What type of yacht is this?

[Rudyraff]

Hi there
Can anyone identify this type of yacht please, it kind of looks like a Halcyon 27?
Cheers

 

[Frogmogman]

Don’t think so. The Halcyon 27 has a step in the coach roof, and the aft windows are bigger than that

edit

sorry, I misread your question. You obviously don’t think it’s one either

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Rustler 31 but the sloping coachroof says no could perhaps be a Barbican 30

 

[Tranona]

Both of those have transom hung rudders - this one has a counter and keel hung rudder.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Both of those have transom hung rudders - this one has a counter and keel hung rudder.

You are right I was looking at the enclosed prop and general underwater configuration, the large counter should be a clue but I can't place it. I thought you might have a better idea
Elizabethan 29 but I don't think the counter was anything like as pronounced

 

[NealB]

Just a vague guess:

MG 30, moulded by Somerset Plastics, home-completed?

Edit ...... the hull looks MG30, but the coachroof ..... probably not.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Whatever it is it will be a pig to go astern ?

 

[Tranona]

Just a vague guess:

MG 30, moulded by Somerset Plastics, home-completed?

Edit ...... the hull looks MG30, but the coachroof ..... probably not.

Close, but the keel shape is different with a vertical front and the rudder is rounded rather than straight. My other thought was an Illingworth & Primrose design as they were keen on the vertical leading edge to the keel and short keel that left the rudder forward on the waterline. As Fr J Hackett says, pigs to steer - ask Chichester as the Gypsy Moth they designed had a similar underwater profile

 

[NealB]

Hmmmmm .... I'll have to try and dig out some (paper) pics of our MG30 that we had many years ago.

I'm sure her keel didn't have a vertical leading edge.

These pics, from google , are just how I remember ours.

 

[Tranona]

Similar pics o the ones I found. Front of the keel is swept back on the MG whereas vertical on the boat in question. Otherwise very similar hull shape.

 

[NealB]

It might be my eyes, or the pic in the op, or the amount of weed in the op ......... but I'm not convinced that the keel in the op has a vertical leading edge.

Certainly a teasing question!

 

[Wansworth]

Leading edge not straightcould be an owner mod on a hull of a m g 30.Cabin doesn’t look at all normal

 

[LittleSister]

It might be my eyes, or the pic in the op, or the amount of weed in the op ......... bit I'm not convinced that the keel in the op has a vertical leading edge.

The keel doesn't have a vertical leading edge. If you enlarge the photo you can see that the dark area that looks at first like a vertical front to part of the keel is actually behind the trailer/lorry carrying the boat (something on or behind the white van, perhaps?).

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

The keel doesn't have a vertical leading edge. If you enlarge the photo you can see that the dark area that looks at first like a vertical front to part of the keel is actually behind the trailer/lorry carrying the boat (something on or behind the white van, perhaps?).

To me, it looks like a long clump of weed hanging down like a Spaniel's ears, giving the impression of the keel being straight at that point.

 

[LittleSister]

To me, it looks like a long clump of weed hanging down like a Spaniel's ears, giving the impression of the keel being straight at that point.

There is weed hanging down too, but there is something wider/deeper (and darker/blacker) behind, the bottom of which is either horizontal, or the yet lower part of which is hidden behind the top of what might be a block on the lorry bed.

 

[Tranona]

Agree that when you enlarge it there is something odd about the keel as there seems to be something missing at the toe. However if you look at the back of the boat the rudder is different with the lower pintle higher up so the rudder is much shorter.

 

[NealB]

........if you look at the back of the boat the rudder is different with the lower pintle higher up so the rudder is much shorter.

Yes, I spotted that, too.

I wondered if that could be because many MG 30s were home finished?

Seems unlikely, I guess?

And, most certainly, the coachroofs are very different to the one in the OP.

 

[michael_w]

It's either the same boat or a hull sister that's been lurking round the Orwell Yacht Club for ages.