Got a plastic classic?

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by Madrugada

My Endurance 35 Ketch full keel, strong tank !!!!




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Pictures and write ups please I just was given one that has sound hull and good engine the fwd cabin however needs replaced.

[Madrugada]

An Endurance 35 ?

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by Madrugada

An Endurance 35 ?

yep an endurance 35. It needs some love. I did some work on her for the curent/last owner last summer.
I posted a picture of how she was then a couplebdays ago on the flushdeck thread. Cant post it from my phone
It is curently on the hard in port Townsend gettling a fresh coat of paint. Then I will take delivery.

[mitiempo]

Originally Posted by EEC

Would love a hard dodger as I hate looking through the distorted clear plastic, but I'm afraid of taking away from her looks, any ideas?

Here's 3 pics of a Hans Christian 38T with a hard dodger that looks good. It is built in composite.

Can't get more pictures - they are between Mexico and the Marquesas currently.

[EEC]

Originally Posted by barnakiel

Awesome!

You can get the deck 'inexpensively' redone by a pro shop that can apply 'sand finish' over grp deck. I think they use some ulra-hard polyurethane paint and special fine sand for that. You end up with surfboard quality non-slip of any colour you like. If the prep is done well, the job looks boatyard quality.

And the acrylic panes can be replaced by any sailmaker. Minimum cost and good as new for 3 to 5 years depending on where you live. We replaced the acrylic in our old dodger and it did feel a huge change and well worth the minimum cash outlay.

Hard tops have some + and some -. Good to have one but think twice about how big / deep / high and what materials to use. The best stuff is probably done in sandwich composite.

You do want the best dodger of you fave style - if it rains a lot where you sail.

Very sweet boat! Congartulations!

b.

Thanks b! Good tip on the acrylic window replacement, might be worthwhile to get done while I figure out the hard dodger.

That Hans Christian dodger looks great (so does the boat too)! I was thinking of making mine the same height/incorporated with the boom crutch for visibility, but going lower like that might be even better. I'll have to take my dodger off and try to do some sort of mock up so see which gives me the best visibility.

[Sailmonkey]

Our classic plastic. A 1976 allied seawind II.

[SVTatia]

This is my classic... just finished refit Phase 1 last summer, now moving to the cockpit and below decks. Allied Luders 33, she is 50 this year, born at the Allied plant in Catskill, NY in 1967.

[barnakiel]

My friends are sailing the Pacific right now in a Cheoy Lee. Very much like the boat posted above. I think must be the same designer.

They are very happy with their boat. They got her very abandoned, fixed her up very well. Now sailing the dream. They will be able to re-sell their boat at profit too!

Makes my heart grow to watch that so many of those beautiful boats find new loving owners!

b.

[Don C L]

Went out last weekend and my buddy with a Cheoy Lee Luders 30 and I shot photos of each other. I was impressed how fast his boat was with its cruising main and old jib!

[barnakiel]

Originally Posted by Don C L

Went out last weekend and my buddy with a Cheoy Lee Luders 30 and I shot photos of each other. I was impressed how fast his boat was with its cruising main and old jib!

If images like yours do not make people itch for a voyage ... nothing does!

I re-post as I find the picture the have-it-all of why we sail, cruise and live!

Love,
b.

[Scot McPherson]

In order of size,


oDay 11 1960-ish not really an oDay, the name was licensed)
1969 Seapsrite 23 (Carl Alberg design), powered with a 1957 Johnson 6hp.
1979 Standfast 33 (Frans Maas design) repowered with a W21.


Those are my GRP boats

[Don C L]

Originally Posted by barnakiel

If images like yours do not make people itch for a voyage ... nothing does!

I re-post as I find the picture the have-it-all of why we sail, cruise and live!

Love,
b.

Thanks ! I agree! When I figure out how to get the video working it gets even better!

[montigre]

I have one.. A 1975 Bristol 28. The B28 seems to have been a prototype for the B29.9 as only a handful were manufactured between 1972-1975. I just purchased her and she's going through a minor refit now. Hope to be on the water in 2 months.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/68612839@N07/33801662360/in/dateposted-public/

Can't figure out how to embed pics.....

[Kim Gregory]

I had one of these when I was 12!

What real boat do you think it was modeled after?

Has anyone else owned a 1964 Eldon Toy Sailboat?
Is that were we got the plastic classic fever from?

- Kim

[Don C L]

Originally Posted by Kim Gregory

I had one of these when I was 12!

What real boat do you think it was modeled after?

Has anyone else owned a 1964 Eldon Toy Sailboat?
Is that were we got the plastic classic fever from?

- Kim

Don't know which boat it is but I like the part about "it really sails!" See? Even tiny models of the classics really sail! A ringing endorsement of the classics!