Lot Essay
Awarded First in Class, Windermere Rally 1997
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A radio controlled pond yacht built in the form of a French schooner Le Dauphin
built by T. Dixon with ash masts, booms, standing and running rigging, anchor winch, belaying rails and pins, companionways, deck lights, sail winches, horse, helm, and other details, the finely planked hull of walnut and teak finished in blue and varnish with tan sails, lead weighted keel and brass bound rudder (radio control removed) -- 54½ x 63½in. (138.5 x 161.3cm.) Stand
See illustration
built by T. Dixon with ash masts, booms, standing and running rigging, anchor winch, belaying rails and pins, companionways, deck lights, sail winches, horse, helm, and other details, the finely planked hull of walnut and teak finished in blue and varnish with tan sails, lead weighted keel and brass bound rudder (radio control removed) -- 54½ x 63½in. (138.5 x 161.3cm.) Stand
See illustration