Anybody know what type of boat this is?

[CharlieJ]

Just got this email from a friend who is up on THAT boat.

"Sheesh, I'm going to have to join SailFar, aren't I?

That boat they're now asking about IS a Cape George 31.  It was built from a hull and deck by a fellow in Wisconsin and he's now cruising in the Caribbean (last I knew).  I don't have a link to hand at the moment though.

What a boat! "

[AdriftAtSea]

I guess Norm tagged it in the first place. :)

[Frank]

Looks like Norm and adrift were right....'me wrong'  :o   The pic sure looked like their 31 hull to me, but the cabin length is wrong to  the cabin they show  line drawings of. Maybe a BCC family...while the cabin looked right, the hull profile was wrong.Adrift really got it RIGHT with a modified CG ! Never thought of 'custom' boats. Craig or Lynx...there was a very similar boat in Black Sound last winter and near hope Town as well.Did either of you's notice it?  BTW..looks like these guys got the moulds and are the new builders of the BCC as well after Sam Morris closed last year. grog to Norm and adrift  ;)   ps..thanks CJ

[Frank]

Here's another 'mystery' waiting to be solved.Spotted at Guana Cay in 06, about 19ft on deck and a shallow full keel. Very pretty lil boat      http://sailfar.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=127

[Godot]

Friendship sloop?  I believe reproductions started around 20 or 21 feet.  If not a true friendship, it sure looks like a derivative.

[Lynx]

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[saxon]

Lynx, I'm fairly sure she is a Dutch 'Botter'. Very bluff bow, shallow draft with those big lee boards port and starboard. They are rigged with easily lowered masts to allow them to get up under the canal bridges. There used to be thousands on the Dutch and other European canals and inland waters as working vessels. Most are now privately owned as family 'yachts'   Regards Saxon.

(There are one or two similar vessels  with unpronouncable names (at least to a Brit!) but I think she's a Botter.

[CharlieJ]

I thought that also- at first. But when I googled Botter, none of them had the "steeved down" bow sprit. That I saw anyway. So maybe that isn't it. The stern is right though, and it certainly could be a Botter.

[saxon]

You're right CharlieJ, the 'Botters' I've seen normally carry their bowsprit up at about 45 degrees. Perhaps because it's unrigged ie: no forestay because the mast is stowed, that the bowsprit is down horizontal? Just a guess though.

A Dutch Botter yacht used to visit my home port a few years ago, about 6 or 7 kids, Mum Dad, 3 dogs and acres of immaculate varnish work. Oh! and a little motorbike stowed on the foredeck.   :D
Regards Saxon   

[Oldrig]

I've gotta agree: Those leeboards and that stern just scream "Dutch."

[Lynx]

Thanks, She was between locks 2 and 6 on the Erie Canal. Strange place to tie up. I hope to see here in Fl this winter or along the way.

[Oldrig]

Another thought: Could she be a European canal boat or an old-style British "narrow boat" rigged for sail?

[saxon]

I have to confess to not being computer literate folks, but if you Google    Apollo duck botter   you will find there is a reasonable photo of a botter named 'Albatros'. She's got the proper stern and strange Gaff type main. I don't think any still trade commercially, most have had cabins and deck houses built on but there are still some real beauties to be seen on the Dutch shallow inland 'seas' like Ijsselmeer and Markermeer.

You would like our canal boats Oldrig, although to deepwater sailors they look strange, a common size is 60 to 70 foot long with a 10 foot beam! They are flat bottomed with no lee boards but have huge rudders a bit like the Botters. Most are very well preserved and are painted in traditional patterns and designs and many are the only home some families have. Regards  Saxon

[dnice]

Interesting looking 26'er on ebay.
Kinda looks like a Vega but it has the head aft across from the galley (like a dana).

Pretty darn low buy it now price too :)

Ebay listing "26 foot sailboat"

(edit) sorry just saw the name "Mcvay Micmac" never heard of it still though... any insight?
(edit again) just found some info on this...
MicMac

Wow, for $2600 looks like a steal!