HIDDEN FOR YEARS – HELP NEEDED IDENTIFYING THIS WOODEN CLASSIC
Recently WW was sent the above photo from Gabrielle Marris, who was looking for help identifying the craft. Gabrielle’s father had recently passed away and as part of the ’sorting out belongings’ there was a rather large belonging e.g. the boat, stored in a shed. Gabrielle commented that it had been there a long time and her dad had once worked on it with her grandfather.
I shared to photo with a few WW readers and all were in agreement that in another life she would have been a sail boat , this view is supported by the presence of chain plates on her hull.
Anyone with sharp eyes and a good memory able to tell use the design of the vessel.
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The mystery boat brings to mind a very skinny John Spencer designed launch which was moored at Shelly Park from about 2010. Her name was Quintessence and she did have a steadying rig which would account for the chain plates.
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I wonder if she has an engine & if so, what make & specs. — KEN R
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