cabin top of marine plywood covered with fiber glass. Below there is 6- 

 foot headroom, two berths in the forward cabin and two in the main cabin, 

 one of which is a double berth which also doubles as a dinette when not 

 in use for sleeping. An enclosed head, a galley, hanging locker, etc., are 

 among the usual accommodations. The cockpit is self-bailing. Dickerson 

 Boatbuilders, Inc., is located on Church Creek Road, Cambridge, Mary- 

 land. 



The Dickerson 32 comes ordinarily with a keel only, of moderate draft 

 (4 feet), but it is also available at an extra charge with a keel-centerboard 

 combination (3 feet without board, 5 feet with it). Auxiliary power is de- 

 scribed below. The class Secretary is William F. Broske ( 1601 Summit 

 Ave., Camp Hill, Pa.). The price of the standard model with sails is 

 $10,800. 



VITAL STATISTICS: L.O.A. 32'; watcrlinc 26'6"; beam lo'; draft 

 (keel) 4'; sail area 440 sq. ft.; lead keel weighs about 3000 lbs.; power is a 

 four-cylinder 25-h.p. Universal Utility engine. 



DOLPHIN 



The 24-foot sloop Dolphin was designed in 1959 by Sparkman and Ste- 

 phens to meet the requirements of George D. O'Day and to qualify under 

 the rules of the Midget Ocean Racing Club. She is built of fiber glass at 

 the Marscot Plastics Division of the O'Day Corporation (9 Newbury St., 

 Boston, Mass.). The aim was to produce a low-cost cruising and racing 

 auxiliary with as much room as possible for the size, a fast boat which 

 would be seaworthy and trailable. The boats are distributed by U. S. Yachts, 

 Inc. ( Village Square, Westport, Conn. ) , who explain the situation, in part, 

 as follows: 



"With an eye on the excellent performance of Bill Scranton's 24-foot 

 Trina in MORC competition George O'Day wanted to produce a fiber- 

 glass boat which would perform as well as or better than the famous yawl. 

 The Sparkman & Stephens design has lived up to the O'Day requirements 

 and has won races under th^ CCA, LMYRA and MORC rules. Wiki McNeil 

 of Annapolis, Ralph Heinzerling of Port Washington, Long Island, a New 

 London owner, and Peter Grimm of Chicago have all been big winners. 

 ' "Fifty boats have been delivered and ten are now being built to order 

 for customers in the United States. Fifty per cent of the Dolphin owners 

 use them solely as weekend cruisers, while the other 50 per cent are raced 

 and cruised. We anticipate forty new owners in 1962. Three boats have 

 been built from kits and all are sailed from Southport, Connecticut. R. Clark 



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