#1853 amazing wood boat, fully rebuilt.
Boats / by Matt Kreuzkamp / 1565 views / Popular
$15,000.00
What an incredible, beautiful, boat! Step in and go sailboat racing at a high level and in even higher fashion. D&M Wood Thistle #1853. Give a call, I’d love to chat.
Complete restoration 2008-2011. Used infrequently since. We want the boat being used rather than warehoused. It’s a really special piece.
- Totally re-joined
- Rails
- Gratings
- Seats & seat supports
- Thwart
- Trunk: inside surfaces are fiber-glassed, weave filled with graphite powder & epoxy resin and sanded flat.
- Transom
- Hull faired to perfection, sheathed in S-Glass & epoxy, painted with Interlux Perfection
- 13# of lead corrector weights. Modular/adjustable system allows weights to remove easily for varnishing. Stacked dive weights allow adjustment should the boat get heavier/lighter over the years
- Mast new in 2017, barely used since.
- Boom has custom machined ends out of HDPE
- Carbon spinnaker pole
- Custom trailer with athwartship bunks and torsion isolation system
- Bunks are designed to freely drain, keeping moisture away from the boat
- Centerboard by Great Midwest
- Rudder by Larry Liggett with head socket for round tube tiller,
- Round aluminum-tube tiller, with JCD extension & JCD joint
- Covers: Travel top/bottom by Kinder (Top Gun); Drysail by Rooke (Sunbrella)
- Compass: Big Plastimo with custom Larry Liggett bracket
- Triple ended 16:1 vang
- Miscellaneous sails. Best set is totally acceptable, will be used for ACs
- Rigging works well and is in good shape
- Project documented here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.11942347430&type=3
It’s impossible to describe, give a call to discuss and plan to visit her!
- Stunning boat that works exceptionally well and goes quick!
- We want to see the boat be used and cared for, not just garaged.
- Listing ID: 3036685
- Year: 1960?
- Boat Number: 1853
- Boat Builder: Douglass & McCloud
- Hull Material: Wood
- Mast: Silver Aluminium
- Boom Color: Silver
- Rudder: Included
- Rudder Builder/Info: Larry Liggett
- Centerboard: Included
- Centerboard Builder/Info: Great Midwest
- Sails Included: Misc. North Proctor. Dieball kite
- Recent Measurement Certificate: Yes
- Trailer Included: Yes
