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What's New - 2010

Dec 31 -

Dec 29 - Buck Owen's Yankee #80, FOR SALE in Humboldt Bay, California. This boat was formerly Arnold Sharpe's El Gitano (a bit of webmaster confusion now sorted out) - in Rosters and For Sale Sections; More Comments about the Dolphin Website book - 2 books left.

Dec 26 - Bruce Evan's #226, Columbia Crossings (Portland) Oregon, has a name - SoniMarg, nee Precis - in Rosters; Update and Comments on the Dolphin 24 Website Book - in Stories; Update on Jim Robinson's Aquila, now Jasmine, Pacific Dolpin #273, Columbia Crossing, Oregon - in Rosters; Roger Barris' Yankee #180, Lake Erie, PA? - in Rosters

Dec 25 -

Season's Greetings

Dec 21 - Bonnie Lassie, Yankee #175 FOR SALE on Ebay, Edgewater, Maryland - in Rosters and For Sale Sections; Update on Tiare, Pacific Dolphin #267, Lopez Island, Washington - in Rosters

Dec 20 - Dale and Sharon Wheatley checked in as the new owners of Tiare, Pacific Dolphin #267, Lopez Island, Washington - in Rosters

Dec 16 - Joe and Arnold Sharpe, Portland, Oregon are the new owners of Yanqui, Yankee # 197 - in Rosters

Dec 14 - Update, Secret Sisters, Finisterre and Fidelio, Cover Story in Wooden Boat Magazine's Jan/Feb 2011 issue just out - in Stories/Marionette's Cruise to Newport; Gerald Horan checking in with his Yankee #210, Big Island, Hawaii - our 172nd 'Found Dolphin' - in Rosters ad Number of Dolphins Found; Don Moore advises Delphinus, Yankee #128, Plattsburgh, NY (Lake Champlain) is still FOR SALE with a reduced asking price of $7500 - in Rosters and For Sale Sections

Dec 13 - update on The New Zealand Yachting Federation's listing of registered S&S 24's (and Falcon 24's) - in Technical/Fin Keeled Dolphins (Note: this posted at 10:50 EST, Dec 12, which is 4:50 AM on Dec 13); Glen Korpi's AGAPE, formerly Think Big, Yankee #146 is still FOR SALE, price reduced, Point Dana, California - in Rosters and For sale Sections; Grand Finale, Mike Zint's Pacific Dolphin #300 is getting a new sub floor - in Rosters; Update from Gary King on his So Nice, Yankee #137 FOR SALE , Lake Texacoma, Oklahoma - in Rosters and For Sale Sections; Update - Todd Croteau's early Dolphin, Mele, still available FOR FREE, Annapolis/Washington DC area - in Rosters and For Sale Sections; Update - West Light, a Shaw 24 FOR SALE in New Orleans, Louisiana - in Rosters and For Sale Sections

Dec 12 - Looking for specification information on late Yankee hardware - chainplates, chocks, cleats. Please reply to RonBreault@Dolphin24.org, Thanks; Update from Jim Benson and his Thistle, Pacific Dolphin #275, Montegue, California - in Rosters; Dolphin 24 Website Book Status - 48 books of 58 ordered have shipped to date, only 2 remaining from the 60 book order.

Dec 11 - Giles Grimston's Summer Wine, a Falcon 24, checking in, with photos, Hastings, New Zealand - in Rosters and NZ built, fin keel Dolphins; Palmer 27 Operating Instruction Manual (complements of Louis Claasen (Mea Li'i Nai'a's/Spirit of Fellowship) in downloadable PDF format for this engine - in Technical/Auxiliary Power

Dec 7 - Erik Evens, Robin Lee, Yankee # 118, posted a documentary on the Forum of his recent solo cruise to Catalina Island, California. Click here to go to it. - on the Forum and in Stories; Dolphin 24 Website Book Status - 43 books of 57 ordered have shipped to date, only 3 remaining from the 60 book order

Dec 4 - Reverend Louis Claassen's Spirit of Fellowship, Lunn hull # 223 has a new name ("Mea Li'i Nai'a"), owner, location and vocation, Lake Chelan, Washington - in Rosters

Dec 3 - Art Krauce, Abbie Burgess, Lunn #212, Spruce Head Island, Maine, checking in - in Rosters

Dec 2 - Carl Hazelton's "Miss Behavin" Yankee #248, Rockport, Texas. A newly found Dolphin, the 171st, and the last known Yankee built - in Rosters and Number of Dolphins Found. Dolphin 24 Website Book Status - We have book orders for 57 books, 3 remaining. click for more details; Website statistics for November - 10, 601 visits, 45,492 page views.

Dec 1 - Jim Benson checking in Thistle, Pacific Dolphin #275 - heretofore known only as the "Yreka, California Dolphin" - in Rosters; Information on Portlight Gaskets - in Technical/Portlights; Dolphin 24 Website Book Status - 31 books shipped today. click for more details

Nov 30 - Update on Bruce Evens' Yankee # 236, Columbia Crossing, Oregon; Also a call for information on Yankee portlight gasket replacements - in Rosters; Dolphin 24 Website Book Status. They have arrived from the printer and will start re-shipping today. We have book orders for 55 books, 5 remaining - click for more details

Nov 25 - Dario Rubinsky, Breeze, Yankee # 83, Marina del Rey, California, checking in - in Rosters; More info on Yankee #122, in Rosters

Nov 24 - Ian Holzmacher's Yankee # 122, Wanderlust, checking in, Babylon, NY a newly found Dolphin - in Rosters and Number of Dolphins Found; The Anderson's Yankee, Antigua II, has a hull #, 189, Lake Minnetonka, Minnisota - in Rosters; Dolphin 24 Website Book Status - we have book orders for 53 books of the 60 ordered, 7 remaining - click for more details

Nov 23 - Larry Laughlin's Yankee #132, San Diego, California, checking in - our 169th 'Found Dolphin" - in Rosters and Number of Dolphins Found Sections; Cove Dweller Yankee #111, Annapolis, Maryland listed For Sale in Sail Magazine - in Rosters and For Sale Sections; Mo-Dean, Yankee # 237 has been sold - in Rosters

Dolphin 24 Website Book Status - we have book orders for 52 books of the 60 ordered, 8 remaining; books were shipped from the printer today - click for more details

Nov 22 - Replacing Marionette's centerboard pennant, MarscotO'Day # 12 - in Technical/Centerboards; Replacing Yankee #227's centerboard pin - in Technical/Centerboards;

Nov 20 - update on Carl Boller's Our Knots, Yankee # 211, Long Beach, California - in Rosters; Book orders up to 50, 10 remaining - Click here for update

Nov 17 - To date we have 49 book orders, an order for 60 has been placed with the printer. Click here for more details; Mike Horn's Angel, Yankee # 73 completes her cross country voyage - in Rosters

Nov 16 - Robert Young has checked in with Erin go Brau, O'Day #67 - in Rosters

Nov 15 - More on #227's centerboard, including an x-ray - in Technical/Centerboards

We have orders for 47 Dolphin 24 website books. November 15 cutoff date is today!

Click here to get book details, and on how to reserve your copy

Nov 13 - Update on #83, Breeze, a blue Yankee at Marina del Rey, California - in Roster

We have orders for 44 Dolphin 24 website books. November 15 cutoff date is fast approaching

Click here to get book details, and on how to reserve your copy

And see the new 'book box"

Nov 11 - Newly Found (168th) Yankee Dolphin #90, Lake Tahoe, Nevada FOR SALE - in Rosters, For Sale and Number Dolpin 24's Found Sections

Nov 10 - Bill Thomas sent in a report on the trailer he built for Clover, his Marscot/O'Day #4, South Berwick, Maine - in Technical/Trailers; Mysterious white waxy stuff/green goo in Yankee #227's centerboard - a report - in Technical/Centerboards

We have orders for 41 Dolphin 24 website books. November 15 cutoff date is fast approaching

Click here to get book details, and on how to reserve your copy

Nov 9 - Postscript notes from Mark Steinhilber on Rascal's 1970's downwind racing tricks, and the latest in era foul weather gear - in Rosters

Nov 8 - Mark Steinhilber sent in some pictures of Rascal, an early Marscot/O'Day, Niantic, Connecticut - in Rosters; Noah Kornblum checking in with an update on his Yankee #219, Polly, who will be busy this winter - in Rosters; Updated page for Mike Horn's Angel, Yankee #73 on her way to Islesboro, Maine - in Rosters

Nov 7 - Lisa Hochmann and Don Dryer checking in their Yankee #98, Flathead Lake, Montana - in Rosters; update on Fanny, Yankee #107, Flathead Lake, Montana - in Rosters

Nov 6 - A postscript - Ed Purcell's spinnaker on Just Friends, Marscot/O'Day #20 - in Rosters

We have orders for 39 Dolphin 24 website books at 1:00PM EST. November 15 cutoff date is fast approaching

Click here to get book details, and on how to reserve your copy

Nov 5 - Another Dolphin Found - the 167th. The Davis' Yankee #107, Fanny, Flathead Lake, Montana - formerly Kiwi, a southern Pacific Ocean cruiser - in Rosters and Number of Dolphins Found; Yankee #98 is now in Montana - in Rosters

Nov 4 - We have orders for 34 Dolphin 24 website books at 4:20PM EST. Click here to get details on how to reserve your copy

Nov 3 - Jonnie Walker's Yankee #227 gets a paint job for her v berth - in Rosters;

The Dolphin 24 website book page has been updated with copies of the Cover, Author's Notes, Index, page 1 of the Additions Chapter, and the all important last page. Click to go there.

Nov 1 - Chris Clayton's Crumbs, a Falcon 24 checking in, Auckland, New Zealand - in Rosters: October website visit statistics - page visits surpassed 40,000 for the first time!

We have orders for 22 Dolphin 24 website books at 9:25AM EST. Click here to get details on how to reserve your copy.

October 30 - Warren Levine's Yankee #98, Mill Valley, Calfornia was sold to a buyer from Montana - in Rosters and For Sale

We have orders for 18 Dolphin 24 website books at 7:35PM (10/20/2010)EST. Click here to get details on how to reserve your copy.

Oct 29 - Cove Dweller, Yankee #111, Arnold, Maryland, For Sale, page updated - in Rosters and For Sale

Oct 27 - Update on Number of Dolphins Built - in History

Oct 26 - Angel, soon to make a cross country voyage to her new owner, Mike Horn in Islesboro, Maine , is Frank Montelongo's Yankee #73, Marina del Rey, California - in Rosters

Oct 25 - Bill Thomas and Jane Ahlfeld checking in Clover, Marscot/O'Day #4, (formerly The Rachel K), Eggemoggin Reach, Blue Hill, Maine - in Rosters; Updates (and mystery solved) on Jeff Gables Pacific Dolphin #267, Tiara, a newly found Dolphin, FOR SALE on Shaw's Island, Washington - in Rosters, Number of Dolphins Found and For sale Sections; Update on Mike Singleton's Alyssum, Yankee #246, Olympia, Washington - in Rosters

We have orders for 14 Dolphin 24 website books at 7:50AM EST. Click here to get details on how to reserve your copy.

Oct 23 - Jeff Gable's Pacific Dolphin (Yankee?), #246, Shaw Island, Washington - in Rosters and For Sale Sections

We have orders for 9 Books at 6:09AM EST

Oct 22 - Frank Foley's Thumbelina, a 1961 Shaw 24 in Marion, Massachusettes - in Rosters; update on Ed Glover's Dolphin, an early Marscot built boat, Spruce Head, Maine - in Rosters; Mike Horn's Angel, an early Yankee, Marina del Rey, CA on her way to islesboro, Maine - in Rosters, and she is a Newly Found Dolphin, the 165th: Update on Arthur Krauce's Abbie Burgess, a Lunn? built Dolphin, Spruce Head Island, Maine - in Rosters; Jonnie Walker's Yankee #227 gets a new name, a new dinette table surface, and a new galley doors - in Rosters. (Whew!)

We have orders for 4 Dolphin books at 5:30PM, EST

Oct 21 - The Dolphin 24 book based on the website is ready (almost) . Click here to get details on how to reserve your copy.

Oct 18 - Fred and Sharon Balfour's 1972 Yankee, Tern, Pocasset/Buzzards Bay, Massachusettes, FOR SALE - in Rosters and For Sale Sections

Oct 17 - Abbie Burgess, a newly found early Dolphin, Spruce Head Island, Maine - in Rosters and Number of Dolphins Found

Oct 15 - Bob Leahy's progress report and pictures for Teaka, Yankee # 165, Oahu, Hawaii - in Rosters

Oct 14 - Kevin McCready is the new owner of Glass Spider, a New Zealand built S&S 24 - in Rosters; Starting a new page on the repair of #227's centerboard - in Technical/Centerboards

Oct 13 - Continuing update on #227's Centerboard Trunk Repair - in Technical/Centerboards

Oct 12 - Update on Yankee #227's Centerboard Trunk Repair Project - in Technical/Centerboards

Oct 10 - Centerboard Trunk Repair project, Yankee #227 - in Rosters and Technical/Centerboards

Oct 6 - Update and pictures of El Gitano, Eureka, California - in Rosters; Belles, a newly found early Yankee in Eureka, California - in Rosters; A mystery early Yankee (#80?) in Humbolt Bay/Eureka, CA - in Rosters

Sept 29 - Centerboard Repair Project updated - Eric Varty's Canopache, Yankee #188 - in Technical/Centerboards

Sept 28 - Delphinus, Yankee # 128 FOR SALE, Plattsburgh, New York - in Rosters and For Sale Sections; Garganey, Yankee # 234 has a new owner in Rhode Island - in Rosters; Cove Dweller, Yankee # 111, FOR SALE, Arnold/Annapolis, Maryland - in Rosters and For Sale Sections

Sept 27 - A Centerboard Repair Project - Eric Varty's Canopache, Yankee #188 - in Technical/Centerboards

Sept 25 - Terry Glenn checks in with PORPOISE, Marscot/O'Day #15, Belmont, Illinois - in Rosters

Sept 19 - Yankee #143 (Beluga?), FOR SALE, Morro Bay, California - in Rosters, For Sale, and Dolphins Found Sections

Sept 15 - Kerry Lange's Mermaid 24, Kaloke, in Stony Creek, Branford, CT has a new owner - in Rosters

Sept 14 - Jim Kyle's and Mark Chrameic's Windsong, O'Day #66, Newport, Rhode Island, has a new owner, Jim's son Gordon Kyle - in Rosters; New information developing on Dick MaCaulley's Windsong, Marscot/O'Day #11, also known as Nancy Harley's Bella Donna, Newport, and John and Paula Buehler's Sloop John B, Newport - in Rosters

Sept 9 - More pictures and info on Mark Gaudette's Lunn built Dolphin, previously Jim Russel's Stella Maris, Scituate, MA, and John Sciretta's Second Wind, Newton, MA - in Rosters and For Sale Sections;

Sept 8 - Joseph Sharpe's (name correction) El Gitano, Eureka, California, checking in - in Rosters

Sept 4 - A web archive find, 1996 Single Handed Transpac Results, 1st in Class, 2nd Overall - Doug Graham's Big Dot, Pacific Dolphin #278?, Antioch, California - in Rosters and Stories

Sept 2 - Kevin O'Leary's Delphinidae, Pacific Dolphin #256, San Diego, CA gets new covers and varnish - in Rosters

Sept 1 - More pictures and info on Mark Gaudette's Lunn built Dolphin, our 161st "Found Dolphin" - in Rosters and For Sale Sections

Aug 29 - Kerry Lange's KaLoKe, the only Mermaid 24 (a wood Dolphin 24) we know of, is Available For Free to the right person, in Stoney Creek, Branford, Connecticut - in Rosters, and For Sale Sections; Mark Gaudette's, Lunn built (?) Dolphin, Quincy, Massachusettes For Sale, with pictures - in Rosters and For Sale Sections

Aug 28 - Brian Greer's Elixir, Yankee #242, Hefner Lake, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a boat missing for 11 years, has checked in - in Rosters

Aug 26 - Clintin Hodges' Windswept Too, Sitka, Alaska, eventually, via Anchorage and Bremerton, Washington - in Rosters; Bob Leaheys' Teaka, Yankee #165, Oahu, Hawaii gets a new motor, modified outboard handle, and a dry bilge assessment - in Rosters

Aug 25 - Mark Gaudette, Quincy, Massachusettes checking in his Dolphin; formerly Jim Russel's Stella Maris, Scituate, MA - in Rosters;

Aug 23 - Windswept, Yankee #245, Bremerton, Washington, has been sold and she is moving to Sitka, Alaska - in Rosters and For Sale Sections (Note: her brand new ss custom portlights were not sold with the boat and are available. Check them out on Windswept's page); Fred Croft's Flipper in Canapitsit channel between Cuttyhunk and Nashawena islands - in Rosters

Aug 21 - Update from Jonnie Walker and Black Sheep, Yankee # 227, Chatanooga, Tennessee (where else?) - in Rosters; Al See, (Shaw 24, Elation, Dallas, Texas) sent in info on Norry Hoyt, Addicted to Sail and his O'Day Telltale - In Rosters and Stories; New info on fiberglass hull Shaw 24s - in History Section/Trina

Aug 14 - A Postscript - The Norrie Hoyt/ Ballard family/Telltale connection - in Rosters and Stories/Addicted to Sail

Aug 10 - Alan Mountford has been thinking about portlights for Blue Gum, his Falcon 24, Logan City, Queensland, Australia - in Rosters and Technical/Portlights

Aug 8 - Updated price on Rick Englar's Yanqui, Yankee # 197, FOR SALE in Benicia, California - in Rosters and For Sale Sections

Aug 5 - Some additional information on Norris Hoyt, Addicted to Sail, and of his Dolphin Telltale- in Stories, and Rosters

July 30 - Some new pictures of Jim Oppy's WISP out on Lake George, New York - in Rosters

July 29 - Marionette's 'working' cruise to Newport - in Stories; Rick Kennedy proves his Boethius is Yankee #149, San Diego, California - in Rosters; Jay Picotte's Waterlilly, a Tripp built Angler 22, a worthy partner to his Tripp built Recovery - in Rosters, finally.

July 28 - An update, and a re-power decision from Bob Leahy and Teaka, Yankee #165, Oahu, Hawaii - in Rosters

July 27 - An update on Fred Croft and Flipper, O'Day #41, Menemsha, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusettes - in Rosters and Stories; Tiller lock systems - a discussion - in Technical/Rudders, Tillers and related

July 24 - Ted Prohov's, Wada (Boat) Yankee # 190, Wilmette, Illinois, gets a new/old centerboard - in Rosters; Announcing "Wicked Wind Ale", a Dolphin Friendly Brew - Wilmette Dolphin Fleet - in Stories/Wilmette Harbor Dolphin Fleet

July 23 - An original painting of Telltale, Norris Hoyt's kit built Dolphin, Newport, Rhode Island - in Rosters

July 22 - Rodney Thorpe's Vaga, Yankee # 91, Ironton, Missouri, checking in - in Rosters and Number of Found Dolpins Found (#160); Update from Kerry Lange and his Mermaid 24 (a wood Dolphin 24) Kaloke, Stony Creek, Branford, Connecticut - in Rosters

July 20 - Jay Picotte also sent in pictures of the white oak rudder he had built for Recovery - in Technical/Rudders

July 19 - Jay Picotte sent in a photo of a beautiful model he had made of Recovery, his Tripp built Dolphin - in Rosters and Technical/Models Sections

July 17 - Paul Arnold's Windswept, Yankee #245, Bremerton, Washington FOR SALE/REVISED LISTING - in For Sale Section and Rosters

July 14 - Rick Englar's Yanqui checking in, Yankee #197, Bonita Bahia, Benecia, California. FOR SALE - in Rosters, Number of Dolphin Found, and For Sale Sections

July 13 - updates on Norris Hoyt's Telltale - in Rosters; A photo and more details on Dick Steinhilber's Rascal, an early Marscot/O'Day, Niantic, CT - in Rosters

July 11 - Norris D. Hoyt, author, Addicted to Sail, owner of TellTale, an early Marscot/O'Day built boat, and witness to the First Dolphin - in Stories; Jim Oppy's report on using a Minn-Kota Electric trolling motor on WISP - in Technical/Electric Motors

July 9 - Glen Korpi's AGAPE, formerly Think Big, Yankee #146 FOR SALE, Point Dana, California - in Rosters and For sale Sections; a restored aluminum rudder for Dick Watson's Sea Glass, Marscot/O'Day #29, Wilmette, Illinois - in Rosters and Technical/Rudders

July 6 - Bob Leahey sent in an update and pictures on Teaka, Yankee #165, Oahu, Hawaii - in Rosters; Veninde, Shaw 24 FOR SALE, Colchester, Vermont, price reduced - in For Sale Section; 1971 Yankee Dolphin FOR SALE in Benicia (San Francisco Bay area), California - in Rosters and For Sale Sections; Yankee #98, FOR SALE, in Mill Valley (San Francisco Bay area, price reduced - in Rosters and For Sale Sections

July 4th - Jim Oppy sent in an interesting report on the repair of WISP's aluminum rudder - in Technical/Rudders; Newsletter # 6 is in the 'mail', and in the Archives - in Home/Archives/Newletters; Below Marionette in full dress for Niantic Bay YC's 4th of July festivities

Celebrate!!

July 2 - Paul Arnold's Windswept, Yankee #245, Bremerton, Washington FOR SALE - in Rosters and For Sale Sections

June 29 - DFI Krista checked in with Tim Blair and reports his 2 For Sale Dolphins have been sold - Petaluna, O'Day #67, Richmond, California, and Capricorn, builder not certain, Oakland, California - in Rosters and For sale Section

June 28 - An aluminum rudder story from Jim Kurt, The Rachael K, Marscot/O'Day #4, now in South Brooksville, Maine - in Rosters and Technical/Rudders

June 26 - The "two dots" in the cove stripe behind the Dolphin - in History/George O'Day - The Man who Loved to Sail, and Rosters; Some finishing work pictures, and a mast raising report from Jim Oppy and his WISP - in Rosters; Meeting Ian Oughtred, designer of 'Teer tender to Marionette - in Stories

June 25 - Norris Hoyt's Telltale, an early O'Day, Sorrento Harbor, Maine and Newport, Rhode Island - in Rosters; Update from Jim Oppy - after years on the hard WISP is sailing again - on Lake George, NY - in Rosters

June 19 - Postscript photo - Marionette racing under spinnaker below Block Island bluffs - in Rosters

June 18 - A borrowed Yamaha 2.5 hp helps Marionette - in Rosters

June 17 - Frank Montelongo's Yankee # 73 - great pictures of an early Yankee - in Rosters; Rick Kennedy's Boethius - hull # correction from #148 to #149 - in Rosters; Marionette wins her Class at 2010 Spring Off Soundings Regatta, Block Island - in Rosters

June 15 - DFI Peter Keyes ckecks in Robert Tabb's Yankee #206, Eugene, Oregon, a newly 'found' Dolphin - in Rosters and Number of Found Dolphins; We have a couple of short YouTube videos of Dolphins sailing - Carl Harrington's Yankee #89, Yankee Girl Ester, Edmands, Washington; and Erik Evens Yankee #118, Robin Lee, Marina del Rey, California - in Rosters; More on Halcyon's toe rail hull/deck joint repair - in Technical/Repairs and Rosters

June 14 - An update from Aleca Sullivan on Halcyon's restoration, a Lunn built Dolphin in the Wilmette, Illinois, fleet - in Rosters

June 11 - Terry Glenn's Porpoise, O'Day # 15, Belmont Harbor, Chicago, Illinois - in Rosters and in Number of Dolphins found (157th)

June 10 - Update on the Wilmette Fleet from Kristin Keenan, former Fleet Captain reporting on various boat name and owner changes- in Rosters and Stories; and an update on her Duet/Harbor Rat, O'Day # 59 with new pictures - in Rosters

June 8 - Update on Jim Oppy's Wisp, his Lunn built Dolphin, Guilderland, New York - in Rosters

June 7 - Sean Peltzer checking in as the new owner of Solace, Pacific Dolphin # 280 - in Rosters

June 6 - An update on Stan Secora's JATO, O'Day/Marscot #7 and pictures of bridges - in Rosters

June 2 - Fred Croft and Flipper, O'Day #41, are back at Menemsha, Martha's Vineyard - in Rosters and Stories; Update on Eric St Mary's Lunn #208, Dorado FOR SALE in Louisville, Kentucky - in Rosters and For Sale Sections

June 1 - Garganey, Yankee #234 - a 'found Dolphin' Available FOR FREE - Chatham, (Cape Cod) Massachusettes - in Rosters, No. of Dolphins Found, and For Sale Sections

May 30 - Glen Korpi's AGAPE, Yankee #146, Point Dana, California gets her name on her transom - in Rosters

May 28 - Paul Ingle's Seminole, Pacific Dolphin #284, Mystic, CT was sold to David Farrell - in Rosters; Dolphin 24 for Free - Chatham, (Cape Cod) Massachusettes - in Rosters and For Sale Section

May 27 - Kevin O'Leary updates Delphinidae, Pacific Dolphin #256, San Diego, California - in Rosters

May 25 - Fred Croft and Flipper are now at Shinnecock Bay on the south shore of Long Island - in Rosters and Stories

May 22 - Al See checking in with his Shaw 24, Elation, Dallas, Texas - in Rosters

May 21 - Fred Croft and Flipper, O'Day # 41, now in Sinepuxent Bay, Maryland - in Rosters and Stories More on Rudders - in Technical/Rudders and Related

May 18 - Checking in, Maudie Robinson and Sandpiper, Pacific Dolphin # 264, Lake Meade, Nevada, our 156th 'found' Dolphin - in Rosters and Number of Dolphins Found; update and photos of Glen Korpi's AGAPE, Yankee #146, Point Dana, California - in Rosters; Update and more photos of the new and old rudder designs - in Technical/Rudder Design Change

May 17 - An update and a couple of repair projects from Jim Robinson and Aquila, Pacific Dolphin #273, Morro Bay, California - in Rosters and Technical/Repairs; Also, a photo of the Pacific Dolphin sheer clamp fastening system - in Technical/Sheer Clamp,Toe Rail; Work in Process photos, shop in Waukegan, Illinois, Ted Prohov's Wada Boat and Dick Watson's Bodes Well - in Rosters; Good photos of the new and old rudder designs - in Technical/Rudder Design Change

May 15 - update and 'before' pictures of Bob Leahey's Teaka, Yankee #165, Oahu, Hawaii - in Rosters,

May 13 - Bob Leahey has bought Teaka, Yankee # 165, Oahu, Hawaii - in Rosters; Repairing Marionette's Cockpit Seat Drain - in Technical/Repairs

May 12 - More on winter covers - in Technical/covers and related

May 11 - Winter Covers - a start on a new page starting with Jay Picotte's system for Recovery, his Tripp built Dolphin, Newport, Rhode Island - in Technical/Covers and Related; An update on the Watson's Bodes Well, O'Day #29,Willmette, Illinois - in Rosters

May 10 - S&S sketch of 1966 rudder design change - in Technical/Rudders

May 8 - update on Jim Oppy's restoration projects for his Lunn built Wisp, Guilderland, New York - in Rosters

May 7 - Update from Fred Croft and Flipper, now at Taylors Creek, Cape Lookout, Beaufort, NC - in Rosters and Stories

May 4 - Update from Fred Croft and Flipper, now at Carolina Beach/Cape Fear, North Carolina - in Rosters and Stories; Update on Warren Levine's Yankee Dolphin #98, San Francisco (North Bay) California FOR SALE - in Rosters, No. of Dolphins Found, and For Sale Sections

May 3 - San Francisco North Bay area Yankee Dolphin FOR SALE on CraigsList - in Rosters and For Sale sections

May 1 - Paul Ingle's Seminole, Pacific Dolphin #284 FOR SALE, Mystic, Connecticut - in Rosters and For Sale Sections; Feather, Yankee # 104 reported SOLD, Santa Barbara, California - in Rosters and For Sale Sections

Apr 30 - An interesting recollection about 3 guys from Southport, CT building their Dolphins in 1960/61 from Clark DuBois, Peridot, Marscot/O'Day #14 - in Rosters; Dick McCauley's Windsong, Marscot/O'Day # 11, Essex, CT - in Rosters

Apr 28 - Update from Fred Croft and Flipper at St Simons Island, Georgia - in Rosters and Stories

Apr 27 - Mark Chameic's Windsong, a 1960 boat built by Mark on O'Day supplied Hull #24, Newport, Rhode Island - in Rosters

Apr 25 - DFI Jonnie Walker, Yankee #227, reports So Nice, Yankee #137 FOR SALE in Norman, Oklahoma - in Rosters and For Sale Sections; Fred Croft and Flipper, having reached Florida, are heading back - in Rosters and stories

Apr 24 - Boat covers updated - in Technical/Dodgers and related

Apr 21 - Noah Kornblum checked in as the new owner of Polly, Yankee #219, Bronx, NY - in Rosters; Jim Robinson, Aquila, Pacific Dolphin #273, Morro Bay, Californinia tells us about a fix for cloudy, scratched plastic windows - in Technical/Repairs and Rosters

Apr 20 - A start on collecting headroom information - in Technical/O'Day Arrangements Plan; Update from Fred Croft and Flipper, now at Cumberland Island, Georgia - in Rosters and Stories

Apr 18 - Update from Fred Croft and Flipper, now at Jekyll Island, Georgia - in Rosters and Stories

Apr 16 - The Olin Stephens/Starling Burgess/Dolphin 24 Connection - updated and new photos - in Stories

Apr 14 - Update from Ted Prohov on Wada Boat's centerboard project, and some pictures - in Rosters

Apr 11 - update from Fred Croft and Flipper, O'Day # 41 leaving Charleston, South Carolina - in Rosters

Apr 10 - Senior DFI Eric Varty visited with Harold Shomaker and his (Sailing) Solace, Pacific Dolphin #280 (FOR SALE) in Dunedin, Florida and sent in a report including Solace's ingenious Mast Raising System - in Rosters and Technical/Spars/Mast Raising Systems; Jim Kyle and Mark Chrameic's Windsong, O'Day #66, Newport, RI (FOR SALE) has a interior sketch - in Rosters

Apr 5 - Ekik Evens, Robin Lee Yankee #118, Marina del Rey, CA shows us how his Tohatsu 6hp rotates in the transom well - in Technical/Outboard Motors

Apr 2 - Harold Shomaker's Solace, nee Mary Anne, Pacific Dolphin #280 FOR SALE in Dunedin, Florida - in Rosters and For Sale; For you Dolphin 24 guys wanting the headroom, Dorade is for sale - click to see her

Apr 1 - Lots of pictures and an update on Jonnie Walker's #227, Chatanooga, TN - in Rosters; Pacific Dolphin #301, the 'Last Dolphin" found in Lake Toas, New Mexico - in Rosters - April Fools Day!! and it worked!

Mar 31 - Great photo of Sam Jones' Julep, a 1960 Marscot/O'Day, Fenwick (Old Saybrook) CT - in Rosters; update on The Black Book Photos - in Stories; update on Peggy Benkard's Sloop du Jour, nee Julep, West Harbor, Fisher's Island, NY - in Rosters

Mar 30 - A picture and confirmation of the sheer clamp system used in later built O'Day Dolphins - in Technical/Identifying Characteristics; Some comments about Marionette's trailer, especially lights - in Technical/Trailers; Another Windsong, Mark Chrameic's early O'Day Dolphin - a wood boat built on a fiberglass hull, developing - in Rosters

Mar 29 - Windsong, O'Day # 66 FOR SALE in Newport, Rhode Island - in Rosters and For Sale Sections

Mar 28 - Fred and Flipper are in Charleston, South Carolina - in Rosters and Stories

Mar 26 - This website went 'live' 3 years ago today! Thanks all for the content that keeps it alive.

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Mar 24 - a new page on the Palmer 27 engine - in Technical/Engines; Passage's Palmer 27 engine - in Technical/Engines; checking in - Chuck Thiobodeau's Vintage, an O'Day or Tripp built Dolphin, Portsmouth, New Hampshire - in Rosters; Update on Wisp - in Rosters

Mar 23 - FLASH! Jim Kyle's and Mark Chramiec's Windsong, O'Day Hull #66, Newport, RI is being sold - in Rosters; Paul Balaster's Yankee #227 has been sold to Jonnie Walker, Chattanooga, Tennessee - in Rosters; Update -identifying Characteristics - in Technical; More pictures of Wisp, and a conclusion that this boat was built by Lunn - in Rosters

Mar 22 - An update on Jim Oppy's Wisp, Guilderland, NY - in Rosters

Mar 20 - update on Victor Mazzella's Heaven and her new homemade #2 Genoa - in Technical/Making Your Own Sails

Mar 18 - Victor Mazzella's Heaven has a new homemade #2 Genoa - in Rosters; Update - Fred and Flipper - in Rosters

Mar 16 - Update and new photos for the "No Travel Lift" lift system - in Technical

Mar 15 - Update - Flipper and Fred at Taylor Creek, Beaufort, NC - in Rosters; Yreka, Benson's Pacific Dolphin found in Yreka, California - in Rosters, and in Number of Dolphins Found (153rd)

Mar 14 - Flipper and Fred are now in Beaufort, NC - in Rosters

Mar 12 - Checking in, Glen Korbi's Gambit, an early O'Day, Chicago, Illinois - in Rosters; Ed Fountain's Yankee #219 FOR SALE - in Rosters and For Sale Section, and in Number of Dolphins Found (152nd)

Mar 11 - Checking in, Bob Colston's Serene, Yankee #239, Dana Point, California - in Rosters, and in Number of Dolphins Found (151st)

Mar 10 - Dick Beal's Think Big, Yankee # 146 was sold to Glen Korpi, Dana Point, California - in Rosters; Flipper and Fred are now in Oriental, NC. - in Rosters

Mar 9 - Update on Cicerone, O'Day #19 - Madison, Florida - in Rosters

Mar 8 - Flipper free of Clam Creek, Virginia and now in Belhaven, North Carolina - in Rosters

Mar 6 - some updated website link info on electric motors - in Technical/Electric Motors

Mar 4 - Some photos of Erik Evens' Robin Lee, Yankee #118 sailing last week on Santa Monica Bay - in Rosters and on the Forum; Update from Flipper, agound on the North Landing River, Punta Ferry Bridge, Virginia - in Rosters

Mar 3 - Update (corrected) from Flipper, now on the ICW - in Rosters

Mar 2 - Propellers, a work in progress - in Technical

Mar 1 - Update on Fred Croft's Flipper, O'Day # 41- in Rosters

Feb 28 - West Light, a 1960 Shaw 24 FOR SALE, New Orleans, LA - in Rosters and For Sale Section

Feb 25 - A picture of Flipper in slings ready for launch - in Rosters

Feb 24 - A beautiful 1/2" to 1' fully rigged scale model of Quartet, O'Day #41, now Fred Croft's Flipper, given to Fred - in Rosters, and in Technical/Models

Feb 22 - America's Cup, where is it? - updated - in Stories; Paul Balaster's Yankee #227 FOR SALE Clear Lake, Texas, Price Reduced - in Rosters and For Sale Section

Feb 21 - Update on David Domino's Bonnie Lassie, Yankee # 175, South River/Annapolis, Maryland - in Rosters

Feb 20 - An interior restoration plan for Passage, Marscot/O'Day #10 - in Rosters; Max Sheppard's Sea Fox, a 1961 Dolphin, Neenah, Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin - in Rosters

Feb 19 - Darwin, Marscot/O'Day #20 AVAILABLE FOR FREE!! in Groton, CT - in Rosters

Feb 18 - Redhed's Story - Roland McGuire's Marscot/O'Day Dolphin # 20, New London, CT - in Rosters and Stories; Update on Andy Anderson's, Tigress, Marscot/O'Day #20 - in Rosters; Update on George Sosman's Mei-Mei, Marscot/O'Day #20 - in Rosters

Feb 15 - Jim Robinson, Aquila, Pacific Dolphin 273 has a question about his broken cast aluminum spreader brackets - in Rosters, and on the Forum; Update from Fred Croft and Flipper - in Rosters

Feb 14 - update on Quartet, O'Day # 41 - in Rosters;

Feb 13 - Updated page Dolphin dodgers, tents, flys, biminis and related - in Technical/Dolphin Dodgers, etc

Feb 12 - A new page for Quartet, O'Day #41, Sorrento, Maine - in Rosters; a new page for High Times, O'Day #41, Sorrento, Maine and Lake Winnipausaki, NH - in Rosters; an updated page for Flipper, O'Day #41, currently Little Creek, Virginia - in Rosters; a new page for Telltale, Sorrento, Maine - in Rosters ...whew!

Feb 11 - DFI Sturgis Haskins, Sorrento, Maine sends in some 1972 pictures of Quartet, O'Day #41, AND a previously unknown Dolphin, Telltale - in Rosters and Stories

Feb 10 - Rick Renner of Kittery, Maine checked in with some history about Flipper, O'Day # 41, now in Little Creek, Norfolk, Virginia - in Rosters

Feb 9 - Dick Watson checking in with Bodes Well, O'Day #29, Wilmette, Illinois - in Rosters; Gary GeLong, Savili, Lunn #200, has a new half model and Dolphinites have a new model builder - in Technical/Models and Rosters

Feb 7 - Update from Fred Croft, Flipper # 41, hunkered down in Virginia Beach - in Rosters

Feb 6 - Update on Marionette's (O'Day #12) battery locker, battery, charger, inverter and related - in Technical/Electrical

Feb 5 - Jim Robinson (Aquila, Pacific Dolphin #273) shows us how his Yamaha 9.9hp is aspirated, and its fit in the transom well - in Technical/Outboards and Rosters; A nameplate photo and some interior pictures of Jay Picotte's Recovery, a Tripp built Dolphin, Newport, Rhode Island - in Rosters

Feb 4 - Mike Zint (Grand Finale, Pacific Dolphin # 300) sent in some interesting information regarding the availability and pricing of S&S Dolphin 24 Design Plans and a Plan List - in Technical/Design Drawings

Feb 3 - David Baumer, Yankee #81 gives us an update and photos of Fred Croft and Flipper, O'Day # 41 being repowered and getting some TLC - in Rosters

Feb 2 - Doug Pease, Aspara, Yankee #153 shows us a short video of sailing on Santa Monica Bay in January - in Rosters; Some follow up comments from Erik Evens on his Tohatsu 6 hp - in Technical/Outboards and Rosters

Feb 1 - Erik Evens' Forum update on his Yankee #118, Robin Lee's new Tohatsu 6 hp motor, and comments on her Transom Well and Plug - in Forum, Rosters, Technical/ Outboard Motors, and Technical/Transom Wells and Plugs

Jan 31 - Jeff Mathis checking in with Madison, Yankee # 163, Wilmette, Illinois - Rosters

Jan 26 - Jim Robinson has sent in some better pictures of Aquila's homeport - Morro Bay, CA - in Rosters; Aquila's powered cowl vents - in Technical/Outboard Motors

Jan 24 - Feather, Yankee #104, For Sale, price reduced Santa Barabara, CA - in For Sale Section

Jan 23 - Trailer Overview - summarized information on Dolphin Trailers - in Technical/Trailers; Update on Marionette's trailer, some sketches, photos, and technical information - in Technical/Trailers

Jan 20 - Morro Bay, California - a compromised image but a spectacular place and homeport to Jim Robinson's Aquila, Pacific Dolphin # 273 - in Rosters

Jan 19 - Thanks to Gene Wells herculean efforts we have a readable copy of the Ralph Heinzerling (Jack Rabbit) "Aboard MORC Winner" article that appeared in the June 1967 One Design and Offshore Yachtsman magazine - in Sories

Jan 18 - More news from Fred Croft and Flipper - in Rosters; Windswept is not a hybred Dolphin 24, she is an O'Day built Outlaw 26 with some interesting similarities - in Stories

Jan 17 - An update from Fred Croft and Flipper, O'Day # 41, getting a new/old engine in Norfolk, Virginia; and a DFI photo - in Rosters; A report from Jim Robinson on Aquila's 9.9hp Yamaha - in Rosters and Technical/Outboard Motors; Bob Doepel, who saw Marscot/O'Day #19 at the 1961 Chicago Boat show, bought her on May 17, 1961, and christened her Cicerone, is checking in - in Rosters

Jan 16 - Jim Robinson's Aquila, Pacific Dolphin #273, Morro Bay, California, has a new Rudder - in Technical/Rudders, Tillers and Related, and Rosters

Jan 15 - updates on Identifying Early Dolphins, early mast step photos, 40-50 yr old mahogany and teak - in Technical/Misc

Jan 14 - The Huntsville, Alabama 1960 O'Day Dolphin 24 on Ebay again, min price $625 stripped, 5 days left - in Rosters/For Sale

Jan 12 - Identifying Early Dolphins - a new page with the different O'Day contract builder's characteristics, a work in progress - in Technical/Misc