I'm pretty sure the year of manufacture was 1988. It's probably one of the first foam-core 5.8s built. I think the sails are four years old. It was raced seriously up until last year and well fitted-out.

It got sold a few months ago. The story is that a fellow came through the area and bought a bunch of used boats and filled up a container to send to Chile.

Here's some pictures of it: