Plans for Mirror Dinghy?
John Watts
Does anyone know of a source for Mirror Dinghy plans? Thanks.
John Watts
Peter Haworth
John Watts wrote:
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> Does anyone know of a source for Mirror Dinghy plans? Thanks.
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> John Watts
kits was through an accredited and licenced kit manufacturer. From
memory, you had to buy a kit, although it was possible to get one
without sails as some of the kit sails were very average. Quite often
better and lighter plywood was subsituted by the builder for that
supplied in the kit in order to get a lighter boat. Possibly your next
step should be to contact the ISAF (previously the IYRU) via their Web
site (sorry, don't know the URL) who should be able to advise of a
contact for your local Mirror class association, who could bring you up
to date with current arrangements for kits.
Hope this is of some help
Peter from the state of Tas in the land of Oz
Wayne Oastler
There was a company in Canada that used to import the kits from
England. I think the association's sec. is in
Ohio. Check the ads in the mags.
William H. Longyard
I think the Natl. Maritime Museum in Greenwich, UK has a Mirror Dingy
on display in their pleasure and commercial boats section (downstairs).
They may have plans on file in their library. The museum has a web
page which can be found via search engine.
Yours,
Bill
Bob Rhodes
Hi,
The Mirror dinghy was designed in the UK and from the beginning kits have
been made available from Bell Woodworking in Leicester. I have just
called and kits are available for export at 970 pounds sterling. This
is lower than the UK price of 1200 pounds because it excludes Uk tax
(VAT) and both paint and resin which are regarded as hazardous materials.
Bell's address is:
Bell Woodworking
Parker Drive
LEICESTER LE4 0JP
Fax uk code (0)116 234 00 88 ignore the first zero outside
the UK. Bell's said ther weren't plans which probably means they don't
sell them. I could try and trace the Class Secretary if you wish. The
Mirror is a popular dinghy suitable for two smaler adults or one adult
and a child. You might want to consider the slightly larger Miracle which
my club uses for training.
Bob
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Chip Zempel
I've always wondered about this. My understanding was that what we now know
as the Mirror was the winning entry in a contest for a homebuildable boat
sponsored by one of the UK Newspapers of the same name back in the 50s (?).
If that's right, it seems to me that the plans would have been published in
the paper. Does anyone know for sure?
Maybe the class association (now that it's big and successful) requires
that boats be built from a kit from an approved supplier, but if someone
just wants to build their own boat from the plans in the newspaper, they
should be able to find the plans and build it. It just wouldn't be legal
for racing. (There were two designs at one point - a 12 and a 15 - weren't
there? What happened to the other one?)
A similar thing has happened with the Optimist dinghy, another great
build-it-for-your-kid's-first-boat boat. You used to be able to buy a kit
and have it measured, but now only boats manufactured by approved builders
are allowed. Can't build them yourself any more.
Another terrific, fun little boat that got too successful.
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In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.970108122641.22433E-100000@liba>, Bob Rhodes
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In article <czempel-ya0240800...@news.ns.net>,
cze...@ns.net (Chip Zempel) writes:
>I've always wondered about this. My understanding was that what we now
know
>as the Mirror was the winning entry in a contest for a homebuildable boat
>sponsored by one of the UK Newspapers of the same name back in the 50s
(?).
>
>If that's right, it seems to me that the plans would have been published
in
>the paper. Does anyone know for sure?
>
>
We should have a FAQ, the same questions keep coming back.
Dinghy Mirror, designer Jack Holt.
Newspaper selling the plans: Daily Mirror, London.
Info on the Mirror and other designs by Jack Holt: Wooden Boat magazine.
Go to their web site, access the database, search with "Jack Holt", order
the old magazine online and that's it.
I don't have the URL of Wooden Boats but it is somewhere at my site or in
the excellent Stuart Weir's list.
Jacques Mertens
Boat Plans Online: http://www.bateau.com
[Tom Dunderdale]
Plans for the Mirror 10 have never been available - unless things have
changed in the last few years, which I doubt, though I'd like to be
surprised. Kits and complete boats have always been supplied by Bell
Woodworking of Leicester in the UK at least.