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Hi Again, This is just a followup to thank you all very much for chasing up the information for me. When I first posted on this forum I had very little information regarding this class. I have since been sent scans from several different boat identification books from the era of the boat. One of the...

The Vagabond is a little longer than the Heron, and also a little beamier. Taking the information from the Dinghy Database now at this site: Heron Vagabond Number of Crew 2 2 Trapeze N/A N/A Length 3.43m 3.6m Beam 1.37m 1.45m Sail area (main + jib) 6.5sq.m (7.61sq.m with genoa) 8.2sq.m Spinnaker 6.3...

Thanks for that info Frank. That's interesting about the design being commissioned for Yachting World, as it conflists with the article reproduced in this newsletter that indicated that he designed it for "Bateaux". I've been refering to the design as the Heron's younger French cousin, :wi...

Hi Merlin, Thanks for that. I don't know if you looked at the restoration thread, but mt boat is No. 712, so I wonder whether it was made by the same dockyard. I suspected that my boat may have been professionally build, just by the way it had been put together. It has been well built, but it doesn'...

Thanks for the prompt response Geek. I waited a little while to see if anyone else was going to chime in with some more info. Since my first post, I have found out the the boat was built in 1972 and shipped to Australia with the personal possessions of the family that was immigrating. So it would no...

Hi All, I have acquired a Jack Holt Vagabond that I have been restoring. The restoration is roughly being documented here: http://www.woodworkforums.com/blog.php?u=27678 with questions being asked here: http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=100708 Now my purpose for posting to this forum is...