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Here she is at Point Cove Marina on the south end of San Francisco Bay. Ray has since sold Loki but I 'found" Ray's email and contact info in a 1999 web archive remnent of Jim Huxford's old Dolphin 24 site. (Like Dolphins, emails never die) Ray has a very interesting story he recounts in the email titled "The Last Dolphin" which he tells. It is reprinted at the end of these photos.
The Last Dolphin
My name is Ray Story. I have owned "LOKI" Pacific Dolphin #277 since December 1990.
I met the, or one of the, owners of the Pacific Dolphin Company July 4th 1991. We were getting ready to watch fireworks when a fellow hailed "Hello Loki". I answered and asked him if he knew the boat. He said he used to own the company!
It seemed that Loki was used for display at the boat shows. Fitted with teak hatches and slats on cockpit sole, green and white sail cover, she must have been quite the crowd pleaser. Anyway, the sales manager took Loki on the boat show tour, took a few down payments, and left the boat in the parking lot of the last boat show. And that, said the fellow I just met, was the end of the Pacific Dolphin Company.
Evidently these guys were suppliers to Yankee Yachts, and when Yankee went bust they ended up with the molds for the 24 and the 30. They never made a 30 as the molds had been modified so many times they were in pretty bad shape.
There are quite a few Dolphins on the Bay, two in our harbor.
A couple of years ago a Dolphin won (on corrected time) the cruising class of the Pacific Cup, S.F. to Hawaii. Finished last, corrected to first. Bless that 264 rating.
I guess that's it for now.
Ray
Webmaster Note: This is a fascinating story about The Last Dolphin. We need to check out a few details. Suzanne is Pacific Dolphin #299, while Ray's Loki is #277. It could be that Loki was Pacific Dolphin's show boat for some period of time while Pacific Dolphin was building boats? To be continued....
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The following ad for Hull # 277, presumably Loki was posted on January 17, 2008
24' SAIL BOAT W/ SAUSALITO SLIP (Sausalito)
WE HAVE A 24' PACIFIC DOLPHIN/ SPARKMAN-STEPHENS, HullL #277 W/SLIP IN BEAUTIFUL SAUSALITO.
THE BOAT IS SOUND, HAS A STRONG FIBERGLASS HULL, 2 TEAK HATCHES, [8 COATS OF VARNISH] IN GREAT SHAPE, WORKING HEAD, RETRACTABLE KEEL, AND IS VERY CLEAN. WE WERE SCHEDULED TO BE HAULED-OUT ON FRI. 1/18/08 FOR BOTTOM PAINT, AND COMPLETING WORK IN PROCESS. THAT INCLUDES; PAINTING THE GALLEY/ AFTER WE SPEND MUCH TIME AND MONEY ON A FIBERGLASS REPAIR. 'THIS WAS A BIG JOB, AND LOOKS GREAT" SOME REPAIRS ON THE OUTSIDE OF BOAT, DUE TO THIS REPAIR.
I POSTED THE BOAT FOR $7,000 ON WED. BUT DUE TO A SITUATION OUT OF OUR CONTROL WE ARE FORCED TO CHANGE OUR PLANS. SO, WE ARE OFFERING THE BOAT W/ SAUSALITO SLIP "AS IS' FOR $5,000. IT’S A GREAT PROJECT FOR ANYONE THAT HAS THE SKILLS. WON’T TAKE MUCH. THE BOAT OVER ALL IS GREAT. I WISH WE COULD FINISH IT.
STORAGE UNITS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IN THIS MARINA. PLEASE CALL RICK 415-306-2126 OR EMAIL ME. "SOONER THE BETTER"
THANK YOU,
RICK
Reply to: sale-542990141@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-01-17, 10:40PM PST
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