Old Quarter Tonners -Magic Bus

"Drakkar"(NED) is a Kalik 33 flush(Jac de Ridder). I couldn't find the picture in Bateaux 75-77, so must be later (need to open another box).
Another Kalik 33 flush, "Kalik"(BEL), André Nélis, with slightly different cockpit layout finished 9th (Source: die Yacht).

 

Saikbj, Thankyou, Jac de Ridder 33 - that sounds and looks (length) from image to be right. I think the double page spread is from an earlier Bateaux, maybe early 1974.
I have an old Yachting World ripout ... somewhere, will find it, of the 1977 3/4 ton Worlds ... and I'm sure there were two Drakkars mentioned.

 

I can confirm there were two "Drakkar":
1) The Joubert-77 with the long aft overhang (which finished 10th after dismasting)
2) The Dutch customized Kalik 33 de Ridder-77 from your picture, which apparently didn't place very well cause can't be found in any reported result list.
Her near sister, Belgian "Kalik", the "official promotion-boat" driven by André Nélis finished 9th.
I checked Bateaux 78 and the picture wasn't there. It turns out I miss November 77 so with my usual luck it was probably that issue the picture came from.

Gary, I still hope you find that Yachting World!

 

Here's a photo of Drakkar (77) and an article on the 1977 Threequarter Ton Cup where she gets a mention.

 

OK, good find/collection, Richard. That's Drakkar Noir, very much like the Whitings but without the distortions. Oesophage Bogie, what great names, great looking boats too.

 

Hi Paul, here's some edits from me, managed to fill in a few gaps here and there (any changes in red font). Well done pulling all this together.

 

Thank you. I have some other comments from others, so I will update the document.

I doubt it will ever be complete, so I always appreciate any input from anywhere.

 

Here is the article from SAIL. I didn't find it earlier because it was not printed until the Jan '89 issue.

 

Thanks again Paul B! A few more pieces to the puzzle. I hope maybe CT 249 has info in his raw material for his article to fill in the blanks from the bottom.

 

Magic Bus clone

I found this thread yesterday and want to share with you a pic from a Paul Whiting´s quarter Ton, builded in laminated wood in 1977. I am not completely sure, but believe that is the same design as Magic Bus. I am the one in the crew with the white t shirt doing the bow ...without gemini. Was a fast boat and we beated easily the rest of quarter ton boats, mainly Ron Hollands "Manzanita". Now its being in a restoration process in the same shipyard that built it 35 years ago and because those guys are master in their job I am pretty sure that when they finish their job the boat will be a masterpiece .

 

Hi Tato! Do you remember her name and sail number?

On the subject of "Magic Bus", I have a note of her being sailed by Germans in the QTC-77 (G 2593, "Muff", Dillitzer, 20/58). I wounder if "Muff" really is exMagic Bus?

There was a Whiting namned "Magic Bus" (along with "Self Whiting") also at the QTC-78 in Japan. Is it the same boat or maybe a Whiting 26?

 

Meiga XVI

The boat´s name is still the same MEIGA XVI, and still belongs to the building shypyard owner, they never sold the boat. The shypyard´s name is "Lagos" they only use wood to build boats and their website its http://www.astilleroslagos.com/
if you need more information you can contact with my friend and current owner Alfredo Lagos jr. son of the Meiga´s builder, using the email contacta@astilleroslagos.com, his father is the one in the boat´s astern taking care of the runners, in the picture taken in Vigo´s Ria in August 1978.

 

Thank you Tato for clearing that up. I had her listed as designed by a mr Lagos, now I understand he was the builder!

Any plans to go to Cowes for the revived QTC?

 

Hi Salkbj.

It´s the first noticed I have about the revived QTC. Here in Vigo there are more QT, from different ages, from elvströem 1/4, manzanitas and some survivors from the QTC´s that took part in Bayona in 1990 and 1993. I will spread this information between the owners.

 

http://www.quartertonclass.org/

"Runaway Bus", another Whiting-77 is currently for sale in the UK.