Woah! That took me back. Sailed a Gull with my dad and my brother back in the 70's. We used to take her to Abersoch each August on our summer hols. Happy days. I've still got my little yellow metal Gull badge somewhere.
@@sailing_helouise Looking back at the design history of the Gull I'd presume so, too. I don't know how many they sold back then but we very rarely saw another Gull while we sailed on the Fylde, on Coniston Water - blown over there one day in a hooley - and in north Wales. It was a second-hand buy by my dad. She was a bit of a tub but pretty solid in waves and I did sail her solo with both the main and jib so that was doable with that design. I do remember losing the rudder one day in a rolling sea which I think was a design flaw. If I remember correctly, there was a very flimsy plastic flange which should have stopped the rudder from jumping off its pins. The rudder was on a safety line but we couldn't get the bugger back in position in the sea we were in. Friendly sailors were on hand to offer us assistance and, despite my protests to my crew, we took their line. Thankfully, they did not exploit the laws of salvage to take our boat.
The older I get the more I realize all I wanted to do is go sailing in little boats. Okay, maybe eat strawberry ice cream too but mostly go sailing in little boats. That's a great little boat. Looking forward to more adventures.
Strawberry ice-cream sounds good, yes please. And little boats are great fun! Although i do now have a 24-foot Hurley - i can't get so close up the little creeks, but i can go further. Sadly, no boat is perfect.
I want to get back into sailing. Like you, I am looking for a boat I can sail and launch myself but can also sail from time to time with a crew. I want something I can sail, row and motor occasionally. I did think of a Mirror Dinghy, but after having seen the Gull, that's got to be the boat for me. - My turn now to go through the process of finding one near me here in Christchurch, near Bournemouth.
The Sound and the Rivers Tamar and Lyhner are absolutely awesome to sail... A nice trip is up river to Calstock on an incoming tide, a bite to eat in the pub, then back home on the out going tide...
Hallo Rod, to me you seemed to be very happy with your TABUR 320! She is definitely a fine boat for uncomplicated and relaxed sailing. I own one myself. :-) But how do you feel now? Are you more happy with the "GULL" ? Or do you possibly regret selling the TABUR a little bit? Best regards from Lake Neusiedl / Austria, Franz
