Builders and Owners of Paradox Sailboats

In 2006 I published at my Small Sailboats website a Table of Builders and Owners of Paradox Sailboats.  At that time 29 were known to me. Two owners have since died, i.e., Don Elliott and Steve Yahn, and a few boats have changed hands, ‘Minnow’ being one of them.

Many more Paradoxes must have been built. I know of Lezlie Henson’s ‘Tardis’, bought by Sean Mulligan, who renamed her ‘Scout’, and of Mike Beebe’s Paradox, which I believe has changed hands. Geoff Davis, of Freemantle, built ‘Small Fry’. He has done some adventurous stuff with her, such as rounding Cape Leeuwin and continuing for several days without putting in.  ‘Cachivache’, the most southerly Paradox, was built by Alberto of Rawson, Argentina.

Builders and Owners

NAME	BOAT NAME	CONSTRUCTION	COUNTRY/CITY	COMMENTS
Alastair Law	Little Jim	Per plan	UK Yeovil	Very well tested
Andrew Graham	Zero	Modified	Australia	Very well tested
Bengt Genell	Ladikan	Cabin top mod.	Sweden Sala	Tested
Bill Serjeant	Faith	Per plan	UK Southend	Tested
Brett Grice	?	Per plan	Australia, Brisbane	In build
Chris Becker	Walden	Per plan	Australia	In build
Colin Jones	?	Per plan	US Denver	In build
David Alan	?	Strip-planked	US	In build
David Beard	Whisper	Per plan	US	Very well tested
DC	Swash	Per plan	US	Unfinished
Robert Biegler	Minnow	Modified	Norway Trondheim	Finished
Don Elliott	The Edge	Per plan	US Wisconsin	Thoroughly tested
Glen Maxwell	Zoe	Per plan	US	Thoroughly tested
Hugh Miller	Petite Lady	Per plan	New Zealand	Well tested
Ian Lang	Irene May	Per plan	UK London	In build
Jack Gardiner	Jill Baby	Stitch & glue	US Providence	Well tested
Jeff Forrest	?	?	US	?
Jimmy Lu	?	Per plan	Taiwan Taipei	In build
Kjell Karlsson	?	Bris method	Sweden	Tested
Mark Waters	Raffles	Per plan	Oregon, Portland	Thoroughly tested
Matt Layden	Paradox	Per plan	US	Extremely tested
Matt Noonan	?	Per plan	Ithaca	In build
Pete Martin	Johanna	Per plan	UK Cheltenham	In build
Rejean Levesque	Fillou 11	Per plan	Canada Montreal	In build
Richard Childs	?	?	Australia	In build
Rod Cannon	Wizard Spawn	Per plan	USA Venice CA	In build
Ronald de Hon	RHX11	Per plan	Holland Amsterdam	Unfinished, for sale
Steve Henderson	Telestai	Per plan	US Kansas City	Building slowly
Steve Yahn	Ironside	Modified	US Port Orchard	In build

 Hundreds of plans have been sold, but nowhere near as many boats would appear to have been built, probably because the costs are high, both in terms of expenditure and of effort. Some potential builders lack facilities and others believe their skill level is not up to the mark; others cannot find the time.

If you dream of owning a Paradox, don’t despair; now’s your chance to get a cheap one which is fully equipped and ready to go, because 'Minnow' is still for sale as at 27th October, 2014. You may contact me at barnacleid at yahoo dot co dot uk or by phone at 07588288060.

Link

Cost of Building a Paradox

http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/the-cost-of-building-paradox.html