http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/ Laser 5000 Class Association Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:31:17 GMT thomasgb5231 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1738 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1738 Taff, By the way, I am pretty sure that there are some 5000s in France. 5302 for instance was sold & went to a club in Brittany not so long ago. The fleet Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:23:09 GMT R A OWENS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1737 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1737 Philip, Yes, the first week of August is definately fixed as the European Championships. Contact details to book accommodation or if you have any questions Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:01:04 GMT thomasgb5231 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1736 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1736 Taff, For the Europeans, it might be worth thinking about double stacker trailers that we could use. For a drive to Germany, it might be worth trying to get Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:27:14 GMT phil http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1735 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1735 Hi, I am definitely planning to come to the European Championchip in August. I really appreciate that you guys are organising such a cup on the continent since Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:36:28 GMT taff.owens http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1734 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1734 Hey Guys, We haven't heard anything from you in a while. Are you planning on coming to the European Championships in Germany in August? Also: Federico (Italy) Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:33:15 GMT taff.owens http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1733 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1733 Hi to all members of the Association. Planning for the events this year is going well. I have good expressions of interest in the Training Weekend, the Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:59:24 GMT paul.burns5269 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1732 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1732 Hi Dave thats great, look forward to seeing you from March, if we can get Les & Kevin, Thomas & Alister, Mark & Nicky, then we should be able to get 5 boats Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:51:04 GMT andy temple http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1731 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1731 Hi taff, With the way the current climate is going we all have to tighten our belts a bit so in our case we decided we could not do the boat justice by only Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:53:33 GMT R A OWENS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1730 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1730 Dave, It's good to see you back on the site. Have you had a chance to read the Chairman's letter on the front page and are you planning to come to any of the Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:50:51 GMT David Barr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1729 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1729 Hi Paul, I will be looking to start hiking over to grafham from march on a regular basis to particapate in a few races with other 5000's.I have loads of pre Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:46:22 GMT taff.owens http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1728 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1728 Alan, You're very welcome and if you have any more questions, please let us know. I'm sure somebody on the site will have the answer you're looking for and if Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:21:32 GMT R A OWENS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1727 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1727 Andy, That's not good news at all. What a great shame. Are you sure that you want to go down this line? I understand entirely where you're coming from - I Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:46:51 GMT andy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1726 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1726 It is with deep regret that me and tim have decided to sell our 5000 5311 due to lack of time to be able to sail together we are selling our boat to which we Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:22:13 GMT Butler, Alan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1725 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1725 Thanks for all the advice! It's really encouraging to a newcomer to the 5000 to get this help. Alan Butler 5196 ________________________________ From: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:09:00 GMT thomasgb5231 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1724 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/5000classassociation/message/1724 I am crossing my fingers but hopefully it should be ok... Steve from Northampton sailboats is chasing Selden to get smaller batches from them and get some