In addition to this excellent website, of particular help was Rutland sailor Charles Frisby, who had two Swifts, sailed them seemingly everywhere with his family, and who was a committee member of the Owners Association for a while. Charles now sails a Kinsman on Rutland Water and we have raced against him in our Squib many times. It was kind of him to offer his advice which I then added to the other snippets we'd collected to make up a check list of what to look for when viewing a boat.
Now of course I'm no expert, having only had the boat for a week (
). But we have finished up with a really nice example of the class, so if anyone would like a copy of the check list we made from the various conversations we had, please let me know and I'll send it to you.Tony G
). But we have finished up with a really nice example of the class, so if anyone would like a copy of the check list we made from the various conversations we had, please let me know and I'll send it to you.