Can anyone identify this boat?

[water addict]

Of course to each his own, but lordy that thing looks awful. Cleaning it up to be useable would be akin to polishing a turd.

The performance of that design has got to be awful.

[BobBill]

Your analogy made my day...yeah, gotta smell like one too.

The twin Ks take the tides out of the mooring problems and help those UK gunk holers move close to shore.

[PAR]

I don't think it's that bad looking or in terribly bad shape. It's not a boat I would bother with, but this is purely a subjective view. I suspect in the UK it would be a much more attractive craft to the average prospective skipper. Elbow grease is cheap, taking to an ebb tide all standing can't be discounted and the preformance factor also can't be discounted if your deep fin keeler flops over on her flanks and sticks in the mud, on the same ebb tide.

We've all cleaned up much worse, so stop comparing this with my mother in law's underwear . . . it's not that bad really.

[Angélique]

Originally Posted by PAR

We've all cleaned up much worse, so stop comparing this with my mother in law's underwear . . . it's not that bad really.

Bilge keels eh, the boat could fit right in, but then hey, this would make her look sharp / 180° -

Flinky, get that boat, clean her up, fix her up and have fun with her . . . .


click to enlarge - - (from post#1)

About the above boat, she looks a bit like a Corribee... (specs here)


click to enlarge - - (source) - - Arnside - Kent Estuary - - August 2, 2010

edit: ^ Fiberglass Corribee Mk1 (early 1970′s – circa 1975)


Ellen MacArthur had a Corribee once, bought when she was 17, this she wrote in her diary when she first saw the boat...

‘‘ There she was, stern towards me like a scruffy heap. Her rudder was askew and one of her backstays hung lifelessly beside her mast….the word ‘Poole’ shadowed into her faded and battered reddish topsides. ’’

Then she went on, fixed her up and circumnavigate the UK with her . . . . Later she wrote in her book about this boat... - ‘‘ It was love at first sight ’’

She could see the boat through the 'scruffy heap' of first appearance . . . . .


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click for source - - - Ellen MacArthur, 1995 circumnavigating the UK in her Corribee - 'Iduna'


Don't know if Ellen had a single or a bilge keeler. But Roger Taylor has a Corribee bilge keeler, check the links on the left for what this boat can do, then others say about bilge keelers "the boat will trip over them"


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PAR, could you please tell us us how close the hull shape of the boat in post#1 is to the Corribee, to be able to do the same as Ellen and Roger with their Corribee's . . ? ?

That is if the skipper fits the task also of course . . . .

Cheers,
Angel

[Angélique]

About the boat on Arnside beach in the pic in above post, its source say it's a Corribee, but my guess is it's also a Silhouette, like PAR says in post#7 about the boat in post#1, but it's a nice pic anyway . . . .

Both, the Silhouette and the Corribee, are designed by Robert Tucker so similarities are no coincidence . .

The Silhouette MK I, II, III, IV & V designs are a bit older than the Corribee MK I, II & III designs, though.

See also Silhouette 'details' & 'history'

Cheers,
Angel

P.S.

It bothers me not to be sure but on the boat in above post, on Arnside beach, I don't see the wave in the sheerline like the Silhouette has, so I return to the thought it's a Corribee.. Btw, that's the railway viaduct over the Kent estuary we see in the pic, very tidal there, see the vid, note the two fishermen catched by the tide between the bridge pillars . . . .

P.P.S.

Found it, it's a Fiberglass Corribee Mk1 (early 1970′s – circa 1975)


click pic for source

[Angélique]

Ad from april 1967 . . . .


click pic for source

It wouldn't be bad to pay the original new price for good one today . . . .

Btw, that Hurley 20 is an Ian Anderson design.

Cheers,
Angel

[Angélique]

Flinky's 'free boat' prospect has window shapes like a Silhouette MK V according to this this blog . . . .

MK III


MK V


Get that boat Flinky . . . .

Good luck !
Angel

[lewisboats]

I'd put my money on the MK V too

[WestVanHan]

Like others have said-be very careful.A friend got a free sail boat once,and it ended up being rotten and all delaminated.

"Luckily" he worked all day,hurt his back and skinned his elbow to rip out the engine,enough of the rigging,and lead to sell for what it cost him to dispose of it.

[Angélique]

Originally Posted by WestVanHan

Like others have said-be very careful.

Right West, that's why I said 'free boat' like this. But to give the hint only in this way wasn't well thought through. Got a bit carried away too much by the lovely MK V in the last pic. Flinky needs to have the hull examined to be sure sure she's sound and he'll need to make a price tag for fully recovering before taking the boat.

Cheers,
Angel

[PAR]

Yanking the hardware off and stealing the trailer is worth the "asking price", so I say go get it and see what it offers. You may end up doing what the previous owner couldn't, which is drag is stripped carcass to the local landfill. Then again, you could have a gem in need of elbow grease and some new sails.

[lewisboats]

Problem is I think they charge an arm and a leg to do anything including disposing of the "carcass" in Britain (or Europe in general). I believe it is a couple of Pounds Sterling just to sneeze over there. No offense meant.

[Angélique]

Originally Posted by lewisboats

I think they charge an arm and a leg to do anything . . . .

So, things have become cheaper then . . . . . .

Cheers,
Angel

[Yobarnacle]

Can I add my 2 cents? My 40 year old Albin 25 looked worse when I bought it for $1000 and had no trailer. Three bottles of Spray Nine Marine cleaner pretty much restored the gel coat except the scratches and gouges. I replaced all the interior wood, but I changed the accomodation plan. Marine plywood is relatively cheap. Cushions are expensive. I bought good,used, boat cushions from a pile at a marine salvage and then built my bunks and settees to match the contours and sizes of my cushions. She was missing the diesel engine so I went electric. Problems are just opportunities sometimes.

[BobBill]

Originally Posted by Angélique

Flinky's 'free boat' prospect has window shapes like a Silhouette MK V according to this this blog . . . .

MK III


MK V


Get that boat Flinky . . . .

Good luck !
Angel

Bingo...but all seem to be proper, a little elbow grease understood. I must go along with Par now. Going for it makes sense. The needed elbow grease is always a factor, so not that serious a point. DIY.