My client, a poster here on the boards, is showing her at Trawler Fest this weekend in Baltimore. I think she is very well executed although I would re-install the forward mast and add a big furling genny.
Hey, the first pic looks like my neck of the woods! Can't quite see the Natty Boh sign. And that boat looks might familiar too. Hasn't she been for sale forever? Very nice lines ... and not too much railing for me.
Re the "picket fence" (as FF put it) I agree the visibility would be poor. My Willard has quite good visibility but my friend Ed out of Craig AK has even better. The 65lb Forfjord anchor goes through the bow and is entirely below the cap rail. All the railings are gone and there is nothing else.
Of interest it can also be seen that he fiber glassed his cap rails so no teak to keep up there either.
Ed lives on a remote island and uses his Willard to go to town ... about once a month.
One of my favorite boats, though the design is a bit nicer than the finished result.
I actually feel the same way-- the hull looks good but the pilothouse looks odd to me. Would it look better without the tall Bimini on the flybridge? Is the pilothoiluse just too short? Does it need some forward raked windows? Lol.
Maybe Healhustler can do some photoshop magic to make it look better and give me some ideas. I want to talk my DW into this boat but she thinks it's too awkward looking in its current state.
I actually feel the same way-- the hull looks good but the pilothouse looks odd to me. Would it look better without the tall Bimini on the flybridge? Is the pilothoiluse just too short? Does it need some forward raked windows? Lol.
Maybe Healhustler can do some photoshop magic to make it look better and give me some ideas. I want to talk my DW into this boat but she thinks it's too awkward looking in its current state.
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The windows in the pilothouse just need to be re-done. Some famous designer once said the windows/ports are the eyes of the ship, if they're wrong the whole thing looks off.....
Then sort out the details, get that dinghy down where it belongs, fix the handrails and bridge top, probably revise the paint scheme.