The Timpenny 670 was designed by Colin Thorne. Fran & Colin Thorne decided to build their own boat as they could not afford a production boat. The cheapest was about twice their budget and both Fran & Colin were unhappy with the safety features (or lack of) and the current rigs of available trailer sailers. While working on his new creation (out of wood) Colins kids were jumping on the roof which was making a very satisfying booming noise. Deafened Colin yelled out - "Stop, it sounds like an out of control Tympani section". Since the kids names were Tim & Penny, the name Timpenny stuck and the boat was born! After launching the boat, people kept asking where they could buy one. Colin and Fran decidd to start making them. They were so popular that they needed boat builder Jon Simonds to come to the rescue to keep up with demand and he still has the business name Timpenny Yachts. As they say - the rest is history. Thereafter Colin designed the larger Timpenny 770. |