People looking for boats they used to own.

Once in a while I receive notes from people telling me about Mirrors they used to own. If the numbers are already on the roll call, I can tell the senders to have a look there.
If the boats are not on the roll call, the enquiry has stayed on my mail collection which is a bit inefficient with respect to locating more information.
Instead of adding a "lost boats" section to the list, I'll start by posting some here. If you have news about a boat, you can cut and paste the text into a new message and add your information. This might turn up some interesting stories about what these boats have seen and what they are doing now.

Here goes:
Tim Wilkes wrote :
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Mirror 6745 'Partout', white hull, varnished inside - I had this boat from new, fully built by Bell Woodworking of Leicester, which is where I grew up. I decided I wanted a Mirror when I was 9 years old. I told my father I would save my pocket, birthday and Christmas money. Generously he said for every £1 I saved, he would give me £5. In those days I got 2 shillings (10p) a week. It took me three years to save enough and the new boat, all £125 worth of her was delivered to me on the top of my fathers car in time for my 1966 summer holidays. I spent the next few summers sailing every day around Chichester harbour, getting into scrapes and learning a lot. She was sold in 1973/4 .

Mirror 21823 'Rigolo', green hull, varnished inside - This boat I bought in 2004 so that I could help teach my daughter to sail. She was for sale at Datchet Reservoir and I towed her to Burnham on Crouch, where she was sailed occasionally for the next four years. I then sold her to a couple downsizing from Wayfarers and based along the East Coast on the Blackwater.

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Looking forward to comments / reports.

Gernot H.