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title: Melanie
date: 2021-04-08T11:52:00+10:00
author: Bass and Flinders Maritime Museum
canonical_url: "https://bassandflindersmuseum.com.au/melanie"
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# Melanie

A sailing dinghy especially designed by Graeme Titmus for father and son/daughter combinations and then built by the local schools.

 

 

 

 

  **A sailing dinghy to suit everyone.**

The Melanie is the small yacht designed and initially built within the Tamar Valley. The design was by a local yachtie, Grahame Titmus, and later built by the students of Port Dalrymple School. The small yacht was designed was to provide a vessel that could be handled by young “yachties”.