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2020 Wooden Boat Most Resembling A Block of Flats – Award Winner

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Alan Houghton - waitematawoodys.com founder

2020 Wooden Boat Most Resembling A Block of Flats – Award Winner

The above photos from an anonymous woody spy, hit the WW email inbox on New Years Eve, so just made the 2020 cut.Normally the annual winner is a launch , but this year its a yacht. All I can tell you is underneath the additions was once a H28. Even in ‘as launched’ trim they were never the quickest of craft, this one would be an interesting sail. The USA, they have a cult follower and owners spend moon beams on them.
Hopefully someone will advise that its actually a plastic H28 and the award can be passed on 🙂

Check log in tomorrow – great story and 50 year old photos of the woody launch – La Rosa

6 thoughts on “2020 Wooden Boat Most Resembling A Block of Flats – Award Winner”

Kerry Thomas on January 18, 2021 at 9:56 am said:

Sheerline is too high for a woody. One of the many glass ones.

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Murray on January 3, 2021 at 6:03 pm said:

She is glass

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Barrie on January 3, 2021 at 8:09 am said:

A very good friend of mine who shall remain nameless, always called them an H20hate. Ouch.

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Colin on January 3, 2021 at 7:54 am said:

Relax! Pretty sure it’s a glass one.
Owned by Dr Who.

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Alistair Rowe on January 3, 2021 at 7:25 am said:

With all that windage, and the bum-down trim, she’d sail like a wharf.

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John Bullivant on January 3, 2021 at 5:16 am said:

My eyes, my eyes, Mr Herreshoff must be spinning in his grave!. Surely that’s illegal?

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