1980 East Orient 32 - classic or not?

[seagypsywoman]

What makes a classic boat? Any ideas? Here are the photos and specs of mine - does it rate???
www.seagypsysailing.com/boat.html please click on Photos to see more. Thanks. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[MasterofHera]

No.

 

[KenMcCulloch]

Another 20 years and she may qualify.

 

[Romeo]

If you have to ask the answer is probably no, but I wouldn't let that stop you from enjoying your lovely boat.

 

[Evadne]

A pretty boat, but in the Classic world, she has to be wood. Age doesn't matter, nor looks.

 

[grumpydog]

Not really. Nice boat though - so who cares?

 

[seagypsywoman]

Oh well, I tried - she has a lot of wood inside and out, just not the hull. I wanted to take her to some of the classic boat regattas around the Med. And what about the wooden boats that have epoxy covered hull? Do they rate? And if they do, how is that different?

 

[jhr]

[ QUOTE ]
A pretty boat, but in the Classic world, she has to be wood. Age doesn't matter, nor looks.

[/ QUOTE ] Where does that leave Pen Duick? iirc, Tabarly made a mould from the original hull and she's now GRP. I suppose you could argue that she's a reconstruction of an historic vessel, nevertheless, but.........

Just a thought /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif.