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Bit late reading this post but as my TOY would not be the most suitable, pending work commitments assuming I actually have a job I was going to make Roger the offer he already seems to be suggesting!! pick something Merlin shaped out of the shed!

Amy

Found a reasonable compromise I think.

1 part marine paint.
Just ordered some hempel undercoat and topcoat, 1 tin of each should just give enough for 2 coats of each.

Affordable, and reasonably durable, she doesn't really need the high class 2 part systems!

I've spent the last few days doing afew fibreglass repairs on the toy, some nice bigs cracks (and 1 that I dug out to become a hole!) Been sanding down the rest of the decking, have lots of dings I need to fill, but I'm starting to think about paint. web searches seem to just talk about proper 2 pac...

Is anyone still sailing an IC at events? I'd love a go in one sometime!!

I see you now have an IC Neil, I can see the toy being a sliding seat intro and the canoe being to place to end up!!

thanksfully I happen to know a very competent boat builder who can help me give the boat a thorough MOT this winter!!

(I'm Chris Barlow's Daughter for those that haven't met me yet!)

Thanks Rupert, I want to continue my research maybe find out how many were made and what year mine is. What number did you have Rupert? I think next I want to see if I can find any articles in 'The yachting World' about the competition which may show all the boats put forward for trials. Anyone have...

Having just brought home Nessa's TOY dinghy, I wanted to find out more about it. I sent an email to the MD at Allen fittings who passed it on to Tony Allen, who sent me a delightful email explaining how it all came about. Here's Tony's Story which could perhaps be used to update the TOy page on the ...