Unknown sailing dinghy?
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sailorman
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could be a Lark
pheonix
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Not a lark "lark has spinnacker chute at foredeck and mast step is wrong " how about kestrel ?.
nordic_ranger
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Or an Albatros. The rake of the Bow suggests that to me.
Aja
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Not a Kestrel, no side benches. Kestrel have built in buoyancy in sidedecks
Donald
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ryansdesk
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someone has mentioned a marlin, only problem is i cant find anything on the marlin to check, thanxs for all the posts keep them coming
Phoenix of Hamble
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Could be an albatros, but they usually have mast rams...... and you think you'd see some evidence of one having been fitted....
Edit:.... ... no, scrub that..... I'm thinking of Albacores......
Edit:.... ... no, scrub that..... I'm thinking of Albacores......
lenseman
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The size is correct for an 'ENTERPRISE' from the 1950's which I used to sail out of Broadstairs in Kent. The sail code is a capital 'E' if you have the mail sail?
PeteCooper
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It's not a Lark or an Albacore.
PeteCooper
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It's not an Enterprise either.
lenseman
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'Marlin' ?? did you mean 'MERLIN' as in 'Merlin Rocket'. sailed those too, very fast and totally the wrong shape. Merlin was 4.4 metres with a 2.2metre beam. They have a tall thin black isosoles triangle on the main /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
PuffTheMagicDragon
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The size is correct for an 'ENTERPRISE'
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Close enough, but the Enterprise was a double-chine boat. (I had E3356).
The picture made me think of a 470 or a 420. Very similar bows IIRC.
The size is correct for an 'ENTERPRISE'
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Close enough, but the Enterprise was a double-chine boat. (I had E3356).
The picture made me think of a 470 or a 420. Very similar bows IIRC.
VicS
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Nothing like a 420!
Nigel_Ward
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I think Marlin is the best guess so far. In the original adverts I remember the very heavily cambered foredeck.
PuffTheMagicDragon
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Bows seem similar to the 470 though.
But it had side buoyancy tanks and, while the beam is close at 1.68m, the length was of course 4.7metres.
But it had side buoyancy tanks and, while the beam is close at 1.68m, the length was of course 4.7metres.
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I would guess at a Mk III Gull . Don't be put off by the photo which is a MkI which had hard chines.
Jonny_H
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Ok, is it not ...
Enterprise - no chines
470 / 420 - there is an aft tank
Merlin - not planked hull and there is an aft tank
Lark - again aft tank
My ideas:
Bosun
Kestrel
Graduate
Swordfish
Wineglass
???
A good site to check out is www.yachtsandyachting.com/classes
Info on all the different dinghies here, and links to class associations / owner websites.
Jonny
Enterprise - no chines
470 / 420 - there is an aft tank
Merlin - not planked hull and there is an aft tank
Lark - again aft tank
My ideas:
Bosun
Kestrel
Graduate
Swordfish
Wineglass
???
A good site to check out is www.yachtsandyachting.com/classes
Info on all the different dinghies here, and links to class associations / owner websites.
Jonny
Kilter
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Not a Bosun!
BlackJacksGaff
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Any markings on the mainsail ?
Definitely not a bosun.
Definitely not a bosun.
Jonny_H
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I think it will be something unusual like a wineglass (or simalar) - equally it could always be a modified boat (lots of this age have been - i.e. take an old lark hull, and add a rear tank and change the mast step for something easier to use to lower the mast singlehanded - seen this quite a lot - not convinced it is a lark hull though....)