info request!

Euan Aitken

7th February 2011 at 3:38 PM

Hi Stuart

Welcom to the Fleet

I am afraid I know nothing about the boat you have bought but the good news is very little isnt repairable as Sonatas are pretty simple little beasties when it comes down to it.

I refitted Wicked Wookie (formerly The Reiver) after i bought her in November 2008. What looked like a nightmare, and had me phoning my big brother in a panic at the start, realy turned out to be pretty straight forward when you took it a step at a time and I have to say i am very pleased with the results and the satisfaction gleened from doing the work myself is Huge.

In what way is she in a bad way ?

I did take some before, after and progress shots with a view to doing a webpage for the boat …(… but a daughter came along and she has found other uses for that kind of spare time

If I can help with info at all give me a shout

Euan Aitken

7th February 2011 at 4:25 PM

While web trawling i did find this (extracted from the 2004 round the island race results) Entry details list Tom Laessing as owner / skipper not much but its a start

National Sonata

Sail Name Finished Elapsed Pos

GBR8107N MISS RED 15:20:58 08:10:58 1

8305N PICCOLO 15:27:27 08:17:27 2

GBR8036 XANTZ 15:30:43 08:20:43 3

GBR8312N ARGO 15:31:11 08:21:11 4

GBR8051 LITTLE SCARLET 15:33:01 08:23:01 5

GBR8166N MARGE 15:33:15 08:23:15 6

GBR8043 HIGH NOTE 15:36:21 08:26:21 7

GBR8408N FSHARP 15:45:32 08:35:32 8

K8313N SPELLBOUND 15:57:30 08:47:30 9

GBR8000 APPASSIONATA 16:03:39 08:53:39 10

K8429N WOODWIND 16:04:51 08:54:51 11

GBR8075N ANDANTE DID NOT COMPETE

GBR8104N FAT HEN DID NOT COMPETE

stuart lawrence

9th February 2011 at 7:33 PM

Thanks for your help Euan – finished stripping it out today and feeling a little more confident…

I was wondering if anyone knew the colour of the gel coat for the deck? also, where i might be able to get some?

cheers,

stuart

PAUL H CULLEY

11th February 2011 at 9:03 AM

Hi all,

I recently bought a Sonata and am looking at finishing refitting her ahead of the RTI in June. She currently sails under the name Little Scarlet (sail # K8051) and I wondered if anyone had any knowledge of her background?

I’ve certainly got my work cut out as she’s in quite a sorry state at the moment!

Any help much appreciated.

Kind regards,

Stuart

HI STUART, NOT MUCH INFO BUT AS OF 2002 LITTLE SCARLET WAS BASED DOWN IN HELSTON, I HAVE THE OWNERS NAME ON THE SONATAS ASSOCIATION PRINTOUT IF YOU NEED TO PURSUE IT, REGARDS PAUL/

Andrew Rudd

6th March 2011 at 2:05 PM

Hi Stuart,

I too have just bought a Sonata and will be racing in the RTI. The boat I have, you mentioned in your 2004 list (K8429N WOODWIND 16:04:51 08:54:51 11), now named High Tar. Hope to be doing a better time than this!

I bought the boat from a member of the Royal Southern Yacht club, Sandy Mcpherson, who had a good knowledge of the fleet and may know the background to your boat

Best Regards

Andrew Rudd