Can someone identify this boat?

EnderBlair · #1 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010

The ad says that it is a Marieholm 26, but it looks radically different from any pictures that I find of that model (shortened keel, reversed transom, etc.).

What is it?

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bljones · #2 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010

I think it is a 261. The rudder looks wicked small, or maybe it is a trim tab and the rudder is missing?

1983 Marieholm Marieholm 261 Sail Boat For Sale - www.yachtworld.com

svHyLyte · #3 (**permalink**) 02-10-2010

Marieholm was the name of a builder (Dutch I believe) that was building fiberglass Folkboat look-alikes in the early '70's. There were a couple in our marina in Sausalito and I recall them as pretty nice looking boats that handled the conditions in San Francisco Bay pretty well.

FWIW...

EnderBlair · #4 (**permalink**) 02-10-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by bljones

I think it is a 261. The rudder looks wicked small, or maybe it is a trim tab and the rudder is missing?

1983 Marieholm Marieholm 261 Sail Boat For Sale - www.yachtworld.com

Thanks bjones.

The transom and number of cabin windows are different. No pictures of the keel on your link, but I've seen that boat before too when I was searching. It has a fuller keel and a larger rudder. This is a weird little boat. It definitely looks like other marieholms, but it has some quirks...

@ svHyLyte: Folkboats have sailed around the world, too...

Anyone else care to take a crack at it?

mitiempo · #5 (**permalink**) 02-10-2010

The rudder doesn't look too small to me but the profile doesn't match anything I can find for Marieholm. Most have outboard rudders and a transom that is raked forward like the folkboat itself.

olson34 · #6 (**permalink**) 02-10-2010

I cannot recall the (long gone) manufacturer, but it looks just like a boat that was designed and built in in the Portland area in the 70's.
Used to be one racing in my local YC in the late 70's.

Maybe if I quite trying.... the name will come back from the dusty memory archives........

Designer/builder might have been a "Joe McGlassen" and it might have been marketed as a Bahama 25, but it am not quite sure.

LB

mitiempo · #7 (**permalink**) 02-10-2010

It looks Scandanavian but I can't match it to any Marieholm profile I can find. Does it have a number/letter sequence engraved on the upper right part of the transom? If so the builder and model can be traced online. It should come with a powerwasher but the design looks good.