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June 29 - update Maggie, Yankee #233, FOR SALE, Porthsmouth, New Hampshire - in Rosters and For Sale Sections
June 28 - Cliff Dasco's Maya Elena is launched and, grand children permitting, getting ready for the Dolphin 24 New England Championships/Camden Classic Cup Regatta, July 27-29 in Camden, Maine - in Rosters;
Sample Courses and Sail Instructions for the Camden Classic Cup Regatta and Dolphin 24 New England Championships - in Stories
June 26 - Tim Lewis' Pacific Dolphin #264, Sandpiper, FOR SALE Long Beach, California - in Rosters and For Sale Sections; Update Yanqui, Yankee #197 has been SOLD, Portland, Oregon - in Rosters and For Sale Sections
June 25 - update 'TEER, Marionette's dinghy needs some varnish work, Old Lyme, Connecticut - in Technical Sectyion
June 24 - Yanqui, Yankee #197 has been SOLD, Portland, Oregon - in Rosters and For Sale Sections; A visit by Salty, NY 32 and the design evolution to the Dolphin 24 - in Stories and History Sections
June 23 - Lazy Jacks, Tiller Pilot set up, and hungry otter updates from Paul Lugin, Windswept, Yankee #245, Seldovia, Alaska - in Rosters and Technical sections
June 22 - The Dolphin 24 'Class Flag' to be flown at the New England Championships/Camden Classics Cup July 27-29, Camden, Maine - in Stories and History Sections
June 20 - Max Sheppard (Sea Fox, O'Day #35) and your webmaster exchange comments on spinnaker use in strong breezes, and more - in Technical Section/Sail Comments
June 17 - update Marionette's Log, Summer, 2017 - in Stories
June 15 - Playful Dolphin, an early Yankee has been SOLD - Mere Point/Brunswick, Maine - in Rosters and For Sale Sections
June 14 - Marionette's Log, Summer, 2017 - in Stories
June 12 - Hal Schmelzer checking in as new owner of Sunrisa, Yankee # 168, Portland, Oregan - in Rosters
June 9 - more comments on roller furling - in Technical Section/jib furlers
June 8 - More comments on roller furling - in Technical Section/jib furlers
June 7 - Some administrative data from Paul Lugin about Windswept (too's)' past, Seldovia, Alaska - in Rosters
June 6 - Wooden Boat Magazine email ad promoting the 2nd annual Camden Classic Cup regatta July 27-29, Camden, Maine - in Stories
June 5 - Updated Craigslist ad for Fire Escape, Pacific Dolphin #299 Price Reduced - Alameda, California in Rosters and For Sale Sections
June 4 - photo and questions re Moonshadow's (Yankee #173) new Harken roller furling jib and 'steering' problems - Hastings, Alaska - in Rosters
June 3 - Jamie Weymouth has got Dolphin, an early O'Day out of her barn and is starting to get her ready for the Camden Classic Cup, Camden, Maine - in Rosters
June 2 - Camden Classic Cup/NE Dolphin Championships - 5 Dolphins registered, so far!! - in Stories Section; update Joshua Gardner's TERN, Yankee #123, Rockport, Maine - in Rosters; Update on Mast Raising and Lazy Jacks from Paul Lugin, Windswept (too), Yankee #245, Seldovia, Alaska - in Rosters and Technical Sections
May 27 - A "fix" for a loose outboard motor cover - in Technical Section
May 26 - update Marionette, Marscot/O'Day #12 - finally in the water - in Rosters
May 25 - Yankee #219 FOR SALE, City Island, New York - in Rosters and For Sale Sections
May 24 - A trailer accident resulted in Dolphin, Yankee #193 leaving our pod., Fern Lake/Florence/Eugene, Oregon - in Rosters and Technical Section/Trailers; A report on Lazy Jacks - in Technical Section
May 22 - Just published S&S Association 2017 Yearbook has articles of interest to Dolphinites - in Stories/Sparkman & Stephens Association
May 21 - Paul Lugin, Windswept (Too), Yankee #245, has been working hard. Here's a 'how to' bleeed the fluid from your trailer brake lines - without dripping, Palmer/Seldovia, Alaska - in Technical Section
May 19 - Paul Lugin's Barn project (continued/PPPS!) - the 'Lift", Yankee #245, Palmer/Seldovia, Alaska - in Technical Section
May 15 - Yanqui, Yankee #197 FOR SALE, Portland Oregon - In Rosters and For Sale Sections
May 12 - update Winston Phillips' Remnant, Yankee #79, Arlington, Tennesse - in Rosters
May 9 - update Mark Wagner's Dol Fyn, an early O'Day, Parsonfield, Maine - in Rosters
May 6 - update Paul Lugin's Barn project for Yankee #245 - the gravel floor, Seldovia, Alaska - in Technical/Barns; Dick Loomis's Old School, Yankee #212 showing her stuff on San Francisco Bay - in Rosters
May 5 - Wilmette Fleet Captains Jim Griffin and Dan Hofstetter share with us their report to the Wilmette Pod of Dolphins - in Stories
May 4 - Update Paul Lugin's Windswept (too), Yankee #245, Mast Raising, Seldovia, Alaska - In Rosters and Technical Sections
May 2 - Check out Sailing Scuttlebutt's article (Bring Back that Loving Feeling) this morning on our NE Championships in Camden, July 27/29 - in Stories
May 1 - Stu Polhamus' Equinox, Yankee #237 has a new raised boot stripe, Irvington, Virginia - in Rosters
Apr 30 - update Marionette, Marscot/O'Day Hull #12 - getting ready, Old Lyme, Connecticut - in Rosters; update Homer Lange's Black Dog, O'Day #59 and her April racing report, Washington, DC - in Rosters; Alan Mountford's Blue Gum, a Falcon 24, has been SOLD - Queensland, Australia - in Rosters and For Sale Sections
Apr 29 - Midget Ocean Racing Club - Chapter 13 by Bill Shaw in the 1959 book Racing at Sea - in History Section
Apr 28 - Update Veninde, Shaw 24, FOR SALE, new ad with lots of info and great pictures, Bristol, Rhode Island - in Rosters and For Sale Sections
Apr 24 - Interesting Sail Magazine article regarding adjusting the jib sheet lead - in Technical/Jib Leads/Track
Apr 22 - update missing Dolphin 24 formerly located at Bailey's Crossroads, northern Virginia (near Washington DC) - in Rosters
Apr 18 - Update Pacific Dolphin #267 - she has been sold - now in Tacoma, Washington? - Rosters
Does anyone have any info about what happened to this boat last seen at Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia. Her June 2016 Craigslist ad has expired http://www.dolphin24.org/free_wash_dc_area.html
Apr 17 - update from Mike Zint, Grand Finale, Pacific Dolphin #300, (regrets she is unable to make the NE Championships in Maine this summer) - Phoenix, Arizona - in Rosters
Apr 16 - update our Home Page to include the Dolphin 24 New England Championships, Camden Maine, July 27-29
Apr 15 - update from Cliff Dasco and Maya Elena -her mast and boom are getting a go fast paint job to get her ready for the Camden (Maine) Classic Cup/Dolphin 24 New England Championships - in Rosters; Update Dolphin 24 New England Championships, Camden Maine, July 27-29 - in Stories
Apr 14 - Cyclone Cook has been hitting New Zealand over the past 24 hours - gave us a chance to check out our new global wind monitering system - in Technical Section; Reminder - Camden Classic Cup/Dolphin 24 New England Championships July 27-29 - early registration discount, Camden, Maine - in Stories
Apr 9 - 36 days on the container ship - Spirit of Auckland - a 'cruise' from Melbourne, Australia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) by Klaus and Patricia Schmidt (MONIKA, Pacific Dolphin #301?) - in Stories
Apr 8 - Update from Klaus Schmidt and MONIKA, Pacific Dolphin #301?, Vancouver Island, Canada - in Rosters
Apr 7 - Windswept too, Yankee #245, is getting a modified cabin table - in Technical Section/Interiors
Apr 5 - We've been having some problems posting on the Forum (new hosting service) so we are announcing here WANTED, a good Dolphin trailer, by Barry Rynk. Go to his Misstress, Yankee #140, Wilmington/Marina del Rey, California - in Rosters; Scott Henry, Amaya, Yankee #95 comments on using his boom to lift his heavy outboard from the well - in Rosters and Technical Sections
Webmaster Information Request - Lazy Jacks. We are trying to gather comments from Dolphin Owners and others regarding pros/cons, personal experiences, set ups, etc. Please email same to RonBreault@cs.com
Apr 2 - Update Windswept too's barn project, Palmer, Alaska - in Technical Section
Apr 1 - No foolin, Fire Escape, Pacific Dolphin #299 is FOR SALE, Paradise, California - in Rosters and For Sale Sections
Mar 31 - More on weather - heavy snow update from Paul Lugin, Windswept too, Yankee #246, Seldovia, Alaska - in Rosters
Mar 28 - Update on Cyclone Debbie from Alan Mountford and Blue Gum, Brisbane, Australia - in Rsters
Mar 26 - Ten years ago today we put up the cover page for this website - in Stories
Mar 24 - This is a first for this website - Your webmaster is up in Portland, Maine to go to the Maine Boatbuilders Show, and cruising aound Facebook early this morning came across this really incredible video that will go right to any Dolphin lover's heart. Click here to go there
Mar 20 - Update Lauren Palmer's Agape, Yankee #146, San Pedro, California - in Rosters; A cutter rig for a Dolphin? A discussion with Jerry Horan, Calmante, Yankee #210, Kona (Big Island) Hawaii - in Technical Section
Mar 19 - Sugar Bear, Yankee #162 was sold (exactly 2 years ago today - some things take a while...) Little Creek, Virginia - in Rosters
Mar 15 - New Wilmette Harbor Dolphin 24 Fleet Captains for 2017 Jim Griffith and Dan Hofstetter, d'Artagnan, Yankee #235 - in Stories
Mar 14 - New commentary on crew work - racing Dolphins - in Technical Section
Mar 13 - update Max Sheppard's Sea Fox, O'Day #35, Neenah, Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin - in Rosters
Mar 11 - update - engraved plates arrived for our trophies for New England Dolphin 24 Championships/Camden Classics Cup regatta, July 27-29, Camden, Maine - in Stories; update Sea Glass, Marscot/O'Day #29 has been SOLD, Wilmette, Illinois - in Rosters and For Sale Sections
Mar 10 - Paul Lugin, Windswept, Yankee #245, sent in an interesting tip on a website offering global/local wind conditions - in Technical Section
Mar 9 - update Veninde, Shaw 24 FOR SALE Bristol, Rhode Island - in Rosters and For Sale Sections
Mar 8 - update/postscript - the Ed Glover Award for the New England Dolphin 24 Championships/Camden Classics Cup regatta, July 27-29, Camden, Maine - in Stories
Mar 7 - update - the Ed Glover Award for the New England Dolphin 24 Championships/Camden Classics Cup regatta, July 27-29, Camden, Maine - in Stories
Mar 5 - update Permanent Trophy for the New England Dolphin 24 Championships/Camden Classics Cup regatta, July 27-29, Camden, Maine - in Stories
Mar 4 - update Savili, Lunn #200, pictures, Jonesport, Maine - in Rosters
Feb 27 - update New England Dolphin 24 Championships as part of the Camden Classics Cup regatta, July 27-29, Camden, Maine - in Stories
Feb 26 - update Charlie Drew's Yankee #71, Arion, Horseshoe Harbor, Larchmont, New York - in Rosters
Feb 25 - update Justin Flagg's Onward, Yankee # 207, Bellport, New York - in Rosters
Feb 23 - update Falcon 24 Festina Lente's homeport geography, Tamaki River, Auckland, New Zealand - in Rosters
Feb 21 - Joran and Helena Kikke checking in as the new owners of Festina Lente, a Falcon 24 in Auckland, New Zealand - in Rosters
Feb 20 - update New England Dolphin 24 Championships as part of the Camden Classics Cup regatta, July 27-29, Camden, Maine - in Stories
Feb 14 - update Maggie, Yankee #233, Portsmouth, New Hampshire - in Rosters
Feb 13 - update Makarios, Yankee #241- still needs work and will miss the Camden Classic Cup Regatta - Stockton Springs, Maine - in Rosters
Feb 12 - KALOKE, a Mermaid 24 has been cutup - she was one of only 2 known wood Dolphins - RIP, Guilford, CT - in Rosters and History Sections; update Camden Classic Cup Regatta, New England Championships, Camden, Maine - in Stories; update Jamie Weymouth's Dolphin, an early O'Day, Camden, Maine - in Rosters
Feb 11 - Update Dolphin Rendezvous, New England Championships? July 27-29 at the Camden Classic Cup Regatta, Camden, Maine - in Stories
Feb 10 - Update Dolphin Rendezvous planned July 27-29 at the Camden Classic Cup Regatta, Camden, Maine - in Stories
Feb 9 - Dolphin Rendezvous planned July 27-29 at the Camden Classic Cup Regatta, Camden, Maine - in Stories
Feb 6 - Maggie, Yankee # 233, updated FOR SALE ad, Portsmouth, New Hampshire - in Rosters and For Sale Sections
Feb 4 - Blue Gum, S&S Falcon 24 FOR SALE, Brisbane, Australia - in Rosters and For Sale Sections
Feb 3 - Last chapter in Fiveon24, Blue Gum's cruise on the Queensland, Australia coast - in Stories; update Jim Homet's Maggie, Yankee #233, Portsmouth, New Hampshire - in Rosters
Jan 31 - photos and aerial map of the sailing area of Henry Fuller's Shaw 24, Galatea, Bras d'Or Lake in Nova Scotia, Canada - in Rosters
Jan 30 - update Finisterre, a Dolphin 24 gene provider - in History Section; Update Midget Ocean Racing Club - 1st Commodore Steve Corkery interview - in History Section; update Klaus Schmidt's MONIKA, Hull #301?, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada - in Rosters
Jan 29 - Interesting research into the early days of the Midget Ocean Racing Club with contributions from its first Commodore, Steve Corkery - in History Section/MORC; Postscript update - commentary on TRINA from 1963 Sports Illustrated archives - in History Section/TRINA; Update Arlette, a Shaw 24 and her heavy weather sailing ability from that same Sports Illustrated article - in Rosters
Jan 25 - Report from Craig Burkhead on the sinking, and raising, of Aviva, a 1967 Yankee, Fortman's Marina, Almedea, California - in Rosters; Update Technical Section/Hoses - a sleepless night issue - in Technical Section
Reminder - for those interested in membership in the Sparkman & Stephens Association, you can join anytime but if you join by the end of this month you can still get your copy of the 2016 yearbook - click to go to our Dolphin page on this subject
Jan 21 - Report from Jerry Horan, Calmante, Yankee #210, Kona, Hawaii - in Rosters
Jan 17 - Spreader tips/Spreader angle discussion with Mike Zint, Grand Finale, Pacific Dolphin #300, Phoenix, Arizona - in Technical Section/Spars/Rigging and Rosters; Delivery report on Grand Finale's blade sail - her 'new' Atlantic jib - in Technical/Sails
Jan 16 - update from another Scott, this time Scott Shipman, and his Solace, Pacific Dolphin #280, Dunedin, Florida, plus a Google look at her sailing area - in Rosters
Jan 15 - update from Scott Henry and Amaya, Yankee #95, Alameda, California - in Rosters
Jan 14 - update from Jerry Slaughter and ROWDY, Marscot/O'Day #5, Corpus Christi, Texas - in Rosters; Update from Jay Picotte and Recovery, a Tripp built Dolphin, Newport, Rhode Island - in Rosters
Jan 12 - Update from Mike Friel and Makarios', Yankee #241, new battery compartment, cables, switch and panel - in Rosters and Technical Sections; Update from Rick Kennedy, Boethius, Yankee #149, and a tip about an interesting book, San Diego, California - in Rosters; Update and photos from Lon Zimmerman and Blue Dolphin, Yankee #246, Port Townsend, Washington - in Rosters
Jan 8 - Past owner Todd Wheaton, Yankee Dolphin 24 Karana, checking in - her last known homeport was Lake Conroe, Texas - in Rosters
Jan 7 - Dolphin 24, Shaw 24, S&S 24 and Falcon 24 owners and past owners. Please consider membership in the Sparkman & Stephens Association (your webmaster is a member). Click here to go to the page I put together to bring this to your attention - in Links and Stories Sections
Jan 2 - Update 2016 Website Statistics - in Home Section/Website Stats
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