Carvel planked 10.6m Gaff Cutter seen for sale; Bargain?

[jerrytug]

Good luck to you and your project
hope it goes well for you.
I always find its as much fun and satisfying working on them as well as sailing them.

Thanks

 

[Transcur]

When I looked at Seafish in 1998 she was still working as a cockler out of Kings Lynn. Slightly unusual shape elliptical counter but a near vertical stern post . This is probably as she was built to motor with auxiliary sail. When working as a Fisher Protection vessel she had no bowsprit. In 1998 she was id a tired state needing a major refit / rebuild. Still had wooden decks.

 

[Capt Popeye]

Thank you for this historical information, puts paid to a lot of therories about the age and condition of the tin lid. I assumed that the tin lid was made and fitted many years ago, poss when used as a fish protection vessel but evidently not, so the metalwork might just be in a better condition than thought. I notice from interior pics that the main bulkhead appears to be in metal, perhaps it was done to stregthen up the hull along with the metal decking
Whoever did the metal work appears to be done well from the pics, would be very interesting to know where and by which company the conversion was undertaken. Just hoping that paperwork held on the vessel answers these and other questions.