Classic GRP Yachts; this is mine, where is yours?

[Greenheart]

....a perfect Classic

Always one of my favourites. Think I prefer the ketch, but always the aft cabin.

 

[Robert Wilson]

....a perfect Classic

+1
And one of which I so very nearly bought when I bought Khamsin.

What might have been, eh?

Still, no regrets, at all, as things have turned out.

 

[aquaholic]

This is mine. I like to think she has a classic look to her.
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Great looking boat, which make is she?

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

Great looking boat, which make is she?

I am glad you found this old post; there are some great photos of grp classics here.

 

[Wansworth]

I withdraw my Kingfisher. Sturdy, seaworthy & typical of its time. But not even the fondest owner could call her elegant.
Thank you for the pictures, and keep them coming!

What is important is your relationship with your boat,even ugly boats have their own quality,beauty can be a bit predictable...

 

[Kukri]

 

[Kukri]

I think it’s difficult to say what is ‘classic plastic’. ‘Classic looks‘ or ’classically plastic’?

 

[Buck Turgidson]

I think it’s difficult to say what is ‘classic plastic’. ‘Classic looks‘ or ’classically plastic’?

Here:

Classic Plastic Personified.

 

[Goldie]

My last boat, had her for 21 years. Designed 1978 but this one launched 1990. the Alan F Hill designed Biscay 36.

 

[Goldie]

Is my current boat too new to be a ‘plastic classic’? The first one was launched in 1988 I think. The Bowman 40.

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

Is my current boat too new to be a ‘plastic classic’? The first one launched in 1988. think, the Bowman 40.

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It looks very much of a great classic to me

 

[ryanroberts]

Can't resist it, despite not quite owning her yet.

 

[LittleSister]

Exactly. Almost all the boats featured here are pastiches of wooden boats which generally looked that way because of the characteristics of wood as a boat building material.

And none the worse for it!

As an example here's my 'previous' boat (which I haven't quite got round to selling yet), a Samphire 23:

 

[Kukri]

Just to illustrate the point, the 1968 wooden ‘parent‘ of the boat in post 126 is for sale and here’s the advert:

Peter Nicholson - CAMPER & NICHOLSON Zeilboot for sale in Belgium | Boatshop24

 

[Kukri]

And none the worse for it!

As an example here's my 'previous' boat (which I haven't quite got round to selling yet), a Samphire 23:

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Lovely boat, particularly good designer.

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

Lovely boat, particularly good designer.

Beautiful to look at but I would hate to look after it and maintain it because is wood. Give me a GRP Plastic Fantastic anytime.

 

[NealB]

Beautiful to look at but I would hate to look after it and maintain it because is wood. Give me a GRP Plastic Fantastic anytime.

I think you've possibly got your wires a bit crossed (but it might be me!).

I think Kukri was referring to the plastic Samphire, rather than the wooden Camper and Nic.

 

[DJE]

If we're allowing "Modern classics" Scanyacht 391.

 

[CoVianna]

Great looking boat, which make is she?

She is a Com Pac 23, an American designed and built boat. I don’t know if there is another 23 in the UK but I think there are a few 16s and 19s. They are very common across the pond but mine is a rare inboard diesel one (Yanmar) with additional teal trim etc.

 

[underdog]

This is my classic 1981 Artekno H-323 designed by Hans Groop and built in Finland. Mine since 2010.