Info on 7771?

[TJ O'Brien]

Hi from Ireland!

I've recently bought 7771 off Brian Jones and Gary Frost in Cork. I'm hoping to piece together the boat's history and since it spent most of its life on the US west coast I'm starting here.

I'm interested in the info that's not on the archive - past names and colour schemes, when were major changes/updates made, and any interesting stories or anecdotes about or related to the boat. Any old photos or videos would also be great if they exist. I'm told the boat won a world championship, but in the archive I only see 2nd in '98 and '99. Can anyone confirm or refute that?

My goal is to put together a video about the boat on my Youtube channel. I hope to return to 505 sailing as the weather here warms up a bit. It's been too long!

Cheers!

TJ

IRL 7771

(former owner of USA 7095)

[Mike Martin]

When the boat was new it was black with a green stripe.  Name:  Unknown

When Dave Wahle  bought it the stipe got painted pink   Name: Skirts Only

When Mike Martin bought it  Name : Pink in the middle

When Andy and Benny owned it Name: Gummy de Milo

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[TJ O'Brien]

Thanks! It still has the pink stripe, but the paint is quite faded and will could do with freshening up. I'm not keen on doing that work anytime soon, but when it happens I'll be keeping it the same scheme. The name is also still Gummy de Milo. Not much has changed!

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[Aaron Ross]

Hi TJ, it's not so much the boat, it's the list of characters that sailed the boat. It's up to you to continue that tradition.

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[Craig Thompson]

The rarest of all Gummies

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[Bruce Edwards]

The boat was originally owned by Bill Jager

Then sold to Dave Wahle 

- Bruce

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The rarest of all Gummies

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[Logan Jager]

I don’t think he ever owned 7771, his boat was 7153 fka Crunchy Vegetables, Forest green with a white stripe. Sold to Urs Rothacker, then Blaine Pedlow. Still kicking around the PNW I believe.

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[rawat...@gmail.com]

I think Rich Butler had the boat (7771) before Dave W.    Larry and Dave would know.

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[Alexander Meller]

The old 505 registry (still available via the wayback machine) has this for 7771

7771, Feb '85, Waterat honeycomb, Rich Butler; Dave Wahle; Mike Martin; Andy Beekman and Ben Benjamin; Chuck Tripp, Kevin Taugher USA Bertrand Loyal, FRA (02/07)

Ali

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[Peter Scannell]

I bought it from Bertrand Loyal in 2009 and brought it from France to Cork. Brian Jones had it right after me. 

-Peter

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[Robert E Tennant]

Wow, what a history.  And you guys have way too much time on your hands!

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[drbeeker]

At one point in the early 2000's, rumor has it the boat had won the most Worlds Races of all time. The number of Worlds race victories is easily in the 20's or 30's