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Old 09-09-2014, 12:41 PM   #726
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Originally Posted by Al View Post
Hummmmmm! Took a moment and re-read the article. Maybe Smith didn't design the Chantyman as it is mentioned as being before Ken Smith's designing the Spray. Yet, as Tad points out and is the case with our former boat, the engine was favored foreword vs mid-ship. Perhaps Ken absorbed some of the Chantyman concepts in his designs. Just saying. All and all, the similarities of hull design are close.
Al
Not to argue with you Al.... ....but.....

There may have been up to 30 Chantyman Diesel Cruisers built by American Marine before they built the Ken Smith designed Spray which reportedly evolved into the GB36. (actually I don't think AM built Spray, but did base the GB36 on her.) The Chantyman is a heavy round-bottom full displacement design. The GB is a hard-chine boat intended (from the beginning) for higher speeds. Angleman and Davies were sailboat guys from the west coast(thus the higher freeboard and flair forward), Smith was a lobsterboat guy from the east and I don't think he ever designed a slow boat or a sailboat.
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