Henry Farley

I don't get here often so have only just noticed Shaun's plea. It looks like a Panther to me. The nut on the fin bolt is just like one on a Panther that one of my club mates bought via Ebay a while ago and is currently getting down to the design weight. It was a kilo too heavy. By attacking the hull inside with a dremel and sanding drum, cutting holes in the deck and removing vastly over engineered servo mounts plus a jib twitcher he was almost there. A bit of work on the ballast completed the job. Now waiting for the weather to warm up a bit then we can measure it. The hull is chopped strand mat and a bit vulnerable in places after the sanding, so he had to patch the inside where it got too thin. Luckily I had measured one years ago so was able to compare to be sure that it is a Panther. Designed and built by Roy Morgan and distributed by Jim Fewster in Hexham, Northumberland. The one my club mate has was solid to the bow so he has cut that off and fitted a silicone bow bumper. Details from the original advert. LOA 59.75 inches LWL 40.9 inches Weight 26.42 lbs Fitted with 5/8 ID mast tube. Our local one had a stainless steel fin bolt through an aluminium alloy tube in the foam filled fin. Thoroughly corroded together so came out in one piece! Tube now brass and 6mm stainless studding used in place of bolt with threaded ends Henry