The hull is in great shape given her age.
Click here to view US 112, Mark Woodard's bones 14 in Seattle.
Friday, July 15, 2016
US 107 - Another Bones 14 Uncovered on the West Coast
Paul and Yvonne Galvez stumbled on this stunning vintage 14 - a bones 14 on the West Coast (bones is the term I use for the Uffa Fox inspired construction of the 1930's International 14's - lots of internal ribs or "bones"). It is undoubtedly an historic U.S. 14 but. given the paucity of information on the early U.S. 14's, this find will now force the I-14 history nuts to try to track down her origin. Paul and Yvonne are the new owners and Paul is busy measuring and documenting the hull. It came with two sails, one with number 104 and one with number 107 - the 107 sail being a Cowes Ratsey and Lapthorp, circa 1939.
The hull is in great shape given her age.
Click here to view US 112, Mark Woodard's bones 14 in Seattle.
The hull is in great shape given her age.
Click here to view US 112, Mark Woodard's bones 14 in Seattle.
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Happened across your blog, love the picture.
ReplyDeleteI sailed 14s on Saratoga Lake, NY in the late 60s and very early 70s, as a teenager.
Lot's of wooden Proctor boats, Kirby boats becoming more usual. There were also one or two one-design 14s on the lake, though they did not race.
The boat I mainly sailed was oddity: Thunderbolt. English built in the early 1950s, molded plywood with extreme flaired gunwales. It was a rule-beater; the flairs were outlawed, but the boat was grandfathered in. US 635 I think. Not actually a great boat, and the flairs were of no use once trapezes came in. I might be able to find some pictures, if you're interested.
Cheers,
Jim Harvey
Jim,
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear from you.
I definitely would be interested in seeing your photos of Thunderbolt. A very historic International 14. Do you know how it got over to the United States?
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Jim,
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