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07-06-2014, 10:24 AM
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Member
City: Newfoundland-Bahamas
Vessel Name: Pending
Vessel Model: GB 32 - looking to upgrade
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 18
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Name this model
Last March, we saw this lovely downeast/trawler/tug (?) yacht at Tahiti Beach, Abaco, Bahamas
Anyone know what builder/model it is ?
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07-06-2014, 12:06 PM
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Guru
City: Flattop Islands
Vessel Name: Blackfish
Vessel Model: custom
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 724
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The design is by William Barrows, unusual because that's the only design I know of from him, yet it appears a nice boat. She was built by Willard of foam cored glass in about 1977.....
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07-06-2014, 12:13 PM
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Guru
City: Campbell River
Vessel Name: Blue Sky
Vessel Model: Nordic Tugs 42 Hull #001
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,972
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Good info Tad. So would this vessel be referred to as a Willard then?
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Berthed in
Campbell River BC
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07-06-2014, 02:27 PM
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Guru
City: Flattop Islands
Vessel Name: Blackfish
Vessel Model: custom
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 724
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Conrad
So would this vessel be referred to as a Willard then?
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Well...It could be. That would probably be done by a broker as the Willard name is recognized. But Willard had it's own line of "Willard xx" that they advertized and promoted. The Barrows boat is a custom one-off.
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07-06-2014, 04:03 PM
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Guru
City: Georgia
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 951
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I wouldn't call it a tug though. To me, tugs have a more rounded front end. Trawler, yes. Down east? Dunno.
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07-06-2014, 04:43 PM
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Guru
City: Cape May, NJ
Vessel Name: Irish Lady
Vessel Model: Monk 36
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,966
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Downeast - no
Tug - no
Motoryacht - yes
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Irish Lady
1984 Monk 36 Hull #46
Currently in Cape May, NJ
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07-06-2014, 04:57 PM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,276
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Kinda reminiscent of a Stephens to me. In fact, that was my first thought.
That is a pretty deep draft craft for venturing into the shallow waters between Lubber Landing and Elbow Cay. I have to watch very carefully in there with Moonstruck.
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07-06-2014, 05:57 PM
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Member
City: Newfoundland-Bahamas
Vessel Name: Pending
Vessel Model: GB 32 - looking to upgrade
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 18
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Just right
I'm surprised she's 65', she didn't seem twice as long as my 32' baby grand
She really attracted my attention because she combines what I think are the best attributes of 1) a modern sailboat-like hull and large open aftdeck of a downeaster like a recent Lyman-Morse 2) the flybridge and aft deck of a Europa style trawler and 3) the pilothouse of a tug. All in an elegant, low profile and low center of gravity, classic yacht.
If she was built in 1975, the naval architect was way ahead of his time.
Just gorgeous, another one of my dreamboats
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07-06-2014, 09:33 PM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,743
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I'd call her a trawler yacht.
Look at that fish hook in the stem. A CQR most likely. In head seas I wonder how they deal w the water coming up the anchor hawsepipe? Must make quite an eruption on the foredeck.
Nice boat and not overpowered.
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North Western Washington State USA
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07-06-2014, 09:37 PM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
Vessel Model: penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 12,559
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This is much more (recreational) trawler-looking:
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07-07-2014, 04:51 AM
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Guru
City: St Augustine,Fl
Join Date: Sep 2009
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"Look at that fish hook in the stem. A CQR most likely. In head seas I wonder how they deal w the water coming up the anchor hawsepipe? Must make quite an eruption on the foredeck."
A can of spray insulating foam is what we use. Keeps the water from squirting up the H pipe and anchor still at he ready able to deploy. Just fill it from the top.
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07-07-2014, 08:02 AM
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Member
City: Newfoundland-Bahamas
Vessel Name: Pending
Vessel Model: GB 32 - looking to upgrade
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 18
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[QUOTE=markpierce;247983]This is much more (recreational) trawler-looking:
Recreational?... because it doesn't have outrigger/beam trawls? Nice workboat disguise though
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07-07-2014, 10:19 AM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,743
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Sailor of Fortune,
Thanks. I guess there is a problem .. but w a quick and simple solution. Always wondered about that.
Mark,
The Gryphon looks pure workboat to me.
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North Western Washington State USA
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07-07-2014, 10:38 AM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,566
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Greetings,
The Gryphon, to the best of my memory is an ex US army T-boat. Steel, 65' in length.
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07-07-2014, 11:06 AM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,276
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sailor of Fortune
"Look at that fish hook in the stem. A CQR most likely. In head seas I wonder how they deal w the water coming up the anchor hawsepipe? Must make quite an eruption on the foredeck."
A can of spray insulating foam is what we use. Keeps the water from squirting up the H pipe and anchor still at he ready able to deploy. Just fill it from the top.
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She seems to be running with a bone in her teeth, but the flags are still flying toward the bow. Probably a good ride.
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07-07-2014, 11:54 AM
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Guru
City: Campbell River
Vessel Name: Okisollo
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 783
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RT Firefly
Greetings,
The Gryphon, to the best of my memory is an ex US army T-boat. Steel, 65' in length.
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You're right,
Ted
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07-07-2014, 12:05 PM
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Guru
City: St. Lucie VILLAGE -NOT- Port St. Lucie!!!!!
Vessel Model: 15' Hobie Power Skiff w/90hp Yamaha-owned 28 years. Also a 2001 Bayliner 3788 that I took in trade
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 525
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tad Roberts
The design is by William Barrows, unusual because that's the only design I know of from him, yet it appears a nice boat. She was built by Willard of foam cored glass in about 1977.....
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I'm glad you posted this as I was scratching my head. She has little bit of: Derecktor, Hatteras, Matthews, Burger, and Stephens. Of course like art, designers borrow (learn) from others, and apply to their own work.
It must have stayed in the same family for a long time, as usually boats like this would had been customized by now. The salon just calls out to be lengthened doesn't it?
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