Norseman 38 - what a nice boat

[Firefly625]

What a proper little ship, I like this...reminds me of an old torpedo boat..

http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/feature.phtml?id=338710

http://triciaofbute.weebly.com

 

[jamiepyoung]

That's lovely.

Good sea boat do you think?

 

[Firefly625]

That's lovely.

Good sea boat do you think?

can't see any reason why it wouldn't be, might be a bit roly but i think would plod on through most things.

 

[PCUK]

About five years ago I bought a shell of a Norseman 33 which is a smaller version of the 38 and equally nice. It had been in a pub car park since 1967 and never fitted out but was still sound apart from some gel coat crazing. I sold it on and the new owner did a superb professional job of having her fitted out for river cruising.

 

[longjohnsilver]

About five years ago I bought a shell of a Norseman 33 which is a smaller version of the 38 and equally nice. It had been in a pub car park since 1967 and never fitted out but was still sound apart from some gel coat crazing. I sold it on and the new owner did a superb professional job of having her fitted out for river cruising.

That's interesting, was the pub just outside Bishops Lydeard on the way to Minehead? There was something very similar just outside a pub, can't remember the name, for many years.

 

[paul salliss]

Agreed looks lovely

 

[PCUK]

That's interesting, was the pub just outside Bishops Lydeard on the way to Minehead? There was something very similar just outside a pub, can't remember the name, for many years.

Yep, the "Kingfishers Catch" was the pub. Apparently the boat was something of a local landmark!

 

[longjohnsilver]

Yep, the "Kingfishers Catch" was the pub. Apparently the boat was something of a local landmark!

Yes that's the one, ate there many a time. Always wondered why the boat was parked there.

 

[PCUK]

I don't know the full story but it still had the factory fitted hull stiffeners to maintain its shape and it was still good and solid after some 40 years in the open.

 

[moonraker 36]

used to be one called matooba tooba
fitted with a pair of 100hp thornycroft diesel engines in the same marina as me.
heavy fibre glass construction with an alloy framework I believe.
boat could also be beached as it prop's are protected with skegs.

 

[Firefly625]

used to be one called matooba tooba
fitted with a pair of 100hp thornycroft diesel engines in the same marina as me.
heavy fibre glass construction with an alloy framework I believe.
boat could also be beached as it prop's are protected with skegs.

Indeed props look well protected. Grp and alloy frame.. That's not usual is it, sounds good though.

 

[moonraker 36]

don't much more about them mr fly...
the guy who owned it lived onboard and kept himself to himself.
never went onboard so not 100%sure about the frame work,just what I heard on the jungle drum's.

 

[PCUK]

Certainly not standard on either the 33 or the 38.

 

[Scotsman231]

Tricia was berthed at Kip Marina on the west coast of Scotland in the mid-70's when I worked there as a fresh-faced youth.

It was a few years and many beers ago so I don't remember much about her except at that time the superstructure was varnished. She was one of two or three Norseman 38's kept there at the time