Centaur 29

[dylanwinter]

for your edification

http://www.tribull1.com/MOUILLAGE_DE_TRIBULL.html

 

[Simondjuk]

I can't quite put my finger on it, but I'm sure there's one more mod' that boat is crying out for.

 

[pvb]

I can't quite put my finger on it, but I'm sure there's one more mod' that boat is crying out for.

Well, well, that's just what I was thinking!

 

[dylanwinter]

Welly Centaur

Well, well, that's just what I was thinking!

Well.... the Welly Centaur will at least look like an ordinary Centaur - but go a bit faster

you have to admire these guys for their get up and go

and they did... they have down some long journeys in that boat

so... good on em

D

still looking for a knacked Centaur around the Solent

dylan.winter@virgin.net

 

[tillergirl]

Presumably they have to sit on the pulpit to keep her trimmed right?

 

[ghostlymoron]

What's not to like?

 

[pvb]

still looking for a knacked Centaur around the Solent

Surely they don't allow "knacked" Centaurs in the Solent?

 

[Billba]

They thought of that.........

http://www.tribull1.com/images/2007-05-07_Ajout_d_une_plateforme_sur_Tribull_008.JPG

 

[JumbleDuck]

still looking for a knacked Centaur around the Solent

Won't getting it up to Scotland be a bit slow or expensive? We have knackered Centaurs up here as well!

 

[dylanwinter]

Won't getting it up to Scotland be a bit slow or expensive? We have knackered Centaurs up here as well!

my son and I will just sail straight up there

more or less without stopping - we do live on a pretty small island

might just nip in for one maybe two overnights on the way - I know all the free hidey holes now

more old knackered boats in the solent than you can shake a stick at

PBO, Wessex Resins, co-operative outboard agents, timber people willing helpers all within an hour or so of the solent

Dylan

still looking

dylan.winter@virgin.net

 

[Fire99]

Maybe I'm being blonde here but what is the issue here? It looks like a longer (and prettier) version of a Centaur..

 

[pvb]

Maybe I'm being blonde here but what is the issue here? It looks like a longer (and prettier) version of a Centaur..

No, it's not a Berwick...

 

[Fire99]

Didn't think it was. Can someone just put in plane English what is special about this boat?

 

[vyv_cox]

Didn't think it was. Can someone just put in plane English what is special about this boat?

The most obvious modification is that it has had a scoop stern added. This is a very popular addition for the French: I owned a Challenger 27 that was 29ft long thanks to such an addition. They were made for many boats in the 70s and could be purchased from several suppliers. If the rudder was transom hung it needed to be changed to a post. I suspect that there are many more mods to this particular boat.

 

[Fire99]

The most obvious modification is that it has had a scoop stern added. This is a very popular addition for the French: I owned a Challenger 27 that was 29ft long thanks to such an addition. They were made for many boats in the 70s and could be purchased from several suppliers. If the rudder was transom hung it needed to be changed to a post. I suspect that there are many more mods to this particular boat.

Thanks. I think it looks good. In interested how you 'bolt' a chunk on and keep structural rigidity. Not that I'm a grp expert. Are the keels standard? They look to have quite a good profile..

 

[vyv_cox]

The scoop sterns I know are very simple mouldings that simply bolt to the transom. They extend the waterline length when heeled, allow easier boarding from the dinghy astern, or swimming, and maybe provide a little stowage. No compromise to structural integrity of the original hull. I'm no expert on Centaurs but it seems to me that the keels are original.

 

[richardsn9]

Have you looked in on or spoken to Ridge Wharf Yacht Centre in Wareham? The back of their yard has quite a few old boats sitting there - haven't been there for a bit so don't know if there are any Centaurs

 

[dylanwinter]

I am coming down early Dec

Have you looked in on or spoken to Ridge Wharf Yacht Centre in Wareham? The back of their yard has quite a few old boats sitting there - haven't been there for a bit so don't know if there are any Centaurs

I am setting up a tour of, hopefully, four or five boats in the solent early December

so.... does anyone know of any to add to the list

they are about - I spoke to the broker of this one last week

http://www.aspireboatsales.com/brok...3A65636%3A50&wuom=126&luom=126&searchtype=buy

and this week the price has dropped from £2,500 to £1750



also are there any retired DIY inclined Centaur owners who could come with me and give the keels on all these boats the once over

I could pick you up at your house,drive you around, buy you lunch, drop you off again
I klive in Oxford, the boats will be in or around the solent

dylan.winter@virgin.net

I am going up top Scotland this week so I will have a look around up there - but a solent boat eases the logistics

by the way, for anyone following the well threads - the plastic pipe idea is dead

complete bugger to stick apparently

so the well is to be made of boring old ply

I have roughed out the design and have started making prototypes in the shed

It will be a very simple bolt together design

a drill, a jig saw and a hand saw should be all the tools I need

I am hoping that with a bit of organisation I can do the job using three fit old blokes in three days and using no more than £300 worth of materials - with any luck that should include some money left over for a drink once it has been launched

At the moment I am working on seven simple to cut shapes

a single sheet of ply should be enough

aiming to do the job beginning of April when it starts to warm up a bit

I will make the panel shapes available for others to try if they like the look of the way the the project turns out

Four blokes, including Roger of this parish, who is doing a cracking good job on a Centaur restoration and David Johnson from Wessex Resins have offered a day each. A bloke called George who has been on an epoxy course has offered a day and while I was out walking today I met a bloke who is retired copper who has done the Lowestoft boat builders course - he said me might be in

so the manpower is lining up nicely

any more days/advice gratefully considered

should be good fun!

D

 

[rogerball0]

Found this (yacht spindrift) whilst visiting a mate down in North Devon, you said you wanted knackered i think this more than fits the bill - i couldn't tell you if its for sale though, it looks more abandoned to me although the rig looks in reasonable fettle:

https://picasaweb.google.com/110182886418433827802/TheGoodOldBoys?authuser=0&feat=directlink

roger

 

[Sybarite]

The most obvious modification is that it has had a scoop stern added. This is a very popular addition for the French: I owned a Challenger 27 that was 29ft long thanks to such an addition. They were made for many boats in the 70s and could be purchased from several suppliers. If the rudder was transom hung it needed to be changed to a post. I suspect that there are many more mods to this particular boat.

My Feeling 920 has another approach. A transom step was made by cutting open the transom and using a moulded insert. It looks original but it has the advantage of not adding length for the marina.