alant
Active member
What was her name?
Looks great.
Was it similar layout below to others that have been for sale?
Tradewind Yachts - think I'm going to sell up and buy one!
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What was her name?
Looks great.
Was it similar layout below to others that have been for sale?
upcountry2
Active member
She is up for sale again,I saw her at Baltic Wharf, Totnes a couple of weeks ago.
I believe she is listed with Boatshed Dartmouth.
stav
Member
Just wanted to say yes I think they look lovely, really lovely.
Scotty_Tradewind
Well-known member
Thanks for posting John, great shots , the deck looks as if all the work was worth it, way smart. I don't know if you will remember me ? Re-Phone call last year about the Tradewind in Suffolk and deck work on a T33 - Mr J. Humby. I have since acquired a T35 which is in need of a little deck work and hopefully, I will be able to hang on to it a little longer, ( 5/8" thick ! )
Having seen you photos, the thought of cutting it up really shivers me timbers.
One day I hope to emulate Pleiades ! ;-)
Hi Tradewind33, good to hear from you...
The early teak covered decks were mostly epoxied down with no screws and so didn't leak unless the 'seal' around the hatches has allowed water to get by. What some fairly modern yachts like HR's will be like when all those screws start to leak water ..... nightmare awaiting to happen?
What happens in some cases is that the owners try a quick fix by oozing sealant to the side of the suspect or lifting teak plank area and stick a screw in for good luck. My king plank (the plank down the centre of the foredeck) had at sometime lifted and the owner had tried the 'quick fix' screwing the planks down after oozing glue under, then in months to come it allowed water to get into the deck via the screws.
Luckily I had caught it in time and only one small area needed drying thoroughly before we put the new deck on.
When we put the new hatches on, the openings had to be made a couple of centimetres larger allround. The heads hatch had seeped water around its margins. The balsa core had absorbed water 30mm back and so after cutting back a little to allow the larger hatch to go in it needed only a centimetre or so of grp filler to replace the balsa that had gone soft.
Balsa cored decks are brilliant, strong and good insulators, but ingress of water must be stopped asap.
I believe some of the 70's and 80's Nicholsons had balsa cored decks and I do know of one that suffered from water ingress around the for'ard hatch and the foredeck had to be stripped out from inside and rebuilt from inside.
This is the agents video (not very clear unfortunatly) before I bought her a couple of years ago- the deck doesn't look bad from a distance but the areas that saw most traffic were 3-4mm whereas the original wasw a minimum of 12mm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDJ8f2KduZI
it would be interesting to see some photos of your T33. How about sending me some via a private messeage then I can give you my e-mail......
cheers
S.
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alant
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How 'swift' was she compared to a T35?
Saw at some data (think on Bimba site) & seemed slow even in decent wind speed.
Looks fantastic though, must have been good to own. Any idea how long current owners have had her?
(just asking in case lottery etc)
Nikia
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I sold her to 2 Swedish guys, who took her to the Caribbean, but for whatever reason plans apparently didn't work out, and they brought her back to uk. As per earlier post, she is indeed back on the market at Baltic Wharf, Totnes. Re earlier queries, you can check out the layout @ Boatshed Dartmouth. (No, I'm not on commision
). Performance wise, she needs a F4+ to really get going, but have matched T35's when cruising.Anyway, never look back, I'm very happy with my new "other woman", my Tayana 37
Matelot Joe
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I sold her to 2 Swedish guys, who took her to the Caribbean, but for whatever reason plans apparently didn't work out, and they brought her back to uk. As per earlier post, she is indeed back on the market at Baltic Wharf, Totnes. Re earlier queries, you can check out the layout @ Boatshed Dartmouth. (No, I'm not on commision
Anyway, never look back, I'm very happy with my new "other woman", my Tayana 37
Have a look at YouTube for a Tradewind 35! Two Swedish guys sailing what might be the same boat ?
I think its under SEGLING ATLANTIC, ( sorry no good at Swedish !
I think this vid will answer a lot of sceptics on here about the worthiness of a Tradewind boat.
Scottie has a link to the YouTube page on his site.
Cheers
Matelot Joe
New member
Is she the T39 that is featured on Youtube with two Swedish guys ?
Nikia
New member
I haven't seen the vid, do you have the link?
Her name is "Tradewind of Swanwick", and the 2 Swedes were called Oscar & Per.
Matelot Joe
New member
If you back to an earlier post of Scotty's in this thread, its at the bottom of his page of great vids, called " SEGLING ATLANTAN " ( NO ITS NOT MY BAD SPELLING ) or you will find it on youtube under the same title.
best.
alant
Active member
The one on these threads, shows a T39 going downwind across the Atlantic.
Matelot Joe
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Nikia
New member
Just seen the vid. Yes, that was my Tradewind...............brought a lump to my throat, gulp
But isn't she going great! Should be me on board, well, one day alant
Active member
Just seen the vid. Yes, that was my Tradewind...............brought a lump to my throat, gulp
How was it to windward?
Matelot Joe
New member
Just seen the vid. Yes, that was my Tradewind...............brought a lump to my throat, gulp
I hope it was a happy moment for you ! You can see others on YouTube that they put up but that one is the best, I think.
You can send the cheque in the post next week, I can wait. [:-{)>
Happy viewing.
Nikia
New member
Extremely comfortable, but as you would expect wouldn't point too close. The trick was to get some way on, then avoid pinching up too much, and she would carry her speed well - plenty of inertia from approx 12 tons
Am I the only one who thinks these Smilies are blimmin rubbish?
Rossynant
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Rubbish, indeed. Only one is up to something
Pleiades
Member
Relaxing plod to windward
After a week of gales the forecasts on Saturday predicitng N 5/6 seemed perfect for a pootle Weymuff to the Fal so off we went. On clearing the Bill it became apparent that the forecasters were speaking with forked tongues - half way out into Lyme Bay they changed their minds to "NW Gale Force 8 continuing!"
Pootled on to windward through relentless NW8 until planned first tack 20 miles south east of the Lizard, in anticipation of the forecast Westerly/SW by which time that too had failed to appear and had become a Northerly which was less then ideal.
Comfy trip, did not even bother to hoist the storm jib, she was relaxed with 3 reefs in the main, staysail and half the yankee. Perfect boat for the trip -28 hours - not everyone's idea of pleasure sailing but at least the boat was up for it. She has received a pat - "Well done boat"!
Robin
Pleiades of Birdham
MXWQ5
After a week of gales the forecasts on Saturday predicitng N 5/6 seemed perfect for a pootle Weymuff to the Fal so off we went. On clearing the Bill it became apparent that the forecasters were speaking with forked tongues - half way out into Lyme Bay they changed their minds to "NW Gale Force 8 continuing!"
Pootled on to windward through relentless NW8 until planned first tack 20 miles south east of the Lizard, in anticipation of the forecast Westerly/SW by which time that too had failed to appear and had become a Northerly which was less then ideal.
Comfy trip, did not even bother to hoist the storm jib, she was relaxed with 3 reefs in the main, staysail and half the yankee. Perfect boat for the trip -28 hours - not everyone's idea of pleasure sailing but at least the boat was up for it. She has received a pat - "Well done boat"!
Robin
Pleiades of Birdham
MXWQ5
Zagato
Well-known member
Respect!