For those not familiar, the Dolphin 24 is Sparkman & Stephens design #1497, which came off the boards in 1959. She's a keel-centerboard MORC racer, based on a half-scale study of the great Finesterre done by Bill Shaw while he was a designer at S&S. My Dolphin, "Robin Lee" was built by Yankee in 1969, so she just celebrated her 40th birthday.
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My boat was the poster child for Yankee in their 1969 brochure:
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Here's a few photos of Robin Lee when I hauled her for bottom work last year:
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And a few at home in her slip:
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She's my baba. Olin designed sweet looking and very sweet sailing boats, and the Dolphin is no exception. She's a joy to sail, and sneaky fast, particularly for her vintage. I'm smitten, as you can probably tell.
I've noticed a lot of fans of the Sailmaster 22 here on this board. The Dolphin is the clear predecessor of the Sailmaster... the underwater profiles are quite similar, and if you compare all the numbers, the Sailmaster is very much a scaled-down Dolphin. For a scaled-up Dolphin, look no further than the Tartan 27.
Good to be here on the Classic Plastic board. Nice to see so many good folk who dig these old boats!
Best-
Erik