I recently purchased a day sailor that was sitting in someones backyard uncovered for 10 years. No HIN. Only state MC number which is bogus. The owner didn't want to go through the trouble of getting it properly registered. So, here is what I do know. 18ft seats up to 8 people . Fiberglass, wooden cleats. Manufacturer hull number drilled into the keel housing. 5ft swinging lead keel. Solid aluminum pop-up rudder. Aluminum bump rail. Wood mast support. Totally open cuddy cabin. Can see the entire inner surface of the hull. One sail made in England by Ratsey (still in business) in 1963. Tiller is two piece wood. 4ft from transom to rear of cockpit. 6ft from front of cockpit to tip of bow. Flat bottom. Pictures soon to follow.
English sail and a swinging lead keel sounds like a lifting keel version of the Squib [Tracer]
Here are the photos you requested. I already emailed the company that made the sails for this boat. Hope they can help. If not, I am hoping somebody here can identify my sailboat. 18' open hull. Entire inner surface of the hull can be easily visualized.
The boat trailer is made by Panco which I'm fairly sure is built in Canada. Maybe the boat is Candian built as well.
I live in the US. Detroit; the Motor City, or once was the Motor City. My brother-in-law is AUSSIE. My in-law is from Cairns.
The sail was made by Ratsey and Hawthorne located in Cowes, England on The Isle of White in 1963
I wish the sail maker would respond with something. The boat was made around the same time as the sail. They should know who they sold it to.
A Corsair has a much narrower hull, less freeboard, different deck mouldngs etc and is very unlikely to be in the USA.
It looks like a Highlander or a Flying Scot. They were both Sandy Douglass designs. The FS is still a very popular racing boat in the USA; the Highlander less so but still active. The fact that the builder's/sail number is so high would indicate it's a Scot. For a while I thought it may be a copy of a Scot or Highlander, but the roller centreboard was an unusual feature (initially designed many years before by Theo Smith, an almost unknown boat designer who created some of the most historic boats around) that Douglass used on most of his boats but other builders ignored.
You could find out more from flyingscot.com/ or www.sailhighlander.org/
The mainsail is from an Shearwater cat, an English design. See www.shearwatercatamarans.com/#!gallery/c21gz How it got onto that boat is a mystery.
You'd probably be best off with second-hand sails from a Flying Scot or Highlander.
My money is on Flying Scot. A google search convinced me. All the fittings and rigging match. The center keel housing is spot-on. All the hull features match. I can't believe it had taken only 8 hours and you guys come through for me. I could not be more grateful!!!
I have sent an email to Flying Scot. Hope they see one of the first vessels that came from their plant in Maryland.
Next, I will be picking every ones brain. The previous owner was an avid sailor, but I can't understand what he was trying to do to the mast. Will take pictures and you will see.
