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Gerry Redmond

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Good Day Ladies and Gentlemen,

Following a half-decent bottle of Shiraz I went on to a well known online auction site and bought myself a project little trailer sailer. The owner had sadly passed away and the boat was being sold by the storage company, therefore I have no idea what make she is or any of her history. She was full of water (hatch leak) and is in a sorry state, but has now been pumped out and delivered to Rutland water where she lay today in lockdown like the rest of us.

Any ideas, or thoughts would be appreciated.

Regards

Gerry
 

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I wouldn’t call that a trailer sailor, more a sailing boat on a trailer. I say this because it could prove difficult to launch, and would definitely be difficult to retrieve, unless there’s is a crane available. However, if her engine runs (or you have an outboard) and her sails are ok, she need not be a money pit, especially for lake sailing. Get her cleaned up and in the water and enjoy. Good luck.
 
Don't think it's a Galion, hull and keel/rudder wrong though the coachroof certainly looks similar. Spurn: not sure, though the hatch certainly looks Van de Stadt-ish. The hull looks closest to a fin Hurley 22, but it's not that, coachroof and deck moulding wrong. Almost certainly a 1960s design.
 
Gerry Redmond said:
Well done Wansworth, I think you may be right, thank you so much.
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Whilst there are similarities, I don't think it's a Galion 22. The Galion has a reverse transom; the Galion has a skeg-hung rudder; the Galion has a prominent moulding line in the topsides; the Galion has the rubbing strake higher.
 
Is that a self steering gear attached to the transom.

It also looks like the rudder is 180 degrees out of position.

Outside looks OK so don't listen to the nay sayers
 
Mataji said:
I wouldn’t call that a trailer sailor, more a sailing boat on a trailer. I say this because it could prove difficult to launch, and would definitely be difficult to retrieve, unless there’s is a crane available. However, if her engine runs (or you have an outboard) and her sails are ok, she need not be a money pit, especially for lake sailing. Get her cleaned up and in the water and enjoy. Good luck.
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Not all "Luxury Yacht Owners" are millionaires, we all ( well most ) started with modest Yachts & gave up a lot so to do
 
Dont do as I did, I bought 2 boats on trailers without checking the wheel bearings, With the first boat a wheel bearing collapsed after 20 miles of an 80 mile trip.
The second boat bought in Southampton to come back to the North West. I lacked the axles up and rocked the wheels to check for play. There was non.
So I set off, after about 100 miles a wheel locked, saw the smoke through the mirror. Problem is that I should have taken the hubs off and looked at the brake shoes.
Over the years with launching and retrieving the glue holding the brake linings to the shoes had dissolved with sea water salt and one was floating round inside the hub and travelled round to get stuck under the other lining. Because your trailer may be quite old I would certainly check it out.
You may hav a bargain.
May I ask what the inboard engine is.
 
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