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Dave5041
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Initially Posted - 02/11/2013 :  22:13:18  Show Profile
Anyone got a clue? It is interesting and oddly attractive in person. I would very much like to see below deck.


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redviking
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Response Posted - 02/12/2013 :  05:53:13  Show Profile
I'm gonna guess an Irwin, or maybe a Bucanneer if they made boats that big. Not a big fan of the split level decks.

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Response Posted - 02/12/2013 :  06:17:30  Show Profile
Never seen one (and I see a lot of stuff around here)... Is the transition between the deck levels a ramp, or a step behind the gunwale?
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redeye
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Response Posted - 02/12/2013 :  06:34:04  Show Profile
And how about that lack of development around a marina.. That's a neverseen also!
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Response Posted - 02/12/2013 :  08:51:50  Show Profile
With it's 90 degree edges, the boxiness of the cabin top design might indicate it is a home built boat. Something about the aft chainplate suggests, to me, that it was an afterthought or a design-on-the fly type of thing?
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 02/12/2013 :  09:50:48  Show Profile
I thought about home-built, but it was well finished if it is. The transition is a nonskid ramp. Many older boats had boxy cabin structures as they transitioned to fiberglass. I'm confident that it isn't a Bayliner Buccaneer, nor is it similar to the design ethic of any Irwin that I'm familiar with. I did a web search of Irwins with nothing similar. I checked Bruce Roberts designs, but he no longer displays many of his older designs
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Response Posted - 02/12/2013 :  10:08:25  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Dave5041</i>
<br />I thought about home-built, but it was well finished if it is. The transition is a nonskid ramp. Many older boats had boxy cabin structures as they transitioned to fiberglass. I'm confident that it isn't a Bayliner Buccaneer, nor is it similar to the design ethic of any Irwin that I'm familiar with. I did a web search of Irwins with nothing similar. I checked Bruce Roberts designs, but he no longer displays many of his older designs
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">I was also thinking that it looks like an old Bruce Roberts design that they used to use in their advertisements, many years ago.
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Response Posted - 02/12/2013 :  11:18:44  Show Profile
Perhaps from overseas
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Response Posted - 02/12/2013 :  12:18:41  Show Profile
Is it a twin keel boat?
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 02/12/2013 :  12:19:43  Show Profile
Thanks Steve, you may well be correct. I had this feeling that I had seen a design layout and photo of something similar a long time ago that I couldn't place. I spent a lot of time looking at Bruce Roberts study plans in those days and might have fallen for this one, hence the unconscious trigger.
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 02/12/2013 :  16:33:40  Show Profile
Think I found it! It looks like a slightly smaller version of a Bruce Roberts 36. Many of his designs were available in several sizes. This is a version of the 36 built in hard chined steel from 1994-96.


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Response Posted - 02/12/2013 :  22:06:41  Show Profile
I'm not convinced...
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Response Posted - 02/13/2013 :  19:07:53  Show Profile
Can you get close enough to read the HIN? Its presence or absence would say a lot.
In the photo, I'd say that the undeveloped waterfront property is a dike, burm or part of the impound's embankment.
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 02/13/2013 :  20:34:12  Show Profile
No, I really can't. Many Bruce Roberts designs were home-built, while some were offered by builders as hull/deck kits or in various stages of completion. I'm convinced that it is a B.R boat, but I'll see if the office has any more info. The undeveloped area is just that. There is parking along the road that extends out to Jetty Park and undeveloped land on the other side. I'll have to post a broader view of the marina and surrounds. There is development, but there is also good reason for this area to be called "The Forgotten Coast". It really hasn't changed much in the last 10 years.
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