Atkin cutter to be cut up---please save--free. WBRF

[OEX]

We have an Atkin Shoreliner (see plans athttp://www.boat-links.com/Atkinco/Sail/ShoreLiner.html---Pat Atkin is also donating a full set of plans to the taker)in very good shape that is about to be cut up and thrown out. She is about 24 feet and needs and engine and topside work. Hull is very good and rigging is great. Cabin and deck need some wood work and refinishing---maybe re-working since its a bit awkward, but..... Please take a look on the website (two listings for her to allow for more pictures) WBRF (http://www.woodenboatrescue.org) . She is trailerable and a great boat, but death date is in 2 weeks.

Feel free to call the owner Lance Johnson at 860 442 2000 or e-mail L.Johnson@theday.com....if you encounter trouble call me at 860 873 2169. She is in Noank CT at a yard, so lifts, etc are there.

Cheers, Bruce Elfstrom

[catndahats]

Good morning Bruce,

I've sent you an email...

Happy Sunday,
Nate
Seabrook, TX

[Mrleft8]

I might be able to help... Does it have a trailer? Looks like it could be a good project, and it'll fit in my driveway...

[Jack Heinlen]

There was a lengthy discussion about this boat in the past year, and I think it was decided it isn't a Shoreliner. I'm not sure what we figured out, maybe that it's a similar boat, but it might be worth searching for.

[OEX]

Hello. She is in real danger now. She does not need much at all---I could get her in the water and working in five to eight weekends, and I am no expert---most trouble is cabin and engine. She needs a new rudder.

She is a Shoreliner rigged a bit differently via suggestions from someone in Essex CT. The bulwarks were raises and tumbled it--all on paper before the build---by ATKIN. She has pluses over the original Shoreliner...dryer, larger sail plan but broken up for ease of handling, etc.

A full set of plans will come with her---you will see that she is a Shoreliner with "improvments" for buzzard bay. Four were built in the Providence area.

All this said, does not matter much how close she is to the first Shorliner as you can un-build her back with no worries if you wish. I feel there are good reasons for the changes. The boat is very strong and built simply and well. The cabin is odd looking but functional. Please go see her ASAP. I think you will see what I see.

She is free and very easy to fix. She is perfect for New England. If I did not have my Shrimper and a 35 gaff cutter in a shed, well...

Cheers---feel free to call me at 860 873 2169

[Mrleft8]

Trailer?

[Figment]

aw c'mon doug!

Someone with your resources and skills should be able to put together a suitable cradle in less than a day, no?

and I'm CERTAIN that you must know someone with a flatbed trailer that would do the haul for a couple cases of beer.

Go baby GO!!!!

[OEX]

I will throw in a bottle or two of my own wine!! Tan Bark Red (Merlot, Grenache, Syrah, and Carignan)---don't laugh it won two gold awards :D

I am going down today to see the boat again---any questions?

Cheers, Bruce

[ 07-21-2005, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: OEX ]

[Alan D. Hyde]

Bruce, if I had the time and energy to get her out here, I'd do it. She's well worth saving.

The shallow draft means I could tie her up to my own dock.

BUT, I've got too many other projects going to give a new one like this the time it deserves. I was seriously looking at a good old vessel on Winnipesaukee, but was forced to come to the same conclusion with it... although there were some further moving complications in that case... :(

Alan

[Alan D. Hyde]

ALTHOUGH, if someone here has a few days free, and wants to get her out here (in one piece), then I'd be happy to GIVE that generous individual a 25' Thorobred dual-axle boat trailer in recompense... :D

Alan

[ 07-22-2005, 02:05 PM: Message edited by: Alan D. Hyde ]

[Alan D. Hyde]

Really...

Alan

[WarpedBoard]

Too bad there aren't any good oldies out here in Washington. Certainly would be a long haul in the Suburban... and with the price of gas!!! We need a West Coast WBRF. Of course my bride will make me clear some of the current projects out first

[Jack Heinlen]

I still don't think it's a Shoreliner. That doesn't mean it isn't a worthy project.

[OEX]

Jack--any shoreliners or similar around the New England area to take a look at? How do I tell if she is or not. I have seen her and I am still not sure---what are you using to make the call? It does not matter to me, but just wondering.

I saw her Fri---her decks have been dynel and expx-ed (well done) up to the cockpit including the cabin top, although this was not completes--maybe two coats vs. more on deck. The work stopped at the cockpit and still needs to be done or painted, etc. The cockpit is now self-draining, with an engine hatch in the middle forward part. There is a now a bridge deck (again seems newer maybe same time as deck work).

Looks like I will have to take her as she is up for the saw!

Cheers

[Alan D. Hyde]

I hope that you did take her, as she is (was :( ) decidedly worth saving.

That Thorobred trailer I offered to anyone with a few spare days to bring her out here, retails for $1,200 or so...

It's sad to see how the market for boats and trailers is so small, while the market for plastic junk STBILF (Soon To Be In a Land Fill) appears almost unlimited...

Alan

[OEX]

I am taking her, for now--she might still available to the right person. I guess I am jaded, but maybe there is too much chat about wooden boats and not enough passion/action.

Thanks for all your help; everyone---honorable. I will either restore her or get her to a point at which people are less intimidated.

Cheers, Bruce

P.S.

We (WBRF) could still use help. Please buy a t-shirt or something--or maybe make a gift to use of $ or equipment.

I (Bruce) have been asked a few times "what do YOU get out of this", all I have to say is " nothing but a good feeling and actually making a difference". Sometimes you have to just trust in things or people and not think like a lawyer or politician. It is what it is. I will do it as long as I can.........

The Wooden Boat Rescue Foundation

[ 07-26-2005, 10:54 PM: Message edited by: OEX ]

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

I'm buying a t shirt. Nobel cause ya got there.

I got one Atkins I'm restoring so my hands are full and I got her through this very forum.

[ 07-26-2005, 11:37 PM: Message edited by: Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson ) ]

[OEX]

Thanks so much. It really is great to see people are willing to act on this type of thing---even if its not saving a boat. Please keep an eye on all the marinas, yards, and barns in your area for boats in need of help. Then let me know or post them yourself.

What type of Atkin do you have? I think I have an Atkin too. The 34 cutter Katarina in the "Restoration Logs" on the WBRF site has pix, etc. <a href="http://www.woodenboatrescue.org/katarina-colin-archer-atkin-gaff-cutter.htm" target="_blank">web page
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Cheers, Bruce

[Mrleft8]

Unfortunately the expense for moving, and other necessary items was out of my budget at this point... PLUS, I really need to focus on the Tobago project right now...