It was ABCO who produced my designs for TALISMAN and AFRIC STAR, and when Alan Brown died they were passed on, on the demise of ABCO. He was going to produce a hull based on my WAVERLEY.
If you look at some of the adverts for WAVERLEY hulls, the drawing uses the TALISMAN hull with the WAVERLEY windows added!
Since when did the WAVERLEY have a straight bow, hers is raked!

I just looked through my mags in reverse order, it was not Berry Castle but Wilton Castle...
see it here - http://www.modelboats.co.uk/gallery/images.asp?sp=&v=3&UAbN=109 - on page 2

...he has a rather nice looking jeanie deans on there too! I see the jeanie has a weighted keel fin for stability, presumably the wilton castle was already too heavy to add any more weight...

Hi to MJT60A,
I've been in touch with Bob Abell in the past, and chatted about his JEANIE DEANS that you mention.
My model at 78" long has no ballast at all just some big 12AH nicad cells which weigh enough to give a loaded weight of 35lbs (not yet into decimal here!) but the draft has been increased about 3/4". Sandy

Wow ! Stunning model there Sandy.

Chris

It certainly is great. Well done. I like it a lot.

Ken