I have recently purchaced a 14’3″ double skined grp open sailing dinghy 5’7″ beam with swinging centre board case, 23’0″ mast mounted on keel. My friend thinks it was marketed as a HOBBIT but I cannot find any mention of it on the internet. Does anyone know of its design history or class rating?

many thanks John.

I have a GRP dinghy from early 70′es (?) whichI have not been able to identify so far. Can you help? It’s a GRP hull and deck, ~13 feet, wooden mast and boom, wooden centre board. looks partly like a Gull, partly like a wayfarer, partly like a ?? etc. I expect it to be from the UK (according to my sail maker and the fact that all fittings are Holt-Allen). I have some photos but can’t see how to attach then to this mail. I’d very much appreciate your return mail.

Yours sincerely, Jens Moeller Jensen Horsens, Denmark