SEA SHELL. Photo by Edward Saxe Studio, courtesy Roberts Industries. 



SEA SHELL ^ ' ^ u ^ n 



This is an 8-foot cat-rigged, plywood dinghy with a daggerboard. One 

 authority says there are twenty-five hundred of them, another five thousand. 

 By either count it is a large class. Mrs. W. R. Ledbury is Secretary of the 

 Sea Shell Class Association (Pine Orchard, Conn.). Boats are said to be 

 common on Long Island Sound and Narragansett Bay and on "all lakes and 

 rivers." Roberts Industries (105 Post Rd., Branford, Conn.) is a leading 

 builder. Price is $280 to $300 new, used $100 to $150, kits $125 to $150. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. /loVs"; waterline &6W; beam 4'y4"; 

 draft without board 6", with board I'li^A"; sail area 41 sq. ft.; weight 65 

 lbs.; trailable or cartop. 



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