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Adam

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Another??
« on: January 17, 2009, 04:37:25 AM »
OK - When it rains it pours.....From Craigslist - although I don't recognize the design which makes me suspicious.... I'll call tomorrow....

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/boa/995492854.html
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Re: Another??
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2009, 12:12:23 PM »
Please do let us know what you find.  The closest thing I could find to the stated dimensions is 874, CYGNET.  It is an R-Boat contracted in January of 1922, built by HMC and designed by Burgess.  The shape of the bows doesn't look right, though.  Steel fastenings, fiberglass skin, iron keel?  I'm not sure I would want to tackle that.
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Re: Another??
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2009, 01:37:21 PM »

Yeah I had much the same feeling.... Worth the call to be sure though....Probably another case of if its wood and old its a Herreshoff.
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Re: Another??
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2009, 09:30:04 AM »
Adam: It doesn't really look like a NGH-designed boat. More importantly, no HMCo-built vessel appears to match its dimensions.

Steve: #874s was indeed Cygnet, but wasn't she an open-cockpit 30ft LOA 6-meter?
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Re: Another??
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2009, 02:10:14 PM »
Yes ... Cygnet was a 6-meter.
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Re: Another??
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2009, 07:47:11 PM »
Agreed on the design - Looks possibly an LFH. I have a message into the owner just to be sure.
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