Vintage #57 10' Lapstrake Sailing Dinghy

Until the hurricane of 1938 I had a complete record of all the boat designs made to that date. For that period the record is now one from memory, and memory has a way of playing tricks. I thought I had nearly all the old designs in line, and knew each by name, if not by overall length and number. I therefore was surprised and pleased late in May to hear from Bill Koelbel, assistant editor of MoToR BoatinG, that he, in going over the magazine's many designs, had found one I had completely forgotten. This turned out to be No. 57, a 10-foot sailing dinghy, and the date it carries is October 10, 1919. While in storage the tracings became folded, torn and somewhat faded. However, after an hour's work we managed to unravel the ripped and crumpled paper and after ironing it flat and patching up with transparent scotch tape had essentials from which to work. In very, very faint lettering the signature on design No. 57 reads: Ten Foot Sailing Dinghy, for Captain Day. William Atkin, Arch., Montclair, N. J., Oct. 10, 1919. Design No. 57.