Dabchicks in Australia – and more
Mark Dingley reports from Australia that he has received the plans and that AUS 1 is already under construction.
We have also had a request for plans from the UK and Steve Du Toit will be visiting Geoff in the UK to discuss possible Dabbie’s in kit form with him.
Owen
kilps said,
July 18, 2007 @ 7:08 pm
Wow brilliant news – congrats to everyone involved
Dabchick keeps going - now the UK at sailing360.co.za said,
July 24, 2007 @ 12:01 am
[...] Owen Baxter on the Dabchick class website reports that construction of the first Australian boat has started and that now plans have been requested from the UK – and that Steve Du Toit will be discussing possible Dabchicks in a kit form for the UK markets. [...]
Theo Stock said,
September 29, 2007 @ 7:00 pm
Great to hear the interst in the Class – it has improved a lot over the years, and Steve du Toit has added a lot of refinment, that improves the performance and downwind characterstics significantly.
There are lots of old sails around – let us know it you still require. PS: The latest Class rules state that the main sail may be loose footed, but there are none of those lying around yet !
Regards,
Theo
Liz Robertson said,
November 4, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
I would like to build a Dabchick in Panama but I need to get hold of some plans – how do I do this?
Owen Baxter said,
November 5, 2008 @ 1:15 pm
I have put Liz in touch with our Technical Team who will get her some plans.
Owen
Raymond Bleach said,
July 10, 2011 @ 8:56 pm
I live in the US and sailed a Dabby in my yuonger days. Now I want one, but greatly distrust my construction skills.
Are there any kits or ohter resources that may be useful?
Mark Sher said,
August 2, 2011 @ 4:20 pm
Hi Raymond
I recently bought a new fibreglass dabbie for my son, made by Stephen Du Toit in Cape Town, SA. If you want his e-mail address I can get it for you. He may be able to help make up a kit for you.
Best of luck
Mark
Michael Womersley said,
August 15, 2011 @ 6:28 pm
I am an expat South African living in the USA. I am wanting to build a dabchick in the USA. Are there any plans out there for this.
Warwick said,
January 10, 2012 @ 11:06 pm
Hi Owen,
we see a number of international requests for details of the Dabchick. Do we have a set of plans in pdf which can be sent to these people whenever there is a query for them? I hope you have a record of all of these email addresses, to keep them up to date with the latest happenings in the class. What about the 6 boats in Mocambique, do you have their contact details? Can we not arrange to have a regatta together with them? Dabbie Africans sounds cool, next time we can push for a Dabbie Worlds.
At the AGM some of the kids proposed they help with a Dabbie promotional video. I have some footage, which I will give to Ollie, Sabine and anyone else interested, then we see what results out of this. I think it is a lot better than paying someone external a fortune to make a video for us. Please let me know what you have.
Once we have the final product I will let you have a look at it, mybe you know how to get it onto You-Tube.
Orpa is keen to do some marketing for us. We did a few A3 posters at nationals and some flyers which took a good stab at some of the SAS logos and I think gave us a really good punt. Now we want to continue this effort at the rest of the NVL clubs, in a similar vein to your great posters. I will email you what we set up. Any comments welcome.
Regards
Warwick
Owen Baxter said,
January 11, 2012 @ 10:14 am
Hi Warwick,
Cor Langhout of the Technical committee supplies plans in PDF format or on a CD to anyone who requests. I pass on all requests to him, we do get quite a few.Cor is a great help and keeps in touch.
Rob,Stephen du Toit and myself tried really hard to get something going,on various occasions, with the Dabbies in Moz but we were unsuccessful.We tried telephonically and via e-mail. Maybe its time to try again,anyone speak Portuguese ?
Any promotional videos etc are always welcome,I am only the webmaster here so its really up to you guys to get this rolling. Obviously, if I can support your efforts in any way you know where to contact me.
Owen