anyone know???

[manish]

hi guys im trying to find some info on a boat called a folkdancer. its a 27 foot grp folkboat and im trying to find out how it go's in shite weather. any help will be grate.
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[sailorman]

http://waterworlddesign.com/home.html

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/clarissa/F27OChome.htm

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[Rustyknight]

Apparently, there's even one for sale.......

http://www.boatshop24.co.uk/4052704-Folkdancer-27.html#top

 

[halcyon]

They were made by Hurley from memory, there was a small right-up in one of the IPC mags.

Brian

 

[sailorman]

so much info is such a short /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif time

 

[stevebirch2002]

Clarissa is known to me and has sailed just about everywhere single-handed. She met my Dad in Gambia and then contacted me to get her a Beta Engine as a replacement.

Lovely boat, take off of the Folkboat as are most 26 - 28 ft long keel yachts of the 70s and 80s!!

 

[halcyon]

It's in March 2002 Yachting Monthly

1967 Fredrick Parker design,
Hull moulded by Hurley .. sound
Fitt out Russel Marine Plain 4/5 birth, allowed reasonable confort.
50% ballast ratio, conservative rig, extremely stiff, regarded as a proper sea-going yacht. With the emphasis on good performance and handling rather than accommodation.
LOA 27'
LWL 19' 3"
beam 7' 6"
draught 4'
displacement 5,040lb
YM test Nov 1967

Brian

 

[Talbot]

good boats, with reasonable design interior. Priced competitively cause a lot of people dont like the step in the deck. Like the folkboat, deceptively good especially to windward. Definitely worth looking at condition.

 

[macd]

Write-on, man

 

[roly_voya]

If you want a minature Contessa buy it

 

[Spuddy]

Yer, I got one. There seems to be two different back ends : a counter stern but with a transom and then there's a reverse counter so it looks a bit like the ocean racers of the day. Forward of that the hulls are the same. What else ? Mines got moulded, selfdraining cockpit; another I've seen had cockpit fabricated from ply. Interiors vary - some were bought as bare hull so joinery can be a bit unsophisticated.
Generally very like a folkboat with an extra bit on the back and a bit more freeboard up front. Longish cockpit so room for working crew but less space below. Only 7' wide so skinny and no standing headroom. 5 berths is unrealistic nowadays but two on good terms could cruise OK.
Check the usual inventory and in addition when out of the water see if rudder shaft is corroded in exposed bit between rudder and hull. Also for any damage to bottom hinge cos it might have taken a bash. The hull layup is the usual for the period - plenty of thickness. Osmosis might be present but it wouldn't put me off.
Clarissa has set up a site and I'll see if I can pass on the link - unless she does it herself.
All in all, a thoroughbred boat; no one could fault something from Folkboat stable for pedigree. Will handle well under sail( but not astern under power ) but will heel more easily than modern boats and more spray comes aboard. Mine did an Atlantic circuit under a previous owner. Depending on engine and sails condition, don't pay too much. I'm fond of mine cos it's not quite classy and has some quirks in appearance that are endearing.

 

[Spuddy]

Here's a link to start
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/clarissa/F27OC.htm

 

[sarabande]

I sailed one in Bermuda in 1972 ish, so they have been around a l ong time.

She belonged to the artist Birdsey, and he was fulsome inher ability to deal with the conditions off-shore.