"Yachting Monthly" class

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\"Yachting Monthly\" class

Does anyone know of a self build model of yacht, the "Yachting Monthly" class.
It is of a GRP construction. It is approx. 30 feet long and a very narrow beam. It was originally designed with bilge keel. Rumour has it that only 7 of this class are left!! I know where one of them is and would like information, photos etc. as it requires a great deal of renovation.

 

[Nigel_Ward]

Re: \"Yachting Monthly\" class

There was a boat called the Diamond class sponsored by either Yachting Monthly or Yachting World. I think they started life built in plywood but maybe were later moulded in GRP. They were very narrow and about 30 feet long, but I thought they had fin keels. The sailmark was a black diamond as far as I remember. Is the boat you are enquiring about a chine hull?