Little American yacht

[Wansworth]

https://www.milanuncios.com/veleros/velero-seafarer-26-520388607.htm…..This little American yacht is for sale in Galicia.Designed by renowned naval architects ,it interesting to speculate how it got here.The designers McCurdy and Rhodes as a company has been going since the 1930s

 

[greeny]

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[Wansworth]

Is now

 

[Minerva]

Needs new sails that actual fit the boat. That Genoa looks very odd fit indeed.

 

[Wansworth]

Needs new sails that actual fit the boat. That Genoa looks very odd fit indeed.

Yes indeed but my op was about how a small yacht ended up in Galicia.Iknow of one other about twenty years ago that was sailed across the Atlantic and the Americansold it to a friend of mine

 

[Wansworth]

McCurdy and Rhodes - Naval Architects since 1931

 

[Minerva]

Yes indeed but my op was about how a small yacht ended up in Galicia.Iknow of one other about twenty years ago that was sailed across the Atlantic and the Americansold it to a friend of mine

Sorry I mistook the thread to about a boat you were interested in buying. My mistake.

 

[Wansworth]

Sorry I mistook the thread to about a boat you were interested in buying. My mistake.

Still might be interested

 

[benjenbav]

Looks a nice craft. Similar size to a folkboat. Plenty of which have crossed and recrossed the Atlantic.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

But but it’s got a wheel most definitely unsuitable to an old sot sorry I meant salt like Wansey

 

[Wansworth]

But but it’s got a wheel most definitely unsuitable to an old sot sorry I meant salt like Wansey

I was wondering if it had an emergency tiller,as you do

 

[Wansworth]

SEAFARER 26 - sailboatdata

 

[Chiara’s slave]

I was wondering if it had an emergency tiller,as you do

Emergency tiller, hmm, is that what the bulge is under his cassock?

 

[justanothersailboat]

the pic with the genoa looks like they gave up hoisting it all the way. It's fouled up with the pulpit at the foot. Worrying that someone would put up with that. Nice little boat, hard to tell if engine ok from the pic.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

the pic with the genoa looks like they gave up hoisting it all the way. It's fouled up with the pulpit at the foot. Worrying that someone would put up with that. Nice little boat, hard to tell if engine ok from the pic.

It’s just got a few rolls on the forestay, nothing to be concerned about.

 

[LittleSister]

Looks quite nice, generally. Worth checking out,

Mysterious lack of photos of galley, heads compartment, forecabin, etc., but the Spanish ads seem even worse than the British ones on that front.

Engine condition and spares availability probably the biggest question mark, on the face of it. 7.5hp v modest by today's standards, but one could live with it. Is the engine a 1GM, or what? If so, what are they like (apart from rather old now)?

The genoa looks like a dog's breakfast. Looks to me its from another boat, and completely the wrong shape for this boat. It appears that even if you put a line (forgotten term) from it to lift the tack off the deck the head wouldn't reach anywhere near the top of the forestay. I see no evidence of 'a few rolls on the forestay'. No roller reefing, it looks like its sagging away between the hanks in a couple of places, and if there were a few rolls and they were undone the clew would be too far aft. Easily solved, though, with the application of a few pesetas for a new genoa (or a second-hand one from a similar sized/proportioned rig).

I was wondering if it had an emergency tiller,as you do

Were you particularly planning on having an emergency?

 

[ChromeDome]

Nice boat and from a time when cost of material had not yet made it necessary to cut back as much as possible.

Obviously needs a visit and closer inspection, but if it fits Wansey's wishes and expectations, it could be the right purchase.

The Yanmar 1GM was made, I think, from 1980, and used in all sorts of applications, globally. Marine, small tractors, stationary, agri, and...
Still in their catalogue, now as 1GM10, many in use and maintained/repaired. If in good order it wouldn't worry.

If the reference to Folkboat is to International Folkboat, I don't see a lot in common apart form the size

 

[Wansworth]

Looks quite nice, generally. Worth checking out,

Mysterious lack of photos of galley, heads compartment, forecabin, etc., but the Spanish ads seem even worse than the British ones on that front.

Engine condition and spares availability probably the biggest question mark, on the face of it. 7.5hp v modest by today's standards, but one could live with it. Is the engine a 1GM, or what? If so, what are they like (apart from rather old now)?

The genoa looks like a dog's breakfast. Looks to me its from another boat, and completely the wrong shape for this boat. It appears that even if you put a line (forgotten term) from it to lift the tack off the deck the head wouldn't reach anywhere near the top of the forestay. I see no evidence of 'a few rolls on the forestay'. No roller reefing, it looks like its sagging away between the hanks in a couple of places, and if there were a few rolls and they were undone the clew would be too far aft. Easily solved, though, with the application of a few pesetas for a new genoa (or a second-hand one from a similar sized/proportioned rig).



Were you particularly planning on having an emergency?

The question is “What are you doing up at03:34in the morning!

 

[Wansworth]

But but it’s got a wheel most definitely unsuitable to an old sot sorry I meant salt like Wansey

One has to move with the times!

 

[Wansworth]

With wheel steering I can keep my Budweiser near at hand and there’s no need to get up.