Recent content by Clator

I found somebody only about 20miles away with his Surprise out of the water and keel out of the slot. He's going to try to help. Incidentally, to the forum moderator, I can't edit the above post, so I'm attaching a fresh copy of the attachment. OCR has been added so it can be searchable...

I posted my brochure in another thread, but I've tweaked it and added OCR since then, so the full text will be readable and searchable by engines, so I don't feel redundant in cross-posting it here. I'd edit the earlier post, but the forum isn't giving me the option. Enjoy! --Clator

Okay ... at long last, the Rigging and Handling instructions for a Lockley Newport Surprise. I scanned this at 300 dpi and cleaned this up a bit too so it should print quite nicely. Even tagged it so search engines can index it a bit better (since ultimately the pages are big images). Now...

I have the manual for the 77 Surprise and will scan and post soon. I lost my Centerboard today in the muck of the Potomac. Can anybody with one of these boats provide specs? The paperwork doesn't indicate them.

I have a line on a Surprise that I may be checking out in a couple of days. The beam width will just b-a-r-e-l-y fit into my storage area, and I was curious if a trailer with a max width of LESS than the beam width will support the boat in a road-worthy fashion? Anybody have ideas on where...