My name is Paul Elvin, I have been sailing and motor boating for most of my life. I have owned and sailed various boats, GP14, Mirror Miracle, a Colin Muddie Wing 25 and a Holman & Pye UFO 34. I taught sailing as a certified RYA sailing instructor for many years teaching at the Welsh Harp Youth Sailing Base, Hendon, Nr London. I have also been a certified Mercury outboard servicing engineer.

London Sailing Project - LSP   I sailed with the London Sailing Project for many seasons out of Gosport on various boats including Rona a 77ft Burmuda ketch, sailed in the 1970 Tallships race to La Corunna, Spain (an area of this website will dedicated to information and photographs of the LSP and Rona). The picture below is of Rona (against harbour wall) 1970 in Plymouth harbour prior to start of the 1970 Tallships race.

The Marine services section will cover

• MCA - Maritime & Coastguard information
• OHM - Queen's Harbour Master - Portsmouth information
• Marine bookstore
• Marine art
• Boat restorations underway
• Dowty Turbocraft with a 2 ltr Ford Pinto engine
• Driver 550 with Mariner 115hp outboard
• Mirror Miracle sailing dinghy

 

• Outboard and Inboard engine help files