Friday, 24 June 2016

Interesting variation

Apologies for the poor photo but the boat was jammed in and difficult to get a picture.


Flush decked, around 21/22 feet, quite a wide hull form reminded me of an E Boat but as can be seen not a chine hull.

The unusual rig has twin unstayed aluminium masts, some google research revealed a Poacher cat ketch trailer sailer, but very little detail.

Sailboatdata shows the Poacher boat built by Parker Dawson in the US, but the drawing shows a raised section of the cabin rather than the flush deck. I'm wondering if it's the same boat, perhaps a few were imported or maybe UK builder produced a few?
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3 comments:

  1. Brian24 June 2016 at 10:17

    The Poacher was produced locally for a few years in the 80's. Not a US design.

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  2. Brian25 June 2016 at 03:33

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Poacher-22ft-cat-ketch-sailing-boat-/291801330135?hash=item43f0b6f1d7:g:Pz4AAOSwGIRXbN8v

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  3. Mark The Skint Sailor26 June 2016 at 14:09

    A couple of Poachers turned up on eBay over the winter. Interesting wishbone boom arrangement, especially regarding sail trim.

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