Magyar 7

I have sailed in one from Ilfracombe many years ago.

They were Hungarian and were better in a blow and high seas than the early wooden Balerina I sometimes crewed.

Wood construction but I'm afraid that I cannot tell you any more as it was 30 to 40 years ago.

Iain
 
Built in the late 60's early 70's, there were two models a mark1 and mark 2 which had a doghouse / higher cabin top.
 
Built somewhere in Eastern Europe in the 1960s, double chine, carvel pine planking on oak frames (ie a very cheap build). They sold in reasonable numbers when new as they were substantially cheaper than other boats of the same size. Small iron bilge keels, rounded front of coachroof. Given the construction I doubt many are still sailing. I think there was also a larger version.
 
Yep. I can help.
Magyar Yachts were imported from Hungary by Brabourne Marine of City Rd London into the yard at Folkestone. This yard was orginally Kirby Marine - Trevor Kirby - who bought the original business after moving from Canterbury. KM made Wineglass dinghies and other boats (much more info if needed), all take over by BM The Magyars and thre types clinker timber dinghies came over from Hungary and the 7 & 9 were sold in around 40 volume. I was general manager of KM and BM but left in 1968. No much later Brabourne was finished; the imports then finished and all Kirby designs went off to hungary except the Dart (single) and the Wineglass. I have a load of photos for all this.

John Copsey (jc1000@gmx.com)
 
They were imported into the UK by a company called Brabourne Marine in the 1960’s which also imported Hungarian folkboats,

(My father bought William Blyth FB465 from them in 1967. The folkboats were Carvel, built of mahogany with a dog house and were all varnished and looked similar but not identical the East German folkboats imported around the same time)


The Folkboats were built in Hungary on Lake Balaton by the Lake Balaton Ship and Crane building company. They were sent over to the UK by ail and finished off in Whistable, Kent. The standard of the UK wood work was very poor compared with the Hungarian

The wood work inside the Magyar 7 was of the same standard and quality as the folkboats so I assume they were built in the same yard.

I also found this link whilst googling Brabourne Marine

http://forum.woodenboat.com/archive/index.php/t-162601.html

Doubled up with John Copsey's thread, his info will be more accurate
 
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As others have said, double chined hull, carvel planked pine on oak frames, bilge keels, cheap to buy in the 1960s - a 24 ft Magyar 7 was at about £1,000 about 2/3rds the price of anything else similar sized. The Magyar 9 was 31 ft and similarly built, and about half the price of other 31-footers.

I'm surprised if many are still around: I know any wooden boat is infinitely repairable, but the point usually comes when it ceases to be worthwhile unless the boat is something special.
 
I met a couple with a Magyar 7 on the French canals in 1994; they were great people and having a whale of a time, I think they were from Lancing in East Sussex.

They were making their way to the Med', on straight canal stretches the husband strolled down the towpath with a tow-line over his shoulder to save fuel.

I managed to slip them some beers and ice from the barge I was working on, I often wonder how they fared; have some photo's somewhere.
 
I presume that OP is considering buying this boat. Unless he really wants a wooden boat for the beauty and prestige a GRP hull is far better. The GRP virtually lasts for ever. The wooden hull will have to be inspected very closely for rot. It is the fresh water of rain that sits in the bilge that causes the rot.
But apart from that, the fastenings deteriorate and all in all wooden boats take a lot of maintenance and do not handle neglect like GRP.
good luck olewill
 
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