That Australia site appeared about 5-8 years ago. Don't know how they got the molds or they splashed an existing boat. They use the old seating arrangement without the large center floatation chamber. Yeah Lyle had nothing to do with the 6'8". Richard Arthur and/or Larry Pardey designed the dingy. Larry definitely built the mould. :: Dave Scobie :: M6'8" #650 :: Baba 30 #233 DEJA VU :: former owner SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com :: former owner M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: former owner M15 #288 SCRED - m15namedscred.wordpress.com On Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 5:32 PM John Schinnerer via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Just stumbled over this:
https://dinghies-daysailers.com/index.html#dinghies
It would seem to appear that the M6-8 is in production in Australia, in the vicinity of Jervis bay, south of Sydney?!? But...the site has no other pages, and may by older than it looks, or...? Anyone shed any light?
It's about the only relevant search result I can find, besides the excellent write-up on Dave Scobie's S/V Swallow site: https://sv-swallow.com/the-dinghy/
...which corrects the attribution on the Aussie site about the design being Lyle Hess'.
cheers, John
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