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

[geem]

My 1980 Trintella 44. 40 years old and still a great boat

 

[Stemar]

My little Snapdragon. Elegant, perhaps not, except to her most fanatical admirers, but tough as old boots and 50 in May. She's perfect for pottering around the Solent and anchoring where few more elegant boats could.

 

[LittleSister]

She is a Com Pac 23, an American designed and built boat. I don’t know if there is another 23 in the UK

This is mine. I like to think she has a classic look to her.
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I do like the look of them, and I think there's one in Suffolk. I'm fairly sure its a Compac 23 I viewed when it stood for sale for quite a few years (overpriced, I thought at the time) at Suffolk Yacht Harbour. More recently it (or something v similar) has stood in a garden at Shotley (not in the nearby marina). I assume it's the one I saw, and is now being refurbished for use.

Next time I'm down that way (it may be a while) I'll try to remember to take a pic and PM it to you.

 

[V1701]

Here's Rona, my Bowman 26. She was 50 last year, I'm having a year off work next year and we're going sailing. She's an Ian Anderson designed folkboat derivative, great for singlehanded sailing, only 30 were built...

 

[anoccasionalyachtsman]

This is my classic 1981 Artekno H-323 designed by Hans Groop and built in Finland. Mine since 2010.View attachment 84812View attachment 84813

That would probably be my next boat, if I were being sensible. Unfortunately I'm probably going to do something silly.

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

This is my new plastic classic. Its a Moody 33S designed by Angus Primrose.

And this is my old plastic classic. Its a Macwester 31ft (the new owner sunk it when he hit rocks 24 hours after he bought it)

 

[seumask]

My classic romping along the Solent last May

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

My classic romping along the Solent last May

Is this a Fulmar? nice!!

 

[geem]

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This is my new plastic classic. Its a Moody 33S designed by Angus Primrose.
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And this is my old plastic classic. Its a Macwester 31ft (the new owner sunk it when he hit rocks 24 hours after he bought it)View attachment 84826View attachment 84827

I remember seeing your Moody from when we were based in North Wales prior heading West in 2014!

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

I remember seeing your Moody from when we were based in North Wales prior heading West in 2014!

That's really nice to know where the boat has been seen; thank you.

 

[eebygum]

My 1973 S&S designed SHE 32C, Vivendi took part in the 2019 Jester Baltimore challenge, then completed a circumnavigation of Ireland last year and is

still going strong.

 

[KINGFISHER 8]

And the winner is? .................... Nicholson 43.

 

[Shuggy]

And the winner is? .................... Nicholson 43.

She’ll be pleased - I’ll pass on your judgement to her at the weekend!

 

[Daydream believer]

You can't get away from the fact that in the 1960s almost all cruising boats (and racing) being built were traditional long keel using wood as the primary construction material. By the 1980s almost none of that type were being built, although a few lingered on using GRP hulls.

The Carter designed "Angel" atracted many admiring glances. It was built in wood by Tucker Brown at Burnham on crouch. Circa 1969. The director Sony Cole scathingly said that it was just a "skimming dish." However, when he sailed it he suddenly changed his mind. It won lots of races & I often watched it return from the south coast racing on a Sunday or Monday evening with the kids clothes & nappies drying off the boom. I think it was owned by the commodore of the Crouch YC but not sure.
Gorgeous boat & fast.
Perhaps some east coast sailors have more accurate details

 

[Baggywrinkle]

So how old does a boat need to be to be classed as a classic? ... or are there other criteria too?

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

So how old does a boat need to be to be classed as a classic? ... or are there other criteria too?

"Classic" is very subjective and therefore is down to an individual to declare what yacht he feels should be a classic; its an absolute personal preference. There are so many GRP Plastic Fantastic yachts from the 60's, 70's, 80's, and perhaps 90's sailing around and looking great.

 

[Bluefin 1961]

What about multihulls? In the case of this one, the photo alone is about 45 years old, and the boat would have already been about 15 years old at the time.

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

Multihulls have revolutionised sailing, providing fast, comfortable and flat sailing. Nowadays they cost serious money to buy one and to keep it. What class is this one in the picture?

 

[Bluefin 1961]

What class is this one in the picture?

In a class of its own - quite literally, as it is a one-off.

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

Well.....has to be a classic then