Hello fellow yachties.

I've just purchased an old Marblehead project boat.  She's got nice lines and a carbon hull (I think).  She'd been "renovated" by having a 3mm plywood deck added with mastic.....which I removed to reveal a balsa frame and a piece of frp laminated to the interior (delaminated!).   She's noticeably beamer than my Starkers.

Anyway, I'd love to know any information about the boat (design, original deck, layout etc) so I can restore her appropriately.  Any info or advice gratefully received. 

Cheers,

Vernon

Looks like a Paul Lucas cedar club circa 1990s? to me. I recall a carbon Kevlar version was available but I  only had the glass fibre hull mould, so I’m not sure if the carbon Kevlar had that weave or not..

Maximum beam and transom beam measurements would help to be sure..

1 hour ago, RobVice_GBR41 said:

Maximum beam and transom beam measurements would help to be sure..

Thanks for your replies Rob.  The beam measurements are 203mm beam (approx 15mm below deck level) and 113mm transom beam (deck level).

Can't help with the ID, but pretty sure the rudder is on backwards - pivot point needs to be forward of the centreline (actually ahead of the centre of pressure).  If it isn't then the hydrodynamic forces will be trying to increase the rudder angle rather than reduce it.  The servo would certainly hold it but any slop in the linkage would cause the boat to be very difficult to steer in a straight line.

1 hour ago, John949 said:

Can't help with the ID, but pretty sure the rudder is on backwards - pivot point needs to be forward of the centreline (actually ahead of the centre of pressure).  If it isn't then the hydrodynamic forces will be trying to increase the rudder angle rather than reduce it.  The servo would certainly hold it but any slop in the linkage would cause the boat to be very difficult to steer in a straight line.

Thanks John.  Good point well made!  I hadn't noticed 🤗

I’ve checked my Cedar Club and I think my dimensions are even wider than yours so perhaps my guess was wrong. My (roughly measured) max beam is 250mm and the transom closer to 130mm. 
also the tumble (deck flange rounding) is a larger radius on my hull than your photos suggest, so perhaps another clue that it’s not the same design. 
good luck finding a match. 

1 hour ago, RobVice_GBR41 said:

I’ve checked my Cedar Club and I think my dimensions are even wider than yours so perhaps my guess was wrong. My (roughly measured) max beam is 250mm and the transom closer to 130mm. 
also the tumble (deck flange rounding) is a larger radius on my hull than your photos suggest, so perhaps another clue that it’s not the same design. 
good luck finding a match. 

Hi Rob,  Thanks for your efforts.  It seems unlikely that mine is a Cedar Club.  It seems halfway between yours and my Starkers Squared in terms of beam.  I guess the boats have got gradually slimmer over the years.

Verno 

11 hours ago, John949 said:

Can't help with the ID, but pretty sure the rudder is on backwards - pivot point needs to be forward of the centreline (actually ahead of the centre of pressure).  If it isn't then the hydrodynamic forces will be trying to increase the rudder angle rather than reduce it.  The servo would certainly hold it but any slop in the linkage would cause the boat to be very difficult to steer in a straight line.

Thanks John.  Good point well made!  I hadn't noticed 🤗