Help ID older wooden sailboat

I'm refurbishing an older wooden sailboat and I can't figure out its design. The length is 11' 3.5" and its width is 54.5". The chines are hard with plywood skins. A sloop rig with wooden spars. Center board and a skeg. Some pictures are included, I hope.

 

what is there to figure out then ?

 

I'd like to know the type of sailboat. I've worked with common designs, like Snipes and Lightnings, but this one is not familiar to me.

 

I do not recognize it, but it looks like something that might have been published in the old "Popular Mechanix" or "Poplar woodworking" type of magazines. If you do a search for "free boat plans" you will find a web site with all of these great old plans that someone scanned and made available on the internet.

Also, does it really matter? It might have been self designed, or a highly altered standard design. I rarely follow the plans when I build a small boat, I make variations to suite my interests or curiosity.

Good luck.

 

Nice looking little boat. Try to get beyond the geneology and just enjoy it.

 

What's it's name?

 

It looks very similar to a Heron take a look at http://www.heron-dinghy.org.uk/photo-gallery.html and see if you agree.A Google search will provide a good number of links.

 

I was thinking the same thing - or possibly an Enterprise if there are baby blue sails in the vicinity.

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Bill

 

It's no Enterprise,two feet too short and one chine too few.