinghies” England 39 GBR Paul Rogers FaceBook “People who love ….” and forum message 09 Sept 2015. Restoration project. / up for sale on 23 May 2019 67 GBR Scott Thomas FaceBook “People who love ….”, 28 Aug 2016. 92 Moondance GBR Graeme Alfred River Trent /Nottingham Reported on FaceBook “People who love ….”, on 4 May 2021 by owner after restoration. “Lockdown project nearly finished. Cook I'm now one of those people who love Mirror sailing dinghies! … Unfortunately there is no discernible number on the transom, which may have been replaced at some point. The sails, mast and rigging all look original. The hull was light blue and had a Salcombe sticker on it….” 140 GBR Russel (Sold from Horsham) Sold e-Bay GBR on 03 Aug, 2015. We’d like to hear more about this boat’s history. New owner reported on forum on 21 Zenthon Aug. 2015. Status: 30 August 2021 Word file: 210830RollCall.docx 3/74 Mirror Dinghy roll call Hull Boat Name Country Helm / Crew Club or town (if no Remarks/comments no. Owner club) 152 GBR Ian Ridge SO30 2HB Southampton,, Boat reported by Ian Ridge early in March 2018. Bought on e-bay from a field outside Norwich in 2008 from the original River Hamble owner and rebuilt 2009 (really! see Ian’s pictures on Facebook). Sailed by Ian Ridge and Kyle Scoular on the River Hamble.The boat has both the original Mark I and the new Bermudan rigs. 214 GBR Andy John Cardiff Boat was up for sale in April 2016 I UK Mirror Class Association Site’s marketplace, by Gwilym Lloyd Rees. Now reported by Andy John on Facebook “People who love…” 24 July 2020 268 Another Tea GBR Scott Thomas Waveney & Oulton Broad Forum post “Who’s got the oldest Mirror” by owner on 19 February 2016 YC 281 GBR James Nicky Mitchell FaceBook “People who love Mirror sailing dinghies”, 27 Nov. 2014 Littlejohns 434 GBR ? Martlesham Posted for sale on Facebook on 11 Sept. 2017 by Charlotte Ingham. 482 GBR Robert Bristol Quote :”Hanging from the roof of a garage in Bristol UK” on Facebook “People who love…” 13 March 2018 Bradshaw 510 GBR Matthew Hill Edward and Bideford Forum post reports barn find .