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F2539

Details

Name
Dillon

Usage
Varnish

Location
Immaculate Condition

Builder
Fairey Marine

Build date
April 1960

Condition
Immaculate Condition

Hull Number

Deck Colour
Varnish Mark lA

Hull Colour
Varnish Mark lA

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Extra Details

Additional Build Notes

Current Owner
Guy Davison

Known Owners

1st owner – perhaps FGH Routledge, Dee SC.
Originally named “Tuppenny Bun” or perhaps later “Ming Yu”

c 1977 – reported Prinstead BC, Chichester Harbour, renamed “Dillon”

c 1994 – Guy Davison, Itchenor SC and Llangorse SC, named “Dillon” See F3318 and F3551.
See following History Notes.

History

Guy Davison – (2000) “Bought back into racing condition from being a red painted wreck with Mark I decks held by pins and plastic padding 15+ years ago (1994) Has since competed at every Championships and raced regularly at Southern based open meetings.

Winner at 50th anniversary Champs, 1996, held in Falmouth of Silver Firefly points race. Mark IA deck replacement by Mark Barnes / Guy Davison. New transom in 2007 by Steven Greaves.”

August 2016 – raced at Firefly Championships, Tenby, Niall Houston & Amy Parkes, Birmingham University

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