Help identify this hull!

Fr. Frank · #1 05-11-2009, 04:48 PM

Guys, it's driving me crazy. In the back of my tiny brain, I know this hull design, but I cannot put a name to it. Please help me with naming the manufacturer. It has a distinctive lifting strake configuration. My brain says I've seen this design in boats in the 30'-35' as well as the 18'-23' range.

This one is 23'6" from 1968, and the cap and cabin are not original.

castalot · #2 05-11-2009, 05:44 PM

bertram? maybe not but it does look familar

BigLew · #3 05-11-2009, 06:16 PM

My first reaction is Bertram as well. The other thing may be a Bertram knockoff, say ??; can't think of any at the moment,but there were some to be sure. The give away for me is the "bellying" look of the hull profile as it proceeds aft.

BigLew · #4 05-11-2009, 06:19 PM

Stamas, maybe? I know that they mad a Stamas 24 which is in the ballpark lengthwise and the time is about right.

ScottM · #5 05-11-2009, 07:30 PM

I agree, looks like a scaled down version of the Bert 31.

stumpie2 · #6 05-11-2009, 07:37 PM

bertram moppie, or small black fin maybe????

stumpie2 · #7 05-12-2009, 01:38 AM

http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1967...United-Kingdom
pretty darn close huh?

deepsushi · #8 05-11-2009, 08:59 PM

Looks like a Ray Hunt designed hull... Surfhunter perhaps?

BigLew · #9 05-11-2009, 10:12 PM

That could be it- Ray Hunt design. Check this out. I think Deepsushi's got it. Good catch, regardless.

http://www.huntdesigns.com/images/pa...moppie2-lg.jpg

http://www.huntdesigns.com/documents...tory-panel.pdf

http://www.huntdesigns.com

Fr. Frank · #10 05-11-2009, 11:42 PM

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Guys, it's driving me crazy.

Notice the chines / strakes do NOT meet at the bow, but run continually parallel to the keel. Every other Hunt design I've seen meets at the bow in some fashion.

I know the Limestone 24. This isn't it. The Limestone's basically a copy of the Bertram 25 hull, where the chines converge at the bow.

Someone pm'd me over on THT and said it is definitely a 23' Larson from the late 60's / early 70's. Being a Florida native, I don't know Larson that well, and couldn't find any 23' Larson hull pics to compare.