Hippocampus sat in Tighnabruaich boatyard for a couple of years before being sold to Arnold Clark (now has 'Drum').

We looked at her a couple of times then with the view to purchase. She was 'shabby' at best.

In the end Arnold Clark came along with a silly offer, which was accepted, sent a couple of his 'men' down to the boatyard with a couple of tins of Dulux white enamel and raced her successfully for a couple of years.

This would have been early eighties, if I remember correctly.

Donald