19 Sep 2002 #1 B briankerry New member Joined 4 Sep 2001 Messages 59 Location Cumbria, UK Visit site Anyone know anything about this little boat?
22 Sep 2002 #2 B briankerry New member Joined 4 Sep 2001 Messages 59 Location Cumbria, UK Visit site Designed by Leo da Costa in '73 or thereabouts, but who built them?
22 Sep 2002 #3 J Jeremy_W New member Joined 23 Jun 2001 Messages 1,121 Location Liverpool, UK Visit site According to my 1974 Boat World Guide (Sailing Cruisers up to £3,500) it was Sandpiper Marine of Church End, Shirley, Southampton. The Sandpiper looks incredibly similar to the Sailfish 18, also by Leo da Costa.
According to my 1974 Boat World Guide (Sailing Cruisers up to £3,500) it was Sandpiper Marine of Church End, Shirley, Southampton. The Sandpiper looks incredibly similar to the Sailfish 18, also by Leo da Costa.
23 Sep 2002 #4 B briankerry New member Joined 4 Sep 2001 Messages 59 Location Cumbria, UK Visit site Bless you Jeremy-W, I was beginning to think that nobody had heard of this boat. I shall follow up your information and pad out its CV. Do you happen to know anything about its wormscrew mechanism for the lifting keel?
Bless you Jeremy-W, I was beginning to think that nobody had heard of this boat. I shall follow up your information and pad out its CV. Do you happen to know anything about its wormscrew mechanism for the lifting keel?
