N2340 Touchstone

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The life of N2340 Touchstone. Design: Tizyer, designed by: Alec Stone in 1964

[Richard]

Advertised for sale on 08.09.06.........

[Ian Smith]

Touchstone was mine for a while around 2004/6 ...ish! Bought off a driveway in Exmouth where she sat upside down under a not very weatherproof tarpaulin. The owner thought she was dry until we tried to move her but the rain had gone through the tarp, between failed glue joints in the planking and filled the front tank. Drain holes were 'created' and an hour later we could turn her over and view the rather blackened foredeck. After a couple of months she dried out enough to work on, various bits peeled away intact and were subsequently epoxied back on. We loved her, lots of freeboard, more like a small day boat than a 12. Long solid mahogany seats from the rear tank right up past the thwart. Happy wife, no need to sit on those narrow side decks. (Don't tell anyone but we even rigged a spinnaker for a while). Later sold on and subsequently turned up again at our club when an elderly visitor asked for tips on rigging. When gently asked if he knew much about dinghies he said he had had a folk boat so was quite confident.... luckily it was a really quiet day when he launched. Up for sale shortly afterwards but now seems to have disappeared.