REQUEST: Expert make/model assessment

JeffroStJohns · #1 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009

Hello All! I am a newbie to sailing by definition, and have come across a FREE boat...scary, but true. I have decided to give it a shot, starting with the many needed repairs. However, I have no idea what I am working with...could some gentleperson give me an idea of what make/model I am dealing with? There is no build plate on it, decals have long since weathered off. Thanks in advance!

It is 18' OAL, appx. 6' beam, fiberglass daggerboard trunk in the middle of a full-width fiberglass "bench seat", it has two "seats" on either side with storage compartments underneath, a large open compartment in the bow, a large semi-circular relief molded into the stern.

I'll post pictures as soon as I get permissions from the mods.

camaraderie · #2 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009

Put your pix in photobucket or similar and then give us a link to view. No pix here until you have 10 posts. Welcome!

JeffroStJohns · #3 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009

Here is my SkyDrive with photos of the boat.

JeffroStJohns · #4 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009

Public - Windows Live

camaraderie · #5 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009

OK...there's yer pix on line! Now maybe someone will recognize the boat. Good luck!

WouldaShoulda · #6 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009

How neat!!

Is there a Hul ID# (12 character number molded in transom) on it??

PalmettoSailor · #7 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009

I don't know what it is but it looks like something to scrub up, find some second hand sails for and go have a ball sailing.

I'd love to have something like that that I could haul down to my buddies lake house and my familes places along the SC coast.

Get her set up and have a great time!

CalebD · #8 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009

The best (cheapest) kind of free boat you can get is one that is made of all fiberglass and comes with a trailer. What is that hoe doing on the deck???
The boat looks familiar but so far I can only ascertain that it is not an O'Day day sailor. When rigged up the boat should look something like this: Oday 17 sailboat for sale
Have fun and enjoy.

JeffroStJohns · #9 (**permalink**) 05-12-2009

Thanks for the help everyone! I haven't found any numbers on the hull....maybe they are engraved somewhere? We have been searching for a plate to no avail.

I would be thrilled if it were an O'Day. Somehow, I doubt it would be free. Maybe it's a no-name brand? I'm struggling to identify it via the www.

merc2dogs · #10 (**permalink**) 05-12-2009

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Originally Posted by CalebD

The best (cheapest) kind of free boat you can get is one that is made of all fiberglass and comes with a trailer. What is that hoe doing on the deck???
The boat looks familiar but so far I can only ascertain that it is not an O'Day day sailor. When rigged up the boat should look something like this: Oday 17 sailboat for sale
Have fun and enjoy.

That looks like an ice scraper, so it should be "what's an ice scraper doing in Florida?" and better question is who was using it on a boat?

Looks like a nice boat, I've seen a couple that looked like it, but can't think of the make.
I've actually been looking at boats in that size range that I can haul around to some of the inland lakes here, and explore more remote areas on the big lakes. Only hold up so far is I'm trying to determine whether I'd want to go with an open boat, or hold out for something with a small cabin.

Those smaller boats can get a whole lot more use than larger boats.

Ken.