OK Sherlocks...Who made these P brackets. ?

[oldgit]

Anybody recognise this P bracket.Boat built around 1980.
By Aquafibre but home finished.
Some sort of bronze alloy.
Six bolts secure bracket to hull.
Number 148 cast into bracket.

Suggestions welcome.
The rest of the setup is Vetus including the 40mm shaft cutless bearing.

 

[Pete7]

These folk have been really helpful recently, worth giving them a ring.

http://www.teignbridge.co.uk/

 

[Len Ingalls]

Anybody recognise this P bracket.Boat built around 1980.
By Aquafibre but home finished.
Some sort of bronze alloy.
Six bolts secure bracket to hull.
Number 148 cast into bracket.

Suggestions welcome.
The rest of the setup is Vetus including the 40mm shaft cutless bearing.

Is there something wrong with the one in pic ?

http://catalog.buckalgonquin.com/category/adjustable-struts-2

 

[oldgit]

P brackets. ?

The one in the pix is OK.Its the other side, will need replacing at some point.
No sunlight to get a decent photo of the starboard bracket.Brackets are probably 20 years old and one is suffering from corrosion.
Will contact the usual sources for sterngear but would love to know who produced this bracket,Suspect there will be hundreds of the things hanging off of old Brooms and the like and probably manufacturer will have long disappeared.
Shame that no name was cast into the bracket.
Have measured everything so stand a good chance of getting a replacement close to original item.
Fortunately being on older boat everything is very easy to get at,takes about 20 mins to unbolt.

 

[Len Ingalls]

Re: P brackets. ?

The one in the pix is OK.Its the other side, will need replacing at some point.
No sunlight to get a decent photo of the starboard bracket.Brackets are probably 20 years old and one is suffering from corrosion.
Will contact the usual sources for sterngear but would love to know who produced this bracket,Suspect there will be hundreds of the things hanging off of old Brooms and the like and probably manufacturer will have long disappeared.
Shame that no name was cast into the bracket.
Have measured everything so stand a good chance of getting a replacement close to original item.
Fortunately being on older boat everything is very easy to get at,takes about 20 mins to unbolt.

OK If you check that Buck Algonquin link-they make adjustable struts also. Yes,it would be helpful to know original mfgr.
Here is a Canadian Co. http://www.hollandmarine.com/hmp/Catalog/index.html Good luck in your search.

 

[coopec]

Re: P brackets. ?

Maybe I missed it but is the boat an S & S 34? (The design of the boat could be a clue)

 

[coopec]

The "148" no doubt refers to the material it is made of

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[RichardS]

Re: P brackets. ?

Maybe I missed it but is the boat an S & S 34? (The design of the boat could be a clue)

Surely S & S only built yachts not mobos?

Richard

 

[coopec]

Re: P brackets. ?

Surely S & S only built yachts not mobos?

Richard

It is getting late at night but how do you know it is a "mobos"? I've had another look now at the photo and agree it's not a S & S.

But what is the hull?

Aquafibre. A look back
http://www.mby.com/news/aquafibre-a-look-back-9355

 

[ex-Gladys]

Re: P brackets. ?

It is getting late at night but how do you know it is a "mobos"? I've had another look now at the photo and agree it's not a S & S.

But what is the hull?

Aquafibre. A look back
http://www.mby.com/news/aquafibre-a-look-back-9355

Not many yachts have port and starboard P brackets....

 

[Tranona]

OP very clearly says it is a Broom which is a well known make of powerboat.

 

[oldgit]

Re: P brackets. ?

Not many yachts have port and starboard P brackets....

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