Interesting - boom lightening cutouts, black masts, red hull, asymetrical spinnaker...US Flagged (this was from a Washington YC site) Someone has to tell us more.

****************************

And someone has - Chris himself. He sold Ariadne shortly after the circumnavigation and reports, sadly, that he thinks she has been scrapped. He reports that Ariadne won the M.O.R.C. championship in 1962. She was built in Texas, 'stove in' by a hurricane and arrived in New Orleans as the first fiberglass!! hull in the Southern YC fleet. She won the Gulfport - Pensacola race in 1963.

Chris, whose hometown was New Orleans, says that he first went aboard this locally famous boat when he was 13. Seventeen years later he bought her near Key West. He owned her for 22 years. Ariane's homeport was the University of Washington's Sailing Club (WYC) and Chris reports that a fellow member there has a Dolphin 24!

Chris is now rehabilitating a Morgan 34 that he sailed up from Portland to Seattle. He is going to convert this keel/centerboarder to a yawl and plans to sail her back to his old hometown, New Orleans.

Dyke Williams, owner of Trina, Shaw 24 hull #1, wrote in his Good Old Boat Magazine article that some 24 Shaw 24's were built in wood. When your webmaster of Shaw 24's with fiberglass hulls this was a surprise. In the Sparkman & Stephens files was a February 13, 1964 memo from Rod Stephens referencing a conference attended by George O'Day, Lyman Bullerman, CEO of O'Day Corp, Bob Larson of US Yachts and Rod Stephens. The last part of this memo is below.

"A discussion of the competition of the Shaw 24 and Canada followed:

The Gulf units were produced (bootlegged, seemingly) by an outfit that wenr broke - or worse. Rumor has it that 30 or 40 units were produced and sold. Bill Shaw has no facts and received no royalties. George and Bob agreed to see what they could find out and let us know. The Canadian competion is legitimate. The producer has limited production; perhaps 30-40 per year. These yachts will affect DOLPHIN sales in Canada. How much will depend on the workmanship and performance of the boats. However, this is legitimate competition and there is nothing to be done at this time. R.S."

We are following up with Chris on Ariadne's fiberglass hull and will try and contact the owner of the Dolphin 24 in his club.

******************************8

Webmaster Note: April 27, 2008

Ariadne owner in the early 60's was O. J. Young, a well known and successful off shore racer and boat dealer racing out of Southern YC in New Orleans. We have tracked down OJ and will have soon more info on these fiberglass hull Shaw 24s and Ariadne's past - her name when OJ had her was Elva. Click here to go to her