Just found this. Is it new?

[ross_burkin]

Therepy has gone to Brightlingsea. The next boat hasn't been confirmed so I don't want to say anything. Stanley and Eggbert would make a really nice pair, don't you think?

[Ratface]

"steer well clear"... and into the direction of Flat Stanley. A bargin at £1100 ONO.

erm no thanks
i would be shot for doing a lot of stuff to it! oh and the 14 does me nicely atm 

[ross_burkin]

I'm considering buying it and putting a symmetric boat together. After talking to people at the show and watching the new youtube vids (thanks Daryl) they look like a right giggle! The thought of going faster than furballs on a tight 3 sail reach is just too tempting. The ultimate pursuit racer in a blow.

Any idea where I can get sails and masts? The mast is easier to find as not many people want an old tin mast and there are plenty laying around.

[JimC]

But you've already got the definitive Cherub for sailing with a pole kite... I just had a symmetric kite made by Caws, and  you could get a pole made up for a fraction of what putting this one together would cost you...

I may try and look at this boat. Should it be the 1971 foam Jennifer Julian Shell its worth preserving, should it be a Forman8s its possibly worth collecting and making available for someone who wants a project. But should it be one of the horrible CSM glass boats that were made, as is most likely, then it really is a skip job.

If you want a pole kite boat then reasonable wood boats come up from time to time and are far far better... I've just put a new interior in my IC. I never keep the bills, because it depresses me, but I reckon it cost a good couple of grand, even with the same rig and most fittings. Putting a bare shell back together with no rig or gear is going to cost you at least 4K... You can start with this bare shell for 65quid, spend 4K and end up with a boat worth 1K, or buy a new shell from Bloodaxe for probably under 2K, spend another 4k and end up with a boat worth 8K.  It shouldn't be a hard decision!

[Eggbert]

ive got a symetrical kite that looks in really good nick i have never even un folded it but it feels crisp

[JimC]

ive got a symetrical kite that looks in really good nick i have never even un folded it but it feels crisp

I wish I'd known that before I got a new one made last summer... I'd have made you an offer...

[ross_burkin]

http://sailingdinghies.apolloduck.co.uk/display.phtml?aid=90184

!

[Will_Lee]

2533.

Designed and built by T Thornton of 40 Cecil Street HIllhead, Glasgow.

Measured by Bennie Turnbull on 16th April 1978: 30 years ago!

Looks in very good shape.

07826341182 is the seller: Bruce Davidson.

[Graham Bridle]

Looks in very good shape to me, what I particularly like is the well preserved dolphin main (and presumably jib) - the "must have" sails back in the late 70's.  I do hope it still has the brown battens !

[Stuberry]

When I read that advert I get extreme deja-vu. I'm sure I've seen it on ebay!