Gremlin

Current boat name

Gremlin

Boat class

7100

Function

Sports and Leisure

Type

Dinghy

Length (m / ft)

2.13 / 7ft 7in

Beam (m / ft)

1.17 / 3ft 10in

Leeward

Centreboard

Masts

1 Wood

Rig type

gunter single sail

Propulsion

Oar/Sail

Designer

Blandford P W

Design date

1957

Date of build

1957

Present use

Museum/NMMC

The plans for this dinghy appeared in Light Craft in January 1957. Conceived by the then well known dinghy designer Percy Blanford, GREMLIN was, in the words of Light Craft magazine, ‘designed primarily for the man who wants a boat but has very little money, time and space to devote to the project. The boat can be lifted single-handed and comfortably by two boys, and will travel on the roof of the smallest car’. The prototype appeared at the 1957 Earls Court Boat show. The total purchase price, which included plans, full instructions, sails and oars, was £15.10s. This particular dinghy was presented to NMM by Mr Bignell in 1988. October 2007