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Re: Challenger 15 - 11 years ago
Terry, I’m so glad your enjoying the Challenger 15. Roller reefing was nothing more than a spring loaded square end on the boom that you pulled out and rolled the boom to shorten the sail and it would spring back in place. Spinnaker ! I can’t remember what the dimensions where for the placement of the fittings on the mast and length of the spinnaker pole. My suggestion would be to prby Sail - Mor - sailmfg
Re: Challenger 15 - 12 years ago
My daughter did some more searching on the internet and found the Boston Yacht Sail Co. It’s now called Doyle Boston Sailmakers out of Sarnia Ontario Canada. We only made a small amount of sails with Boston and Irish went some where else for his sails. It’s been so long ago I don’t think Boston would have any information on the Challenger sails. Here is the link - www.doyleboston.by Sail - Mor - sailmfg
Re: Challenger 15 & Mr. Leon Irish. - 12 years ago
I was a personal friend of Leon Irish, the time was late 1950’s. I was in the U.S. Coast Guard during Koran War, when I got home I started building the Challenger 15 and Mr. Irish was building the Snipe. I asked Leon how he got in to building boats ! he said I built a wood Snipe for myself and a friend like the boat, asked if he wouldn’t build one for him, so! he built another one anby Sail - Mor - sailmfg
Re: Identification Help Needed - Challenger 15? - 12 years ago
I just posted some information about the challenger 15 - I'm the guy that built the challenger 15 and sold it to Irsh. Sail - Morby Sail - Mor - sailmfg
Re: Challeger 15 #110 Leon F. Irish Co. F.S.Ford Design - 12 years ago
I just posted some information, I'm the builder of the challenger 15by Sail - Mor - sailmfg
Challenger 15 - 12 years ago
My nephew told me about this web site and was surprised to see the Challenger 15 was still in use. I would like to set the record straight. My name is George Eheman. I am the builder of the challenger 15. In the brochure I’m the person at the tiller with my wife Sandra., and the sail number is number 1 My brother was living at Union Lake at the time and that’s where the photos wereby Sail - Mor - sailmfg