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philiphurst

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My old girl.

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If I owned a mobo it would have to be one of those.
 

JesseLoynes

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Okay, "Classic and Wooden Boats"

Playing it safe to start with, she's 67 years old now, so should be acceptable. Sadly doesn't get much use now...

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... because I became rather busy helping build this one:

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And that in turn inspired the build of this one:

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She's the same length and breadth as the Hillyard, just a third of the weight. Makes her a little more exciting to sail...
 

Kibo

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Well, here comes too my Mason 33, small sister of Tom Cunliffe's Mason 44.

She was designed by Al Mason in America in 1982 and built it Taiwan in 1985. Not too old, but a Spirit of Tradition, as she was built with traditional looks and full keel with rudder attached to it.

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Penton Hooker

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Seems to be a lot of synthetic boats on this thread, best bring on some balance!
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Built by Press Bros on the Norfolk Broads in 1908. Spent WWII on the bottom of Hickling Broad where she was sunk as an obstruction to possible sea-plane landing by German troops.

The other love is a classic plastic, a 1978 Drascombe Long Boat:
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Indeed. The Fairey Firefly was the first mass produced sailing dinghy!

Design - Uffa Fox used a design he had knocked up before the War for Cambridge University Cruising Club.

Production: using "autoclaves", veneers and glue left over from WW2 Mosquito production... and Uffa Fox and Charles Currey conspired to get it selected as the singlehander for the 1948 Olympics which got them Government permission to use "scarce materials..."
 

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Indeed. The Fairey Firefly was the first mass produced sailing dinghy!

Design - Uffa Fox used a design he had knocked up before the War for Cambridge University Cruising Club.

Production: using "autoclaves", veneers and glue left over from WW2 Mosquito production... and Uffa Fox and Charles Currey conspired to get it selected as the singlehander for the 1948 Olympics which got them Government permission to use "scarce materials..."

Which was of course all preparation for them building proper boats...
 
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