Often one design boat like the Ent, or the Phantom have a considerable
leeway in terms of rig. Look at the laser their are 3 rigs for that boat.
Bailers in an ent are an essential comodity. Do you have seats in your boat
that are enclosed to make bouyancy tanks, if not the bags tend to float and
this takes on more water.
The easiest way to get the water out is sail it out, using a bucket or
bailer works but the ent often will fill above the centerboard alowing the
water you have just bailed to re-enter.

The mast on your boat may be a cruising mast, to be honest this is a boat
that is competative if set up properly and a floating brick if its not. If
your intention is to race (competativly) then you need to invest in
spreaders or even a new mast. Spreader angle is critical for racing as is
just about everything else on this great boat.

My choice would always be a wooden one as its easier to maintain the weight.

Good luck
"emitime" wrote in message
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Hi
I'm a new member here. I have just bought an old GRP Enterprise dinghy,
which I am currently working on to restore.
I'm a little confused by the "one design" description of the Enterprise
class at the various club and association web sites. At my sailing club,
there are a number of Enterprises (wooden) but no GRP versions to
compare to mine. I do not have self bailers at the stern. Neither do I
have shroud spreaders on the mast. One other Enterprise at the club has
no spreaders, while all the others do. Looking at the Holt website and
at Enterprise suppliers such as Speed Sails, I can see that there are
choices for mast and boom types (Proctor or Super Spar) and also the
modern boats have significantly more sophisticated rudder systems.
Also, my GRP version has buily in buoyancy compartments as opposed to
the buoyancy bags for the wooden versions.
I have searched in vain for information on the web to try and ascertain
where my boat sits in the geneology of the design. I have also tried to
establish the age of the boat from the hull/sail number.
I have sail no. 12967, which is also scratched into the helm cross
seat. The mast and boom look like Proctor, but the mast has a
Holt-Allen badge.

Can anyone help me ascertain the year of manufacture (1970-80?), the
version/mk no. and whether plans are available? I have some significant
hull (bottom) repair work to do, but cannot access the damaged area from
inside the boat as it is within the integral buoyancy area on the
starboard side.

Any info would be much appreciated.

Cheers
Tim Eyles
Bucks, UK


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emitime