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Could anyone ID this boat please?

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Topic: Could anyone ID this boat please?

Posted By: John Davis
Subject: Could anyone ID this boat please?
Date Posted: 06 Jul 16 at 5:27pm

Hi everyone thanks for letting me on...... I bought this 20 foot double bilge keel sail boat quite some time ago and have lost the contact detail of the man in York that I bought it from, I did not ask the make of it at the time and now regret it as I cannot get it insured unless I get that information. Will try to post some pics.......

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Posted By: John Davis
Date Posted: 06 Jul 16 at 5:30pm

Or is it possible someone may recognize the boat and can tell me who made it?

Posted By: MerlinMags
Date Posted: 06 Jul 16 at 7:21pm

Is there an insignia near the top of the sail, above the large sail numbers?

Is there any sort of code/number/name on or inside the boat? A builders plate?

Posted By: John Davis
Date Posted: 06 Jul 16 at 7:30pm

Hi, Thanks for the response, I have not looked at the sails yet they are in bags, the boat was in a filthy state when I got it and all my time has been spent cleaning and mending, there is nothing I can find inside or out that tells me what it is but now you have mentioned the sails I will get them out and look at them tomorrow. Smile

Posted By: JohnW
Date Posted: 06 Jul 16 at 8:17pm

It looks like a Vivacity 20.

Lots of pictures on Google to compare and confirm.

http://vivacity20.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/vivacity-20-drawings-and-review/" rel="nofollow - https://vivacity20.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/vivacity-20-drawings-and-review/

Or the slightly smaller Alacrity 19 - the sailmark will help.

Posted By: John Davis
Date Posted: 06 Jul 16 at 8:53pm

Thank you so much I am sure you are correct, when I read Vivacity it rang a bell in my memory about the advert I answered to buy it! I would like to get a better copy of the spec etc as the link you provided will not produce a readable copy when I try to print it.

I expect the next question the insurance co will ask is what year was it made??? could you hazard a guess?

with regards to "You should get out more" I disagree ! ,your doing a great job there Wink

Posted By: JohnW
Date Posted: 06 Jul 16 at 11:19pm

Originally posted by John Davis

Thank you so much I am sure you are correct, when I read Vivacity it rang a bell in my memory about the advert I answered to buy it! I would like to get a better copy of the spec etc as the link you provided will not produce a readable copy when I try to print it.

I expect the next question the insurance co will ask is what year was it made??? could you hazard a guess?

with regards to "You should get out more" I disagree ! ,your doing a great job there Wink

Im no expert, I just remember one at my old sailing club in the 70s.

Another page on that site say they were build from 1960 to 1980, If there is not a builder's plate anywhere, all I can suggest is that you look at adverts for other Vicacity 20s with a similar sail number.