What would you choose?

Originally posted by Ruscoe Do you mean one of the last Polyester boats?  Be carful because if Jeff has misunderstood the number (not saying he would at all) then he could be thinking about boats around 1298 which would be near when ovington took over production.

He said that 1098 was an epoxy boat made for his friend Dave G.  He said it was the last of those boats he made and then someone else made a run of boats from 1100 onwards.

I got the impression that after the pre-production boats someone else made a run for him, then he made  a run and then I guess Ovington took over.

You boys certainly know your stuff.  I spoke to Jeff at lunchtime and it is one of the last epoxy Phantoms he made before someone else started building them for him.  He reckons it's probably 5kg heavier than the 1100+ boats but there's a bigger weight difference than that between the Phantom helms at the club so it's not big deal as far as I'm concerned.

Now I just need the owner to find himself a new boat so that we can talk money on his.

I'll give them a call next week then unless there is some external clues I could look for on the boat that would easily show if it was grp or epoxy.

I'm pretty sure that was the first epoxy boat, built for Dave G at Lyme, he sailed it for a few years before getting another. 1100 was possibly the first "production" epoxy boat and went to P&B.

I'd phone Jeff at Vandercraft rather than email, he is very helpful but is more likely to pick up the phone than answer an email.