Just to add to my last post, you do seem to have bouancy tanks on yours,
this version was designed for sailing on the sea. you can cut holes in the
tanks to work inside and fit waterproof covers in them so you have access.
Do this with a lot of thought and care.
"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