This section deals with Dolphin 24 history and it is a work in progress. There are too many sub sections to list in a pop up menu at the left so they are listed alphabetically below. Click to go to them
Best of the Best - Best designs book by Francis S. Kinney, Norton, 1996
Birth Certificate of the Dolphin 24 - December 8, 1958
Brewer, Ted - Similar boats comparison article in Good Old Boat Magazine Sept/Oct 2005
Dorade - A kind of Dolphin
Fiberglass in Boats - How it came to be
Finisterre - The Dolphin's master gene provider
Greene, Ray - Fiberglass boat pioneer who got S&S into fiberglass auxilliaries
Lunn Laminates - A Port Washington, NY early Dolphin builder
Mermaid 24 - Design 1497-1, a wood Dolphin
Mitchell, Carleton (Mitch) - The man who commissioned and skippered Finesterre
MORC (Midget Ocean Racing Club) - The racing rule for small off shore racing auxilliaries
MORC S&S Memo December 10, 1958 - Design 1497-S, a wood Dolphin (Mermaid 24)
Nameplates and Builders Numbers - A review of what builders did
Number of Dolphins Built - By who and when
O'Day Corporation/George O'Day & Associates - The company
O'Day, George - The Man Who Loved to Sail - The man
O'Day, George, March 1960 Introductory Dolphin 24 Ad
O'Day Dolphin 24 1960 Options Price List
O'Day Dolphin 24 1960 Sales Brochure
O'Day/Marscot Fall River Plant - 1960 pictures of Dolphins being built
O'Day/Marscot Nameplate
Other Builders - A summary
Pacific Dolphin - Builder of 50 Dolphins
Pacific Dolphin 1976 Sales Brochure
Pacific Dolphin 1976 Price List
Reading List - A partial list of books used as reference materials for this website
Scott, Palmer - He built the first Dolphins
Shaw, Bill - Designer, his fingerprints are all over the Dolphin drawings
Sparkman & Stephens - The 20th Century's best design team
Stephens, Olin - The man who led the team
Stephens, Rod - Olin Stephen's brother and the ultimate team player
Starling Burgess - Co-Designer of America's Cup J Boat Ranger with Olin Stephens
Taylor, J.J. & Sons - Toronto, Canada, builder of Dolphins
Trina - a Dolphin gene provider and winner of 27 consecutive races
Tripp, F.L. & Sons - Westport, MA Dolphin builder
US Yachts - The O'Day 'Associate' who marketed and sold the first Dolphins
Yankee Dolphin, The - Sept/Oct 2005 Good Old Boat Maagazine article by Dyke Williams
Yankee Yachts - Builder of 175 Dolphins
Yankee Yachts 1967 Sales Brochure
Yankee Yachts 1967 Price List
Yankee Yachts 1969 Sales Brochure
Yankee Yachts 1969 Price List
Yankee Yachts Nameplates
