What is she?

[Dayskipp3r]

http://photobucket.com/venture

My new boat....very pleased with her too..

Any ideas of on a designer? Believed to have been made at Hillyards ...no record there though..

22ft ..

Wooden keel. Frames and ribs ..Lead internal ballast.

mnay thanks in advance..

 

[BlackJacksGaff]

Very nice she is !

 

[srp]

It does look very much like a Hillyard. Another builder who produced similar looking small yachts was Elkins of Christchurch, although many of the Elkins boats had centre plates rather than the wine glass shape on yours.

 

[DanTribe]

Very nice.
She looks very much like a Johnson & Jago 2.5 tonner I once had, but she was only 18ft.
Designed by R E Freeman in the 1930s. However many boats of a certain vintage looked similiar.
I suppose the shape was determined by the materials available as much as the "normal" style of the day.

 

[Seagreen]

Ah, a proper boat. Wish you joy of her, sir.

 

[Otter]

What is she? She is very pretty sir.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Very pretty, but I don't think she's a Hillyard; the sheer just doesn't sweep up enough at the bow.

What engine has she got?

 

[Dayskipp3r]

Many thanks for all your comments....

She has a new Beta 16 Diesel !

 

[Forbsie]

Is she called Venture?

 

[Stella08]

she is lovely and reminds me of a deben 4 tonner. Very nice

 

[Dayskipp3r]

Yes ...She is called venture..

 

[Forbsie]

Is this a possibility then? (Only clutching at straws coz I know little about old saily boats)

Venture (ex Bengorm) - Aux Slp - 2.30 tons, 22.4' x 7.8' x 3.7' built by W. King & Sons of Burnham-on-Crouch in 1931 and designed by H.C. Smith.

 

[Dayskipp3r]

Could very well be..there is no 'Off No ' on the boat that i can see..

Where did you get this info ?

It would be great to get some history !

 

[Forbsie]

1949 Lloyds Register of Yachts