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Apologies to all those of you who use the dinghydata site on Geocities ( http://uk.geocities.com/dinghydata/index.htm ), but Yahoo have announced that they are closing Geocities in October. I have made a copy on Lycos at http://members.lycos.co.uk/dinghydata/index.htm , but this has more intrusive a...

Main + jib 10m2, spinny 10m2.

http://uk.geocities.com/dinghydata/Bullet.htm

John Kn

Must be a lost class...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Classic-and-rare- ... 1|294%3A50

John KN

If you're really going for cheap, circular holes and kitchen funnels. Worked on my old Ent many years ago.
JohnKn

And there's 2 on ebay; http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Skipper-14-sailing-dinghy-for-spares-or-repair_W0QQitemZ320368948399QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Sporting_Goods_Sailing_Boats_ET?hash=item320368948399&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50 and http://cgi...

There's quite a fleet of these at Whitby, sailed with Phantom rigs and called Harrier+.
JohnKn

A bit of info at http://uk.geocities.com/dinghydata/elevenplus.htm
JohnK

On my old 12 I found that stripping the varnish with a hot air gun did both jobs at once. When I had to leave it for a year due to a back injury, the black stains were harder to get rid of, but careful applications of diluted Domestos (other brands of bleach based cleaner are available) did the tric...

One of last 13 in the UK? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VERY-RARE-MIRROR- ... 240%3A1318

JohnKn

Unfortunately the full line from the Who's Magic Bus is "I want it, I want it, I want it. You can't have it"
John

Info on the Bullet at http://uk.geocities.com/dinghydata/Bullet.htm
The Meteor scow had a star with a tail as it's sail insignia, but that's all I know.
John

The 490 is French (along with the 420, 445, 470 and 485). See http://uk.geocities.com/dinghydata/Deriveurs/490.htm. 16ft is 4.88m, so (not allowing for much elasticity of tape measure) it could be a 490.
The PX I've not come across before.
JohnK

It's an X4 right enough - the angled edge to the side decks, position of the cleats and the curve on the back of the daggerboard case/tank confirm it.
JohnK

The eBay "rowing boat"http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... TQ:GB:1123 looks like an X4 (French Laser look-alike; http://uk.geocities.com/dinghydata/Deriveurs/X4.htm) in the new photo.

JohnK

See http://uk.geocities.com/dinghydata/Turtle.htm

John