Someone please identify this make of boat

[Judders]

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I beg to differ, re “there is no such thing as an unsinkable boat” My boat is constructed using foam sandwich, if a piece of the foam sandwich is put in water it floats therefore the whole structure must be unsinkable. If fact a boat similar to mine sailing off South Africa took a keel of, the boat filled with water up to the bridge deck and was then sailed several hundred miles home.

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Heard that one before!

Sorry, but that construction is very sinkable, it just requires a little more time and imagination.

Once the core has been saturated for six months it'll sink quite easilly.

 

[floatything]

No it's definately not a Pirate - I've got one of them.

 

[floatything]

I'd guess Admiral or Commander. Take a look at these Royal Navy badges...

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.254/changeNav/3533

 

[bigwow]

Not with closed cell foam it's impervious to water

 

[aitchw]

Ian Procter's Pirate is a bit bigger, I think, 19'? I don't think there was a drop keel version either.

 

[Lakesailor]

Bizarre, schizophrenic thread here with helpful suggestions and an argument running at the same time.

 

[aitchw]

It is a bit, innit? I'm keeping out of the closed cell buoyancy debate! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Sans Bateau]

bigwow,

Give up, your flogging a dead horse my friend, the sceptics just don't understand. I gave up some time ago on the subject of unsinkable boats. These people probably still believe the world is flat and that man will never fly! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[bigwow]

I have a piece of the foam sandwich, on a string, kept in a cockpit locker, which I regularly use to demonstrate to non believers who can’t imagine fibreglass floating.
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[Richard_Peevor]

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Only this picture. Doesn't add much detail but gives a sense of scale:

why does he need a tender?? You could almost put the boat in the tender rack!

Sorry, couldnt resist after seeing the picture.. my boat isnt much bigger...

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[celandine]

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why does he need a tender?? You could almost put the boat in the tender rack!

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Funny you should say that, as I intend to use it sort of as a tender to go from where I live (drying moorings) to where I keep a somewhat bigger boat in deep water. Sounds a bit flash perhaps, but I paid less for it than for a good dinghy, and I'd much rather sail the mile or so than motor. I suppose that makes the yellow dinghy the tender to the tender.

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[Niander]

Actually the clame for Titanic was "practically" unsinkable
It also had water tight compartments....only they didn't go right to the top...so the water simply spilled over into the next!...doh

 

[ningcompoop]

I know! I know! Its just the same as mine! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Well, if it is, its a Sealord 15. Mine has a little plate in the cockpit saying:

10560
Sealord Tachts Ltd
Poole
Designer
Leonardo Da Costa

Mine has a red hull, which has been painted blue, and a sail number 36, with a sealord emblem on it. I don't know when mine was built I spoke to a bloke with a number 92, which he thought was built in 1985. It seems to be the same shape, size and designer as a Seafarer 465, so I asume this is the same boat built by a different manufacturer.
As for "unsinkable", it has bouyancy compartments in the bow and under the cockpit, filled with foam. Only on mine, there was more water than foam under the cockpit floor, and the ply bulkhead in the stern locker was completely rotten. Luckily i found this out before getting onto the water! Its spent a year "resting" in a friends barn, and some time before the end of the summer (it was originally last summer)
I'm going to finish fixing it and take it out on Windermere - I do not plan to test its unsinkability!

 

[celandine]

Many thanks. That would seem to be it. Your observations confirm that of VicS who identified it as a Seafarer 465 and the Sealord part obviously accounts for the naval insignia on the sail. I have only had light airs since I launched mine but she seems to handle well. Let me know how you get on.
Thanks to all who contributed to this thread.

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[Richard_Peevor]

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why does he need a tender?? You could almost put the boat in the tender rack!

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Funny you should say that, as I intend to use it sort of as a tender to go from where I live (drying moorings) to where I keep a somewhat bigger boat in deep water. Sounds a bit flash perhaps, but I paid less for it than for a good dinghy, and I'd much rather sail the mile or so than motor. I suppose that makes the yellow dinghy the tender to the tender.

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Wow that will be one lovely tender! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif