Unknown sailing yacht

[stephencassar1]

This is from the Island of Malta. I have come across a 21' Sailing Yacht which was produced in 1971 by a British Company called Thames-England ( I was told ??).
It has an engine called Baby-Dolphin ( I was also told ?).
Has anyone out there ever heard of this kind of boat and if yes can anyone supply me with some information about it.
Thanks to all

Stephen - Malta

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[Gunfleet]

Could it be Thames Marine?In that case a Snapdragon or similar sounds likely. Any photos?

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[Gordonmc]

Can't help with the yacht without more info, but the engine sounds like a Dolphin two-stroke. These went into loads of cruising and racing boats by virtue of their light weight. They were (are?) made at Bodmin in Cornwall. A google will pull up a website as they are collected by engine enthusiasts.

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[bob_tyler]

Have a look at this:

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.dolphinengines.co.uk/index.htm>http://www.dolphinengines.co.uk/index.htm</A>

This may answer your problem

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[VicS]

Welcome to the forum. You took my advice then and youv'e already got more responses than on i-Boats. It's usually a bit quiet on here on the weekends but when they all get back to the office on Mondays it always gets a lot busier.
If you don't get much joy though try either pbo Reader to reader or Scuttlebutt. Multiple postings are normally frowned upon but in this instance I think you may not have picked the best one of these forums to ask your question.

<hr width=100% size=1><font color=purple>Ne te confundant illegitimi.</font color=purple><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by VicS on 30/10/2004 22:30 (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[AndrewB]

Like JohnM, I also thought quite possibly a Snapdragon 21, which were built from 1968 onwards by Thames Marine. Usually though they were fitted with outboards. Here's a pic of one that might help with identification:

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If so, for more information contact Mrs S Byde, Snapdragon Owner's Association, 83 Lymington Avenue, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex SS9 2AL, UK; or try other Snapdragon owners on the Scuttlebutt forum.

 

[stephencassar1]

Dear Gentlemen, my apologies for not replying earlier but was simply too busy. Tourism in Malta doesn't give you much time for yourself.
Thank you all for your replies/assistance. I went to see it properly and I do beleive it could be a Snapdragon from the photo that AndrewB posted. But nevertheless it is in a hopeless condition and impossible for someone like myself to try and restore. In any case Lm2999 or nearly Lstg5000 is too much for the condition it is in.
Once again Thnak you all
Stephen- Malta

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[stephencassar1]

Dear Gentlemen, my apologies for not replying earlier but was simply too busy. Tourism in Malta doesn't give you much time for yourself.
Thank you all for your replies/assistance. I went to see it properly and I do beleive it could be a Snapdragon from the photo that AndrewB posted. But nevertheless it is in a hopeless condition and impossible for someone like myself to try and restore. In any case Lm2999 or nearly Lstg5000 is too much for the condition it is in.
Once again Thank you all
Stephen- Malta

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