Tim has restored this boat inside and out. The hull has been repainted and she has a Nissan outboard. He was asking $4500 with a trailer.

Tim is also the current owner of Petaluma, which he is also selling (click here to go to Petaluma). He previously sent in a couple of emails about Capricorn which have been excerpted and edited below:

I am also restoring what looks like a Dolphin built in 73 or 74 , though it lacks any quality interior wood work. I am starting in on the rennovation. The boat has a Chicago Yacht Club insignia and has a dark blue hull. It has rubber gasketed port lites. It has fiberglass coamings with a teak cap. The interior has mahobany bulkheads and mahagony ply on the galley face, and (it) lacks any headliner or on the cabin sides. The galley extends all the way forward on the port side with the sink all the way forward. The head is on the starboard side. The mainsheet traveller is mid boom, Again, I am not sure the builder or exact age.

The Palmer engine is frozen up. Is a Kubota diesel 10 hp able to take the place of the frozen up Palmer? I want to put a electric motor onboard where the Palmer is. Is there a affordable electric conversion worth messing with?

Also, the centerboard is stuck in place. Could it be bronze, or otherwise likely steel? I am trying to source a used, cheap in cost, mainsail. This one is threadbare. Any other sails from more common California boats like a Cal that might work? Or do you know of a low cost but good condition main from a hard core Dolphin person out there?

Any advice on identifying the year and builder?  The inside is very bare. No finish like the other Dolphins I have seen.

Tim

Your webmaster has talked to Tim about some of the questions raised here, including who was the builder. Maybe this boat was one of the Wilmette/Chicago area boats that went to high aspect mains? The cabin window facing forward was in a couple of very early Yankees - 1965-66 then was eliminated in standard production boats. O'Day/Lunn built boats had this window. Stay tuned