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From: bby@mimic.UUCP (Bob Mastors)
Newsgroups: net.rec.boat
Subject: Boatbuilding - Mirror Dingy
Message-ID: <107@mimic.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26-Oct-83 10:56:47 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 26 10:56:47 1983
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Anybody out there that has built a Mirror Dingy sailboat?

I bought mine about 3 years ago from somebody who had bought
it as a kit in 1963.  Only the hull was laced together.
So far I have attached the major pieces.

Not having ever built anything before, I am not sure how well
it will stay together.  Like will it fall apart the first time
I throw it in Narragansett Bay.

I would appreciate hearing anybodys experiences with small
sailboat building.

Mirror Dingy:
	A class of sail boat, probabily more popular in England.
	12 feet in length.
	Mohagany plywood forms the outside.  Real thin stuff.
	One mast that has a hinge half way up.
	Two burnt orange sails.  Normally both rigged at the
	same time.  Damned if I can remember the nautical
	terms despite my years in the Navy.
	Water tight compartments for sitting on make the boat
	impossible to sink.
	All seems get a layer of fiberglass.  All joins of pieces
	of wood get waterproof glue and nails.

Thanks
-- 
Bob Mastors,  Massachusetts Computer Corporation
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