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Please help! - What boat is this?

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Topic: Please help! - What boat is this?
Posted By: gearley
Subject: Please help! - What boat is this?
Date Posted: 15 Mar 05 at 9:10pm

This dinghy is in the garage of the house we are buying. The owner does not know what it is but wants to sell it. Before I make an offer I really would like to know more about it. Does anybody know what it is and if the manufacturer is still in existence. Is there a class association for it?

It is a GRP hull with a single sail and is approx 12 foot long.

many thanks if you can enlighten me.




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Posted By: Wave Rider
Date Posted: 15 Mar 05 at 10:06pm

OOO god i have seen this somewhere before but can't remeber anything about it !

 

The twelve foot length and on the sail is obvoiusly involved in the name?!



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Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club
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Posted By: ioanlavery
Date Posted: 15 Mar 05 at 10:08pm
guessing along the lines of "Marlin" or "Sailfish" perhaps??????

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aka YoYo


Posted By: ioanlavery
Date Posted: 15 Mar 05 at 10:10pm
another thought ... is this boat located in the UK - or are we looking at a foreign boat?

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aka YoYo


Posted By: Wave Rider
Date Posted: 15 Mar 05 at 10:33pm

Yeah thats the one its a Marlin 12 footer !

 

 



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Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club
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Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 5:56pm
or a 12 foot marlin!!

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Posted By: ChrisJ
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 9:19pm

If its a Marlin, then:

Length: 13' 1". Beam: 5'6" Mast: 21'.

Sail area: 104 sqft (racing) or 85 (cruising). Spinnaker: 85 sq ft.

Weight: 215 lbs. Designed by Ian Proctor. Yardstick in those days (1973) was 97, when the Enterprise was 98.



Posted By: brader's
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 9:31pm
lol i dont think it is a marlin!!!


Posted By: gearley
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 10:40pm

Hi all, Many thanks for your help so far. I checked out both "Marlin" and "Sailfish" but they appear to be much larger. The Sailfish has a cabin!.

The boat is located in Mudeford, Christchurch, UK. here is another pic.



Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 10:44pm
Yeh ok , its realy starting to annoy me as i have seen that logo somewhere.

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Posted By: flat is fast
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 11:23pm
to be fair all respect to you chris j as i would not of had a clue yet you came up with all those facts

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Posted By: Wave Rider
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 9:12am
you tell u cos you found out all that stuff about a marlin but they symbol reminds me of a marlin

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Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club
           RS600 933


Posted By: ChrisJ
Date Posted: 18 Mar 05 at 2:06pm

Marlin is 13' (3.99m) long.

The SailFish in my 1973 book is 12' (3.66m) long.

Beam: 5'2", 90sq ft sail.

Both Marlin and Sailfish were in those days available from HHMarine, Horndean, Hampshire.

However, the pictures of the sail symbols I have neither exactly matches the one you have - although they are both very similar.



Posted By: gearley
Date Posted: 18 Mar 05 at 6:16pm

ChrisJ, Thanks for info, I will try to measure the boat this weekend to see if it tallys with your figures.

I will let you know, cheers,

Geoff



Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 18 Mar 05 at 6:19pm
If you have a look and see if it has a plaque in it with with age built or manufacurer or something.

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