I suppose the U.S. equivalent to M&S would be Land's End/L.L. Bean/Eddie Bauer. Ironically, Land's End BEGAN as a Chandlery. Unless your parents were forced by V2 rocket devastation to seek accommodations on the water, what an incredible legacy, to have parents who lived on a Thames barge! I'll be curious to know whether the cream/tanbark is a nostalgic barge fad. Obviously, the reddish-brown, red or cream Dacron is more fashionable than practical, but I love the look. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Morris, Giles" <giles.morris@unisys.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 12:46 PM Subject: Contrasting Sails
Classic sailmakers, or boat builders?
Nothing as interesting as that. I don't know how things are now, but when I lived there M & S is (was) the chain store that sold clothing guaranteed to neither offend nor excite anybody. Amazingly popular, and I think that just about everybody bought most of their socks & underwear there. I think that the definition of a town (as opposed to a village) is the presence of an M&S store.
common to barges
Could be -- I'll have to ask mum about that. She and my dad lived aboard a Thames barge just after the war. If they'd held on to it, it'd be worth a fortune now. I seem to remember tanbark being some sort of goop that you soaked the (cotton) sail in so that it might last longer. I wanted tanbark sails for Dolphin to reduce glare, but the cloth that I wanted was only available in white. Giles -----Original Message----- From: Honshells [mailto:chonshell@ia4u.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 8:15 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Contrasting Sails I really like that, Giles, your point about identifying with a "lack of style". I'll have to Google "Marks & Spencer": Classic sailmakers, or boat builders? It seems as if the Egyptian-cotton jib/tanbark main is common to barges (?) . . . Thanks for looking at Sailrite for colored UV-Dacron . . . I'm embarrassed to admit, I just took my sailmaker's word for it. --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Morris, Giles" <giles.morris@unisys.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:44 AM Subject: Boom Bale, Genoa Cover
What type and thickness of metal did you use for the bale?
I bought one ready-made. West Marine has a selection, some shown at http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=1 0001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&productId=5638 Well, drat! I see how the issue of the leading edge stripe makes a sock desirable. It's been a while since I lived in England, and things have probably changed, but suspect that odd-colored sails would be another instance of that "Marks & Spencer look" that used to make us easy to pick out in any crowd by that certain lack of style. I just looked around on the Sailrite site and didn't see anything that would do what you want (but you had probably already checked there). Giles Morris Arlington VA Montgomery 15 "Umiaq" Vancouver 25 "Dolphin" Miscellaneous small craft