Boat ID please :)

[Cyric30]

Anyone know what this boat is.?
http://juneau.craigslist.org/boa/4847249369.html

seems like if your selling you might at least bother to put Make and Model when you do :)

Regards

[Frank]

Cool boat!!   It says "Musser"....never heard of it but like the lines!

[Cyric30]

Hum, Mis-read the Musser, thought they ment the coal stove...although i cant find anything about a Musser....i like the old school round ports :)

[Jim_ME]

You may have found the long lost boat Nautilusser from the 1954 classic movie 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea...?  ;)

[Edit: To add scene photo of Capn K [Douglas] having a grog, as he has been known to, with proper SailFar form and technique...]  ;D

[jotruk]

Could be a Ingrid they were double ended sail boats

[Jim_ME]

Yes, It does have a hull form like the Ingrid, but the Ingrid is 37 ft 8 in LOD and 26,000 lbs displacement.

Yet, there may be a connection... The history of the Ingrid 38 given on the Blue Water Boats website...
http://bluewaterboats.org/ingrid-38/

In "...1971 that production began in fiberglass by Blue Water Boats Inc (ironically located in a town called Woodinville in WA). The plug and mold for the first Ingrid was built by two Seattle sailors James Musser and Donald J. Pitblado working together, as the story goes, in a commercial chicken coop. James Musser?s original plan was to build Ingrid hull#1 and embark on a Pacific Ocean cruise but others were so impressed by his Ingrid Sandaldust that they requested similar hulls from the mold."

But the ad says that boat is "25' on the waterline. 31' total with 4' bowsprit and 2' external rudder, total 31'."

I think the writer may have meant 25 feet Length on Deck (LOD). There was another Atkin design, the Eric Jr, at 25 ft 2 in (7000 lbs displacement), was a double ender of about that size. So perhaps it was a fiberglass version of that boat, or a similar one?
http://www.atkinboatplans.com/Sail/EricJr.html

I found the designer's discussion interesting...

"Turning to the lines you will find Eric Jr. a slim bodied craft and one that will be easily driven either in smooth water or rough. Her centers are pretty much amidships and with easy lines both forward and aft she will be comfortable when some auxiliaries I know of will be jumping their bows under. There is enough overhang and flare both at the bow and the stern to make a dry going thing of her in almost any weather. She has enough fore foot to prevent falling off when poking into a head sea, but not so much as to make her hard headed.

The 32 footers really had too much beam for their water line length and too much displacement. They sailed well and for their type fast, but this one will sail lots faster. And under very moderate power she will dust along, judging from the speeds we got from the wider and heavier boats. I have shown in the cabin plan a single cylinder two cycle engine or 2 1/2 h. p. This is the smallest engine I would suggest...." 

So, a 7000 lb (base) displacement boat minimally powered with a 2.5 hp motor...  :)

[CapnK]

From the ad:

All the sails, rigging, ground tackle, life jackets, safety gear, etc you will need in great condition.

and

All you will need but the cooler and fishing gear

Looking at the condition of the boat as I see it in the ad photos, I am highly skeptical of these two claims... ;D

It is an interesting vessel, tho!

[Cyric30]

Well, I guess i should be proud of the fact ive stumped the community somewhat :D

[Jim_ME]

Uh oh...now you've done it, Kurt...

Frank 'n stein!  :D

[Tim]

LMAO Jim

[Cyric30]

Bad Jim, Bad Jim, No Donut......

Uh oh...now you've done it, Kurt...

Frank 'n stein!  :D