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