Days Gone By…

[Priscilla II 410]

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[Leftred 45]

Any idea what year that would be?

My current boat is much older than I am, but a picture of her being transported for launching in 1973 or 1974.

[Priscilla II 410]

4 hours ago, Leftred said:

Any idea what year that would be?

My current boat is much older than I am, but a picture of her being transported for launching in 1973 or 1974.

1968 according to the author Townson 32.

What design is Flying Cloud.

Swing keel?

[Leftred 45]

A one-off Alan Wright design. Sold without builder or build year known, but I managed to track the builder down and he shared some old photos which was really fantastic. Hasn't been Flying Cloud for a number of years, and I would have changed her back but the current sign writing is quite nice.

Standard keel.

Sadly for sale soon as I've gone larger and plastic-ier.

[Panache 3]

Not so long ago. Don't see this very often.

[Black Panther 1,686]

That's a fine looking schooner on the grid.

[B00B00 317]

Fine looking schooner that looks like it's about to slide off the grid there PB! 

[Black Panther 1,686]

She was fine, just settled a bit due to the underside of the keel being curved. Must remember to block it up next time

[funlovincriminal 176]

Or go on backwards 😅

[Black Panther 1,686]

Hadn't thought of that

[funlovincriminal 176]

I've often considered it

But I reckon running extra halyards, utilizing anchor winch etc can be more progressive than suddenly realizing your rudder is supporting 50% of your hull

[Black Panther 1,686]

The bottom of my rudder is over 1m higher than the bottom of the keel 

[Norwester 3]

That would be a Townsend 30 at that year.

[ex Elly 221]

The 3 saloon windows, and the long skeg are unusual for a Townson.

 

[marinheiro 359]

23 hours ago, ex Elly said:

The 3 saloon windows, and the long skeg are unusual for a Townson.

 

the first boat(white hull and decks) is a Townson 30, "Magic Flute" design. The blue yacht is an Alan Wright "Transit" design.

Wright's early designs Nova, Variant, Nerissa and others certainly had some Townson influence.

[Leftred 45]

On 29/08/2023 at 2:44 PM, marinheiro said:

the first boat(white hull and decks) is a Townson 30, "Magic Flute" design. The blue yacht is an Alan Wright "Transit" design.

Wright's early designs Nova, Variant, Nerissa and others certainly had some Townson influence.

Do you have any more info on the Transit designs? The Wrighty book didn't go into much detail.

There's another Dennis Bettany built boat in there called Gemini that looks almost exactly the same, except being 35ft and a bilge keeler. Those photos of her being launched with the blue hull (long since changed to white) were sent to me by Dennis a couple years ago.

 

[marinheiro 359]

10 hours ago, Leftred said:

Do you have any more info on the Transit designs? The Wrighty book didn't go into much detail.

There's another Dennis Bettany built boat in there called Gemini that looks almost exactly the same, except being 35ft and a bilge keeler. Those photos of her being launched with the blue hull (long since changed to white) were sent to me by Dennis a couple years ago.

 

Not alot more info. At that time Wrighty was churning out designs almost as fast as Richard Hartley and Frank Pelin, the plan business was very lucrative in those days. There were a few more built including the original "Transit". Design looks to be a mix of Townson and Lidgard hull and cabin shapes

Gemini was a twin keeler, built for Jim Varney, one time Auckland Harbour Master and Cat 1 Inspector. There was a Sea Spray feature in the early 70's on her which I have in my magazine hoard archives, I can send you a scan when I get back to NZ in a couple of months if you cannot find one before.

[Leftred 45]

1 hour ago, marinheiro said:

Not alot more info. At that time Wrighty was churning out designs almost as fast as Richard Hartley and Frank Pelin, the plan business was very lucrative in those days. There were a few more built including the original "Transit". Design looks to be a mix of Townson and Lidgard hull and cabin shapes

Gemini was a twin keeler, built for Jim Varney, one time Auckland Harbour Master and Cat 1 Inspector. There was a Sea Spray feature in the early 70's on her which I have in my magazine hoard archives, I can send you a scan when I get back to NZ in a couple of months if you cannot find one before.

Nice thank you, that'd be really awesome. Definitely a lot of Townson influence, although I prefer the window shape to the Townson elliptical ones. Very much a family resemblance to the Nova when out of the water too, just scaled up a lot.