sailing dinghy wanted

[polle-nsa]

Hi All
I am looking for a single hander dinghy for sale, We purchased an appartment last year and looking to spend more time in pollenca. But i need a dinghy to keep me happy.
Any help with my problem will be great.
Many Thanks

[Pinereto]

Buying a sailing dinghy in Mallorca is not easy. Most Spanish dinghy sailing clubs focus on Olympic classes so your likely to be looking at a Laser. There are only a few sailed from Club Nautica Pollensa (it is not an official class at the club) but I believe more are sailed at Arenal. I've never had any success finding one for sail but so would be interested to hear how you get on. It is worth remembering that, in common with most things on Mallorca, the price is likely to be significantly higher than in the UK.

[Capvermell]

Originally Posted by polle-nsa

I am looking for a single hander dinghy for sale, We purchased an appartment last year and looking to spend more time in pollenca. But i need a dinghy to keep me happy.

Any help with my problem will be great.

Hi there,

I know that this is some 16 months later but by mother has a holiday apartment in Canyamel (near Arta and Cala Rajada) in Mallorca and has a red Topper with a registration number in the 30,000s that she is interested in selling.

The boat was sailed off the beach at Canyamel during summer holidays regularly during the 1990s by my father, my sister and myself but somehow since he died a few years ago and dinghy sailing has generally become less fashionable on the island (or at least on our part of it) the boat hasn't been sailed more than a handful of times in the 2000s. However the boat is always stored in a dark basement store room in our apartment block when not in use where there is no sunlight so it really shouldn't have suffered any deterioration for that reason. It has a few minor scuffs and scrapes on the bottom side from pulling it up on to the beach but has no marks on the red top side and is watertight. It comes with all sails, rigging, centreboard, tiller and rudder plus the straps to let it be put on a car roof rack. We always used to rent a roof rack from the car rental company to get it from our apartment to the beach at the start and the end of the holiday so we don't have a trolley for it.

It would be good for the boat to go to another British sailing enthusiast who is going to appreciate her. If anyone is interested then make a post and let me know, although as a Newbie to this forum I'm not sure what restrictions there may be on me sending or replying to PMs? Hopefully someone can at least send me a PM I can reply to.

I'm of course assuming that one of you or someone else in Puerto Pollensa is still interested? I think a Topper is likely to appeal much more to a Brit and in our resort 85% of the locals are Germans.........

[Capvermell]

This Topper dinghy is now available complete with all sails, rigging, mast, rudder, centreboard etc for the bargain price of only 499 Euros if anyone can collect it from Canyamel (near Cala Rajada and Arta) and pay cash by next Wednesday afternoon October 14th 2009.

The boat is still in good condition for its age (early 1990s boat) but you will need to come with your own car roof rack or small boat road trailer to take it away.

Please PM me if you are interested.