1936 Olympic Monotype dinghy to a good home

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Mike L-S

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I have a 16ft Oylimpic Monotype dinghy built for the 1936 games at Kiel. Peter Scott was reputed to have sailed it to bronze medel position. It is still in very userable condition. Anyone interested to own such a historic vessel is welcome to contact me, I just want it to go to a good home and be looked after.:) boat is in Suffolk, I can deliver if required.
 
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Dear Mike L-S
I wondered if you have found a good home yet?
My first sailing aged 12 was in an O.M. with an uncle in Norfolk, who always referred to it as "the German boat" !
I am in Suffolk .
Look forward to hearing from you
Nigel
 
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Dear Nigel,

There has been a number of interested people in this dinghy. An early reply was from a group in Lowestoft who sail and look after historic vessels - my boat would be best served in this way I'm sure.

My Uncle who owned K2 bought this dinghy from a Norfolk farmer back in the 1950's - I wonder if it was indeed your Uncle, my Uncle Tom said it might well have been from the Olympic fleet from Keel. I have much information about those Olympic game in 1936, Peter Scott won the bronze, he might well have done better had the high winds persisted through the series as he led the races at the outset.
Kind regards Mike Lincoln-Smith (01473 710457)
 
I take it she's a 12Sq M Sharpie ?

Lovely boats, I had the honour of crewing one a long time ago; my club near the solent, and another at ( Wells ? ) Norfolk were the only UK fleets, but ours has sadly gone; a silhoutte of a Sharpie is on our clubhouse windvane.

The Dutch still sail them very competively, used to come over and sail rings round us every year ! I believe there are GRP versions too.

Obviously a big heavy ( long & very thin, steel centreplate ) boat ashore, and a lot of maintenance; still worth about 1,000,000 Laser 2's etc !

If I won several lotteries to gain my fantasy fleet, a Sharpie would certainly be there; hope she goes to a good home.
 
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I take it she's a 12Sq M Sharpie ?

Lovely boats, I had the honour of crewing one a long time ago; my club near the solent, and another at ( Wells ? ) Norfolk were the only UK fleets, but ours has sadly gone; a silhoutte of a Sharpie is on our clubhouse windvane.

The Dutch still sail them very competively, used to come over and sail rings round us every year ! I believe there are GRP versions too.

Obviously a big heavy ( long & very thin, steel centreplate ) boat ashore, and a lot of maintenance; still worth about 1,000,000 Laser 2's etc !

If I won several lotteries to gain my fantasy fleet, a Sharpie would certainly be there; hope she goes to a good home.
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The Sharpie is a bit bigger than 16ft, about 19'6" actually.
Took mine out with the nipper last Sunday. No wind, only the genoa up, and we slipped down the Emsworth Channel faster than a Centaur under full sail!

Maintenance? Proper rebuild 2002. Since then deck has had 2 coats varnish twice. Otherwise nearly mint. Its alot easier than polishing GRP and fixing all that osmosis....
Mind you, shes got a very good cover!

I think we raced once against the one at Langstone. He was faster up wind and we were faster off the wind as we were 3 up. We didn't win!


So what is an Olympic Monotype then???
 
Mike L-S said:
Dear Nigel,

There has been a number of interested people in this dinghy. An early reply was from a group in Lowestoft who sail and look after historic vessels - my boat would be best served in this way I'm sure.

My Uncle who owned K2 bought this dinghy from a Norfolk farmer back in the 1950's - I wonder if it was indeed your Uncle, my Uncle Tom said it might well have been from the Olympic fleet from Keel. I have much information about those Olympic game in 1936, Peter Scott won the bronze, he might well have done better had the high winds persisted through the series as he led the races at the outset.
Kind regards Mike Lincoln-Smith (01473 710457)
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Evening Mike
sent PM
Roger
 
I thought 16' sounded short, but the '1936/8 Kiel Olympic Dinghy led me to think she must be a Sharpie; so, as mentioned, what is she then, any chance of a photo please ?

Edit- Seanick, "The One at Langstone" - there used to be a fleet there ! 'Garganey' may be the one which held out, she was kept on a whip mooring and suffered abuse by yobs & weather alike, hopefully in a better condition and place now.
 
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Monotype Olympic boat and Sharpie

Nice to have a long chat with Mike Lincoln-Smith, kind of him to ring and glad to hear she, the boat is going to a good home.

I started watchind a Tom Cunliffe series(repeated on Quest) Boatyard and one afternoon, saw the start of a restoration of a Thames, I think, based Sharpie. I missed three quarters of the repeat as well as missing the first time around one.

Others that featured craft like a speedboat named Miss Essex, (with an Essex V6 Ford engine)as well as a 30s long stern ketch, being resurrected,
I managed to see (had actually watched the episode with an ETap that got damaged in the 87 gales thrice, but wonder if any channels are likely to have reruns of this excellent series.

Maybe as they say what goes around, comes around.
 
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