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until 1975. Aluminium alloy masts were experimented with around the same time, but were not adopted for reasons of cost. Sails made of humanmade fibres were experimented with after the Second World War, and were adopted in 1961. Local conditions of strong tides and regular light winds caused sailors on the Forth to adopt a
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In order to keep ownership costs down and preserve the integrity of the Loch Long as a 'one design' class, new technology and ideas have been introduced sparingly and slowly. Although the spinnaker was first flown on the Solent in the 1960s, this somewhat capricious sail was not adopted by the class
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The price for a new one has risen with inflation and the rise in the cost of labour and materials; by 1949 the cost had risen to £425, and to £495 by 1963. The first strip-plank Loch Long, No.136
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hulls were admitted to the class in 1994; 5 boats have been constructed using this method so far, which is significantly cheaper to build than the original carvel construction.
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and to replace their existing sailing craft with a low cost design which was capable of safe use in the local conditions found on
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and even across the Atlantic; at least one was exported to the US, and another was transported to Brazil by the artist
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Wishart. R & McMurtrie. J (1987). "Loch Longs; the first fifty years..", Orr Pollock Co. Ltd.
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Jamie Bruce Lockhart. "Loch Longs: The Third Quarter-Century 1987-2011" Peridot Press
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Wilkes, James 2/11/2005 'Bottoms Up: Turner Prize 2005' Studio International
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The first five Loch Longs cost just £66 each, compared to £300 for a
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Out of more than 130 built, over 100 are believed to still exist.
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Article on Loch Long championship 2003, Jamie Bruce-Lockhart
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Article on Loch Long championship 2008, Jamie Bruce-Lockhart
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was hit by a malfunctioning torpedo on 3 July 1957.
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Index


Draft
Hull
LOA
LWL
Beam
Mainsail
Jib
genoa
Spinnaker
edit on Wikidata
One Design
sloop
keelboat
coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
Loch Long
Firth of Clyde
Stjärnbåt
counter stern
clinker to carvel
backstay
genoa
jib
strip planked
Dragon OD
hull
keel
Floodtide
Cove
Aldeburgh

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