Can anybody help identify this boat?

[mugball]

Hi all, I am doing a bit of desktop research from afar and trying to identify a boat that owner does not know model of, he says it is 20 ft, but for a start it looks bigger than that I think, pics below, any pointers much appreciated, thanks!

 

[DanTribe]

A Kingfisher perhaps?

 

[wonkywinch]

Westerly Centaur?

Westerly Centaur archive details - Yachtsnet Ltd. online UK yacht brokers - yacht brokerage and boat sales

 

[Simonpk]

Definitely not a Centaur of Kingfisher, my money's on a Halcyon 23

 

[E39mad]

Looks like a Trident 24

 

[DanTribe]

Looks like a Trident 24

Agree, it looks very similiar, 24 foot.

 

[LittleSister]

I suspect it's a Halcyon 23 or a Crystal 23. (The former was derived from the latter.)

 

[jwilson]

Not a Trident 24, the gunwale and coachroof detailing all wrong. Similarly not a Halcyon 23 or Kingfisher 22. Bit of a puzzle.. Better photos would help

 

[mugball]

Thanks all. No doubt better photos would help, I will see if I can get some, but it's not exactly sale of the century by a motivated owner!

In any case looks like the rudder is missing so it might all be more trouble than it is worth.

From a brief google I think Halycon 23 looks like quite a good shout.

 

[Biggles Wader]

I don't know how much you are paying for it but I can assure you it is overpriced.

 

[chriss999]

At nil price it’s likely to be over-priced unless it comes with usable sail, engine, mast, rigging, boom etc. Doing up old boats can be great fun but unlikely to be economic.
I took on a little boat - similar but better nick than this. Bought it for £2k, spent £4k and lots of time, sailed it for 5 years and sold it for £2.5k.
I only got that for it because as a junk-rigger it was a rarity.

 

[oldharry]

Halcyon 23. The rudder may well be aboard as it was transom hung.

 

[mugball]

Free to take away, and yes perhaps even at that not a bargain!

 

[chriss999]

But a lot of fun and the more you have to mend at the beginning of ownership, the more you’ll know about the boat and the safer you are.
Are all the ‘bits’ there?

 

[mugball]

Not sure about the bits, hence my concern about the rudder, I guess there is a decent chance all has been dismantled, and thrown onboard. I am hoping to get a few photos of inside later this week

 

[oldharry]

Mast, boom, sails, rigging, engine? If its not there you are looking at a good deal more than the value of a good Halcyon, and thats before you start refitting. Its sitting on a trailer. If thats rusted out you have the cost of lifting and moving it unless you can take it over where it stands. Theres many good ££££ reasons why its free.....

 

[mugball]

My interest in it is I am looking for something to test an electric motor set up. The engine, mast, boom, sails, rigging etc are of little concern. The rudder is important though!

This is about two miles from my house where I have space to store and work on it, though I'm in Spain at the minute, hence my query on type of boat on here. If the trailer looks like it will hold together for two miles then this could potentially be of interest.

 

[Boathook]

I read somewhere or other that a person purchased a boat and trailer and then got rid of the boat as all he wanted was the trailer.
Not to sure what he did with the boat, but either cut it up or gave it away.

 

[PeteCooper]

Apart from the forward two windows it looks like a Signet 20 to me.

 

[Mark-1]

I read somewhere or other that a person purchased a boat and trailer and then got rid of the boat as all he wanted was the trailer.
Not to sure what he did with the boat, but either cut it up or gave it away.

I think that happens a lot. I fear the boats don't get responsibly disposed of.