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Howstar
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Mirror boat

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Hi all I just wanted something cheap to get me up down the river . I swaped this for some old outboards that did not work, Its first time I done anything like this with plywood,but when I was scrapping the paint off the plywood .the plywood came off with it, :grrr:
It only took me a week to repair and paint and varnish. suppose I should spent longer but looks OK.
I might work on another plywood boat again, I post some more pictures latter I got old seagull engine and 6 horse to make it fly it a long and some sails when I run out of petrol. :woo:

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Yo! well saved, I think you may have a Cadet dinghy there rather than a Mirror, the Mirror has gun'ls without a side deck... sailed a Mirror for years (back when I had hair), brilliant boat even did the Nationals one year, 120 boats in a race all trying to get the windward end of the start line for the gun...great fun
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Thanks hope to have it in the water over Easter, if warms up again

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Healey75 wrote: 120 boats in a race all trying to get the windward end of the start line for the gun...great fun


or try to do that in a 30' International Dragon............... :o


:wot:

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Interesting little boat. I'm afraid I'm not much help - but I can say that it is neither a Mirror or a Cadet! Which does make it a bit of a puzzle. If you really want to find out I would suggest looking at the classic and vintage racing dinghy site - where a similar level of expertise in those types exists to the power varieties here!

Best of luck.

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Hopefully in the water with this Sunday and like to bring it on soar boat trip weekend in June

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no matter how bad it is,it can always get worse,I'm an optimist

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The boat does look quiet big on the picture, but it is 11ft long and 5ft wide and does have mirror sails,


Some good links on how to repair any type boat below


http://www.sail.ie/maint.htm

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Woops,sorry,posted the bigger version. I sailed one many moons ago,twenty seven years or there abouts :o though I preferred the GP14,even if I did go swimming every time I went out :hilarious: But too small,Fireball is usually 16',So you are probably correct in saying it's a Mirror.


LOA = 10 ft 10 ins (3.30 metres)
Beam = 4 ft 7 ins (1.39 metres)
Draft (Board raised) = 4 ins (0.09 metres)
Draft (Board down) = 28 ins (0.70 metres)
Rig = Bermudan or Gunter with optional spinnaker.
Bermuda mast height (above deck) = 16 ft (4.9 metres)
Gunter mast Length = 10 ft 8 ins (3.3 metres)
Gaff Length = 9 ft 3 ins (2.8 metres)
Boom Length = 7 ft 6 ins (2.3 metres)
Sail Area - Main = 49 sq ft (4.6 square metres)
- Jib = 20 sq ft (1.9 square metres)
- Spinnaker = 47 sq ft (4.4 square metres)
Hull construction GRP foam sandwich or plywood
Weight - complete = 135 lbs (61.29 kgs)
- Hull only = 98lbs (45.5 kgs)
Volume of Hull below Sheerline = 1.15 cubic metres
Volume of Buoyancy Tanks = 0.53 cubic metres
(46% of Hull)


That is a brilliant link for boat repair thank you very much.
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Re: Mirror boat

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http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/Mirror-Dinghy ... 0009045297

I saw this on eBay i did not think they did free restoration guides .

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