That's an exceptional buy. The boat might look a bit average but would tidy up well. Any idea who built the hull? I have been trying to remember the builder of small ferro yachts from melbourne who built the 24 foot ferro yachts in a female mould. There was one on eBay a few weeks ago.
Anyone?

crustysailor said...

Thanks Ramona, would it have been Kahn Walker you were thinking of?

I don't know if this was his sort of thing,the workboat Grumpy was largely before my time, but there would be club members who know more history of the boat than I do. We had one of his versions of H28 ketch, which is still was my alltime favourite boat.

The workboat is a bit of a shame to cut up, and would be a good 'putt putt' for someone who wanted a project.

No Walker has always been doing his version of the H28. I have a feeling the yacht design was nutcracker, they built a few of them.

That workboat would be a perfect fishing boat for a pensioner. I'm trying to sell a Delta Islander for an old bloke here who is asking $15,000, I know which one I would prefer. We are getting a few ferro yachts and motor boats here locally. Trouble with ferro is you probably wont get much more than 100 years out of them!

Doesn't really matter what a hull is built from as long as it is well designed and built correctly.

Anybody remember "Helsal" the "Flying Footpath" designed by Joe Adams??

cisco said...

Doesn't really matter what a hull is built from as long as it is well designed and built correctly.

Anybody remember "Helsal" the "Flying Footpath" designed by Joe Adams??

And she was called such because she flexed nearly a foot from bow to stern when planning along downwind!!

Seriously though, Ferro is fine until something goes wrong. There was a beautifully kept Hartley down here then another yacht took a chunk out of her in a storm, creating a 4 foot hole on the gunnel and exposing the reo.
Basically a write off, unrepairable, not that an insurance company will go near a Ferro boat anyways!

rumblefish said...

cisco said...

Doesn't really matter what a hull is built from as long as it is well designed and built correctly.

Anybody remember "Helsal" the "Flying Footpath" designed by Joe Adams??

And she was called such because she flexed nearly a foot from bow to stern when planning along downwind!!

Seriously though, Ferro is fine until something goes wrong. There was a beautifully kept Hartley down here then another yacht took a chunk out of her in a storm, creating a 4 foot hole on the gunnel and exposing the reo.
Basically a write off, unrepairable, not that an insurance company will go near a Ferro boat anyways!

Ferro is probably the easiest boat to repair, even more so with the modern gear we have today. I am staggered the Hartley on eBay has not attracted more interest. Then again there are several yachts on eBay at the moment that are just so tempting, especially that Waarchip, surely one of you Victorians have a bit of room in your yard.

Great Diesel Motor, I have a 32 year old Bukh DV20 Diesel that has never missed a beat

Hi sctpc,
I did not know Kahn personally, but understand he was pretty well known locally. He had some pretty unique designs and materials used.
I;m sure there are plenty of experts in our club who would know more about him and the Saga, I'm happy to try and find out anything specific you may be after.

Also, I am catching up with another local designer of the same era, designer of the Gilcraft range of boats, which included versions of the Queenscliff Couta boat which you may be familiar with. He will definately have known Kahn.


Oh yeah, anyone want that diesel. :)

Id like to know if the story is true, but my boat is a very well made standard 31' (9.45m) SAGA (Kahn Walker Design)
Beam 8.2m
Draft 1.4m
Construction – Fibreglass/Balsa Core Composite, Epoxy Skin below water line
Launched 1987 Beam could have been wider but the she would not be as fast.

Good luck on the sale But would it not be worth Ebay I would say there would be a chance the club could make more money.