I've got the rudder and dagger board but I'm unlikely to get down to the boat for a couple of weeks. I'll try to remember to get photos and dimensions next time I'm down. Drop me a PM with your email address.
Very capable little dinghies by the way.
Hi Derek
The Bobbin seems to have gone through a few design changes. The earlier version just had three thwarts with flotation only built in at the bow. A later version had a complete internal moulding with big chunks of closed cell foam under all the thwarts and side seats, that's the version we've got.
Early version on the left, later version on right...
Not sure about the sail dimensions, there were a lot of these built so there's a good chance a sailmaker will have the dimensions in his database. I'll see if I can get the dimensions from our rig.
Cheers
PS I've got a note of the email address so if I were you I'd delete it from the post above, save getting tons of spam.
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Just realised I've got the sail dimensions...
Main
Luff 3420 mm
Leech 3800 mm
Foot 1800 mm
Area 3.08 m2
Made by Arun, Mast/Boom sleeves, White
Jib
Luff 3500
Leech 3250
Foot 1150
Area 1.87 m2
Made by Arun, Free flying, White
You're still welcome to my spare! Might be worth trying Shiply for a transport quote - if someone has a van going past SW Scotland to the Solent it might not be too painful.
That's a Bobbin all right. The second version, with moulded rubbing strip.
My good Bobbin came without sailing rig, so I am going to have to make one. I have a spare rudder and the daggerboard is easy. I'm planning to use a Topper 4.2 square metre training sail on an adapted aluminium mast from a gunter-rigged Mirror, which leaves just the boom to worry about.
Wow, my father designed the Fleetwind and we had No 1 up untill the 70s, when he gave it someone to compete in the nationals.
Friend just renovated a Heron. Another forumite gave us the tube size for the ally mast off a Mirror, 2", as it has a very similar rig. In the end we built a doug fir mast and spars, as we have a good local supplier and said friend enjoys the wood process. Scored a secent set of Mirror sails of the 'bay'.