seeking information on Rondo

[John Sperry]

This boat has been in a barn for 30 years and is up for restoration.  The name "Rondo" is faintly visible in gold leaf on the stern.  It is a Proctor design, clinker built of scarfed Burmese mahogany screwed in.  Finish is entirely brightwork with a plated stem cover.  The mast is aluminum.  The boom is wooden.  
 
It would appear this craft is a 1952 hybrid, one of three.  If so, it should be in a museum rather than turning heads at the Pensacola Yacht Club.  Am I on course?

John Sperry
Pensacola Florida USA

[Jimbo41]

Hello John.

Perhaps you should talk to our Vintage wing Representative Ken Goddard. According to another posting his tel number is +44 1332 521168

All the best,

Jim N3130 and N3470 (It's got to be wood)

[icecreamman]

John for Ken's information if you can look on the top of the centre thwart and find the number that should be carved in it would be a great help. If you find no joy on finding it there, look either on the outside or inside of the transom. Good luck

[johnk]

Does the inside of the boat have ribs every three or four inches apart to hold the clinker planks together using a copper rivet through two overlapping planks and the rib?

Or are the clinker planks just glued to each other and screwed at the ends into the stem piece and the transom?