My father-in-law has recently 'dug-out' of his garage an old pond yacht and we are trying to identify it.

In short it looks virtually identical to the 'my8 Heather Dew' except: there is no name plate and no screw holes where one might have been. The deck has black lines running fore-aft along it. The centre 2 lines are straight, the other 8 on either side follow the curve of the deck. The screw fastening the tiller spring to the deck is about an inch inboard, not near the bow as on my8. It is approx. 24 1/8" long, 6 3/8" at the widest point and 7 1/4" from deck to
bottom of fin. The mast is off-white painted 2-piece aluminium with a brown pointed tip. It is 39" tall.

As far as is known it was bought about 60 years ago. The box it is in is made of thick cardboard, nailed/pinned to a wooden frame.

 

VMYG Response:

Yes, this is an Alexander model all right. The absence of a name plate is not crucial, as it is clear that they were circulated between models as a supplies dictated and in the immediate post 1945 period, from which this boat probably dates, a temporary death of ivorine plates is by no means out of the question.

Russell