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Having recently rekindled my love of Otter dinghies, and learning of their sad demise, I've attempted to find the last Otter made, and by who. I know a chap who runs a GRP shop, and thought if i can find the moulds, maybe I could build a brand new Otter!!
Trawling the internet led me to believe Chris Clarance was the last known builder, and I read in a forum somewhere (maybe this one!) that the then active class association, offered to purchase the moulds from Chris, but unfortunately the asking price was a tad unrealistic!
Now... Today I found myself having a nice cup of tea with Commodore of a beautiful sailing club on the Thames, that until today, I didn't even know existed! The conversation briefly turned to Otters
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On return home I delve deeper into the Otters whereabouts, hoping the destroyed moulds tale was nothing more than a vicious rumour!
However, I found this 2003 Mark Giles built, asymmetric spinnaker equipped Otter!!
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And what a beauty she is! Asymmetric spinnaker on an Otter...Woo, she surely goes like the clappers
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More to the point though, does this mean Giles Reinforced Plastics where the last known holders of the Otters rights and/or moulds???
The mystery deepens
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