Islander 37
The Scorpion isn't the only design that Bruce left Columbia with. The Islander 37 is a Columbia 36 by Crealock and the Ericson 41 is a Columbia Constellation which is a COl 38 with a cutaway forefoot which is a Col 40 with a spade rudder and the Col 40 is off a design by Charlie Morgan called Paper Tiger. There was a lot of that going on back then.
Thank you for your quick response. I am thinking of this boat as a daysailer only. Taking it out on the bay for a quick 2 - 3 hour cruise. I’m done with the cruising part, and the maintenance that a cruising boat requires. Are there any fleets around, or known issues / problems with the original build?The known issue is that it's a 5.5 Meter -class hull. Skinny and long and what a sailboat should look like. Points like a dream.
But of course, pointing ability has little value outside racing, the entire layout is cramped as befits the adaptation from an open racing boat, and in general the Scorpion is a sort of Sunday boat, which fully restored is a nod to history and pride of ownership. It is like restoring a TR-3 sports car, you do it because your life intersected the era, or perhaps you wished it had.
Almost any other sailboat makes more sense to restore for any reason except aesthetics. But then, "sense" is not why people restore Scorpions.