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'Sunshine' AH 65


'Sunshine' AH 65



    bryan DE127
    Oct 24 2010 05:20 PM
    On the beach for a bottom scrub and a paint the photo was no taken yesterday :laugh:

    Will taylor
    Feb 25 2011 01:06 AM
    Do you know her name Bryan?

    young ronnie
    Feb 25 2011 12:19 PM
    A great picture of bygone days that one Ally.Worm wheel steering,nae electronics,Broadside winch,no coiler,seine netting with a wee cotton net,maybe 5 coils a side of inch and three quarters manila rope,possibly a 30 hp paraffin engine..that's what ye call a low impact fishery!

    Will taylor
    Feb 25 2011 12:56 PM
    Although, it's not the beat detailed picture, there's almost enough detail for a fairly representative model. Shame I don't know the name.  Gunwales are almost non-existant.

    bryan DE127
    Feb 25 2011 02:46 PM
    Will I have asked around but  still no name but I will get it yet not a lot of the old lads around with the bad weather and its a very old photo.
    she,s got one mod con, there.. dual steering position, either from the wheelhouse or the engine room hatch,wheel on the rod .

    young ronnie
    Feb 25 2011 04:49 PM
    Probably had that arrangement so they could reach down the engine room hatch to the gear lever...might have had wheelhouse controls as well,but a lot of them didnae...Morse? Kobelt?...who they?? :coolsmiley:

    Will taylor
    Feb 25 2011 04:55 PM
    Thanks Bryan (and Ally for posting).  The more I read about her the more I fancy a build.  Always looking for something different.  The screw action rudder would suggest that she was previously a sailing Fifie. They were usually converted to steering by chain from the wheelhouse when they were motorised. I suppose the layout on an engine was crippling enough without extra conversion costs for the steering system.  Keep the comments coming please.
    Cheers
    Will

    young ronnie
    Feb 25 2011 05:05 PM
    I could be wrong Will,but I wouldnae think that one was ever anything other than motorised,more like 1910s-20 to me (sticking ma neck oot here..might just get my head chopped off on this one :coolsmiley:)

    Will taylor
    Feb 25 2011 05:17 PM
    Fair comment Ronnie. It was wi the very low gunwales that intimated she might be a sailer. The conversions were narrow in the rear end as they were only plumped up to take the added weight of an engine when built motorised. Might have helped if there was a stern shot.  Love the boat though. All comments welcome. Better to know before rather than later when the hull's been built.