Identify this Pocket Crusier.

[Mark-1]

Anyone ID the class of this mini cruiser?


(I'm sure there was a 14 foot pocket cruiser with Blue sails. "Explorer 14" or similar.)

 

[dunedin]

Could the blue sails just be a coincidence - based upon the Storrar and Bax sailmaker emblem they could be taken from an old Enterprise dinghy?

 

[fredrussell]

Does it have twin rudders? Quite unusual on a boat that small, no? And is that a bow sprit or just an anchor up front? Home build?

 

[dunedin]

Mark-1, was it the Voyager 14 you were thinking of? Not many micro-yachts of that nature - Voyager 14 bilge keel trailer sailer.

Different from the one in your photo though

 

[Mark-1]

Mark-1, was it the Voyager 14 you were thinking of? Not many micro-yachts of that nature - Voyager 14 bilge keel trailer sailer.

Different from the one in your photo though

Yeah, Voyager 14 was what I was thinking of. Thanks for putting me out of my misery!

 

[Mark-1]

Does it have twin rudders? Quite unusual on a boat that small, no? And is that a bow sprit or just an anchor up front? Home build?

It *was* twin rudder, yeah. Since it's not a Voyager 14 the Home Design idea seems plausible and it was just around the corner from a Premise 12 so perhaps two Home Designers sailing in company. Thanks!

 

[Mark-1]

Could the blue sails just be a coincidence - based upon the Storrar and Bax sailmaker emblem they could be taken from an old Enterprise dinghy?

Yeah, they were cut like Enterprise sails and the right shade of Blue. Maybe the reefing points had been added later. Until it got close it just looked like an Enterprise.

 

[PeterV]

It looks to me like one of the Selway Fisher designs, I think there’s a 14’ and a 16’ version.

 

[Snowgoose-1]

Looks very much like a Sailfish.

 

[Bajansailor]

It looks to me like one of the Selway Fisher designs, I think there’s a 14’ and a 16’ version.

I think that Peter nailed it there re a Selway Fisher - scroll down to the Lynx 14 in this link -
Pocket Cruisers up to 16'

 

[Mark-1]

It looks to me like one of the Selway Fisher designs, I think there’s a 14’ and a 16’ version.

Thanks, that's got to be it. As a home build easy to put twin rudders on.

Plywood.

I love it a bit less now.

 

[dunedin]

At 14 feet, a Wayfarer with a cockpit tent would be spacious luxury by comparison

 

[Crafty Sailor]

Correctly identified Peter V! It is indeed my Lynx 14, a Selway Fisher design built from plans in plywood. The sails are ex Enterprise and mast and boom from a GP14. I added the reef points. The twin rudders are to allow the o/b to be mounted centrally and work very well. She has a steel centre plate plus ballast totalling 100kg. Accommodation for one only. Launched from Northney marina for a day sail.

 

[Mark-1]

Correctly identified Peter V! It is indeed my Lynx 14, a Selway Fisher design built from plans in plywood. The sails are ex Enterprise and mast and boom from a GP14. I added the reef points. The twin rudders are to allow the o/b to be mounted centrally and work very well. She has a steel centre plate plus ballast totalling 100kg. Accommodation for one only. Launched from Northney marina for a day sail.

Thanks for posting. Lovely vessel, brightened up my Sunday.

 

[fredrussell]

Well built sir. Years ago I built a stitch and glue Canadian canoe from Selway Fisher plans. A very enjoyable project.

 

[PeterV]

For some reason the Lynx looks right. Very well proportioned.

 

[Mark-1]

For some reason the Lynx looks right. Very well proportioned.

Yeah, it really stood out as something a bit special on Sunday. (Also satisfies my long list of boat related biases, which is nice.)