The Visual Boat Identification Thread

[Maine Sail]

Hi All,

It dawned on me that we have a lot of questions like this:

"what boat is this?"

So, I propose a photo based thread displaying various boats and their model/size.

Please, only add to this thread if you have the boat brand/model/size and a photo so we can keep it on topic as this could be a LONG thread.

Gunboat 48:

1979 Canadian Sailcraft 36T:

Bob Perry Designed Passport 50:

Bridges Point 24:

Cape Dory 27:

Pearson Ensign:

1959 Concordia 41 Yawl:

Cape Dory 36:

Cape Dory 30:

Morris Justine 36:

1988 Sabre 30 MK III:

Pearson 424 ketch:

Hallberg-Rassy 40:

[petmac]

Tripp designed 1976 Hinckley Bermuda 40 Mark III sloop (tall rig)




Tripp designed 1965 Javelin 38




1952 Owens Hinckley 41



Sparkman & Stephens 1965 Hinckley Pilot 35

[nolatom]

Wow. Some great beautiful classic sailboats above.

Why didn't you make me guess? I'd have missed a couple.

But of those I did see,

The Bridges Point 24 is just gorgeous, what a beautiful daysailor, never heard of it before, almost looks like one of the Herreshoff family designs.

That bright-finish Concordia yawl? What a knockout. Kill me now, and put me in Heaven with one of those, and some water.

Almost ditto with the Hinckley B-40 Mark III.

And last but not least, the Tripp-38 almost reminds me of the Bounty, one of the earliest successful fiberglass designs.

I appreciate the more modern designs, and enjoy their speed, but these classics are just beautiful, and still sail really nice, no matter who your crew is.

[RXBOT]

Can someone explain the rig. Forestay looks fractional. Thats OK but looks like double backstays and the boom legnth is past the chain plate attachments. How is the boom rigged for DDw? Also the backstays attach at same point as forestay, so I guess it's not a fractional rig. But it's not a masthead either.

[Faster]

Originally Posted by RXBOT

Can someone explain the rig. Forestay looks fractional. Thats OK but looks like double backstays and the boom legnth is past the chain plate attachments. How is the boom rigged for DDw? Also the backstays attach at same point as forestay, so I guess it's not a fractional rig. But it's not a masthead either.

Those are "running backstays" with tackle at the deck level to adjust tension. They are positioned in a way that allows direct tensioning of the headstay. The leeward runner is relaxed and eased to avoid interfering with the main/boom. They must be swapped on every tack/gybe.

What is a bit unusual is that there doesn't appear to be a permanent masthead backstay, but presumably that setup is able to be self supporting above the hounds.

Beautiful pics, btw, Hal and Petmac.

[TAK]

Really nice pixs - thanks!

[RXBOT]

I can see the running backstay part, would think the main could not be hoisted higher than where the stays attach. Is it possible it's a gaff rig? Looks like sails off & just cover on bare boom. Gaff rig woul explain xtra 5 feet of very solid looking mast.

[petmac]

Nolatom,
The bright finished Concordia is indeed beautiful. She belongs to a friend of mine from Salem. Here's a shot of her leaving my guest mooring a couple of summers ago.

[FarCry]

RX, the main sail does go up past the attachment height of the running backstays. As Faster correctly states

---They are positioned in a way that allows direct tensioning of the headstay. The leeward runner is relaxed and eased to avoid interfering with the main/boom. They must be swapped on every tack/gybe---

If one forgets to relax the soon to be leeward runner it makes for a really ugly sail shape after a tack...don't ask how I might know I race on a friend's Kirby 25 that has them.

[Maine Sail]

Chuck Paine deigned Able Whistler 32:

J 109:

Dieter Empacher designed Bristol 35.5:

International Folk Boat: