March 15, 2010. Dolphin Field Investigator, "JC", has reported a heretofore unknown Pacific Dolphin in Yreka, CA. Reportedly, the boat has been out of the water for 15 years and is on a trailer at Benson's place. He keeps up the varnish and maintenance. We are working on getting more information.

Under our rules this boat qualifies as a 'found' Dolphin, our 153rd, and pending finding out her real name, will be known as "Yreka"

Stay tuned.

Dec 1 - "Benson" has checked in. We received the following email from Jim Benson, the first, and only owner of Thistle, Pacific Dolphin # 275. (minor edits)

I have just recently discovered the Dolphin web site. 

Alma, my wife, & I, own a Pacific Dolphin. Her hull number is 275 - the one listed as being Benson's" dolphin in Yreka, CA under Dolphins Found

We ordered the boat on January 9, 1977 from Edward C. Landwehr, Pacific Dolphin salesman, in Oakland, CA. We had seen a Dolphin at the Berkeley Marina. We took delivery of the boat on April 7, 1977 at Oceanside, CA. Romain M. & Kathy Corbin owned Pacific Dolphin at the time and had recently moved their facilities from Anaheim to Oceanside.

We named our boat Thistle.

We have always kept her at our home in Montague, CA on her trailer  - except for a couple of summers when we kept her at Howard Prairie Lake east of Ashland, OR.

 Enjoyed the website.Thank you.

 Jim Benson

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We hope to get some pictures and more info on Thistle. Stay tuned.

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December 12, 2010. Jim sent in a copy of the brochure ad price list (July 1, 1976) he got when he bought Thistle, and corrected her home port - Montague, CA. We are working on how Yreka got into the database.

The price list and brochure are the same as the ones we have listed in out History Section under Pacific Dolphin. Thistle's pictures are in the closet but coming soon.

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