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  • 14 June 2016 at 19:30 #66038
    Kevin Branch
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      @kevinbranch12946

      Hi everyone.

      I haven't built boats for a lot of years now, but retirement and too many aeroplanes has brought me back.

      I have been given a glass fibre hull by a friend to get me going again, but neither of us has a clue what it is.

      Can anyone on the forum help please. It is 610mm long and 150mm at the widest point. Here are some photos.

      hull (7).jpg

      hull (8).jpg

      hull (6).jpg

      hull (5).jpg

      I have a considerable collection of model boat plans, but can't find anything similar. There is something about it that is familiar, but at the moment it beats me !

      Thanks. Kevin.

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      14 June 2016 at 19:30 #2603
      Kevin Branch
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        @kevinbranch12946

        New beginner from 50 years ago.

        15 June 2016 at 08:10 #66049
        harry smith 1
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          @harrysmith1

          coline view.jpgHi Kevin

          The nearest one I have is an American Sportfisherman, the COLINE a 50 foot x 14'5".coline002.jpg

          15 June 2016 at 11:42 #66060
          Martin Field 1
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            I'd say that hull was more tug like than sports boat.

            Martin

            15 June 2016 at 14:17 #66061
            Colin Bishop
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              @colinbishop34627

              It doesn't look much like a tug hull to me, shape is all wrong. I would agree that it looks like a sports cruiser.

              Colin

              15 June 2016 at 15:56 #66063
              Kevin Branch
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                @kevinbranch12946

                Well at least it's not just me !

                Thanks for your help. I think I might build it along the sports lines rather than a work boat, The problem is it is quite narrow for fitting a superstructure on and looking in proportion. I did think of building it as a pilot boat type, or aircraft tender. As a sport boat it would probably work better as an open vintage speedboat.

                16 June 2016 at 09:53 #66074
                Martin Field 1
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                  @martinfield1

                  It has no hard chine, no deep V, a sloping forwards transom with too much crown and is very fat in the bilge. Work boat, if not a tug as such. It's just a bit of a weirdo. It could be turned into a period cruiser with a change to the transom, though, a la Osborne or James Silver, but only with additions to the sides, so an imaginative work boat scheme would possibly be easier.

                  BUT….it's a start, which is better than nuttn'.

                  Martin

                  17 June 2016 at 13:59 #66102
                  Kevin Branch
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                    @kevinbranch12946

                    Thanks Martin.

                    I have been looking through my old plans collection and might have found a work boat that I can adapt to fit.

                    I will keep you posted with the progress, but it will be slow !!!

                    kevin b

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