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Vega
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Southern Comfort V1703
 Southern
Comfort is owned by Steve Birch and Dave Timmins. She is kept at Fawley near
Southampton which has easy access to The Solent. Over the last five years she
has undergone an extensive re-fitting program that has included fitting a new
Beta BZ482 engine, complete re-spray and a new mast, boom and rigging due to a
failure of the forestay chain-plate (see Newsletter 24). She has just had a
Navik Wind-vane fitted for the last IFR (Hoorn - IFR2000) so is easy to handle
single-handed. The next big job will be to epoxy the underwater hull as a
preventative measure. She is a very good looking Vega and can often be seen
sailing in The Solent, France and the South West.
Last year Steve Birch, Allen Barnby and Cai Christainsen attended IFR-2000 in
Southen Comfort with an uneventful crossing of the North Sea. She has proved
to be a truly seaworthy boat that is happy in all seas and winds, though it can
be fun with a large following sea, strong following wind and spinnaker set
(motto: keep an eye on the wind strength especially downwind!).
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