Thread: Hartley Boats about 20' - do you have one?

Originally Posted by Aberdeen

Anyone out there built a Hartley boat about the 20' mark? (Not a sailing type)
Contemplating building the 'Vixen 20 Cruiser' looks nice on the Hartley site but hope to find others who have built or own something similar.

What? No stick? no slappin' canvas (ok, for newies, substitute mylar or what-have-you)...

Aberdeen,

You can't, surely, not really, mean a ..."stinkpot"... can you

And you being a Woodie. Oh, the shame...

Originally Posted by Steve.Bisson@te

What? No stick? no slappin' canvas (ok, for newies, substitute mylar or what-have-you)...

Aberdeen,

You can't, surely, not really, mean a ..."stinkpot"... can youhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...cons/icon9.gif

And you being a Woodie. Oh, the shame...http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ons/icon10.gif

Never graduated to sail power. The idea of having to think and pull ropes and turn handles, nah, getting too old to teach an old dog new tricks. Push the button and go. But then again never know what the future holds. Bit rough seeing a friend is a sail-maker.

Originally Posted by Aberdeen

Push the button and go.

Push the button? You ought to see the old boat anchor he's going to use to power the Husky. It makes the average Seagull look like something out of the Ferrari factory :eek:

Richard

Have a look here they have a couple of boats right at the top of the page that might interest you.

http://www.duckflatwoodenboats.com/m...es/forsale.php

Are you in Woodside SA? you could even go and see them to find out about it. My excuse is I was trying to learn about epoxy resin to use as a filler for some other stuff I am doing. Don't know anything about making boats

Studley

Hello there from Jersey Channel Islands.
I have pasted photos of a Hartley Voyager on my web page
www://quirot.com
I am restoring this boat if any one wants more photo's or info email me [email protected]

hi Andy,

love the web site and the "Jersey (Channel Islands), Sunny (Most of the time) "

Hey that sounds like Melbourne, Sunny most of the time and when its not its cloudy, rainy, drzzling or something else

Hi there, I have just completed a rebuild of a Hartley Voyager. I have modenised the topsides and installed a inboard. I have yet to get it wet. Should be a lot of fun. I have some photos http://homepages.maxnet.co.nz/decsnz/

Decs

G'day Decs
Loved the photos, lots of work gone into the rebuild of that one!
Great looking results in the end. I trust it has been well and truly tried out by now?
Hows she go? Still trying to decide on my next one but love the size and look of the Voyager.

Congratulations over ther in NZ

Hi Aberdeen,
We have been out quite a few times so far this summer. I now have a soft top for it. It makes a huge difference to the usability of the boat. She cruises at around 25kts. I should be able to get more speed when I get the correct prop. Top Speed so far has been 35kts at 4600RPM. The boat is great in the short chop we get in the inner gulf over here. The v8 has heaps of grunt, but I will be looking for a diesel the way fuel prices are going as it eats around 35lts/hour.

I would not install a stern leg without trim again. I installed a Volvo 270. It is just too hard to lunch and retrieve when you cant run the leg partially down. I have crunched to prop a couple of times as a result.

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Thanks Decs
It is nice to hear those stats - especially on fuel consumption.
Speed range sounds good to me and always thought the design would handle 'chop'.

Decs,
Could you give me an overall height (on the trailer) please. It would assist in deciding the location for building one.
Curious Glenn in Adelaide

Originally Posted by Daddles

Push the button? You ought to see the old boat anchor he's going to use to power the Husky. It makes the average Seagull look like something out of the Ferrari factory :eek:

Richard

G'day Richard,

Just re-reading this thread, and remembered that as a youngster I had an old Seagull. I can't recall the HP (but know it wasn't much, and that it had a five bladed screw).

This was the most recalcitrant, swear-making, obstinate, ding-bat, mule-headed, character-building (!) piece of kit I have ever had.

It would chew-up spark-plugs, and spit out the bits. It would oil-up. It would (always at the most inopportune moments. Of course ) seize-up solid - some more oil down the plug-hole and some judicious yanking would fix this though. By which time I was halfway to France. In an eight foot dinghy:eek:.

One time it vibrated the locking plate loose enough so that an errant wave bounced the dinghy, and the blerry Seagull leapt for freedom and sank in six fathoms of water - but carried on running for a couple of seconds, enough to make finding the bugger, when the tide had gone out, a real ####

Whoever the designer of that malignant bugger was, he/she must have been a fine student of Le Marquise de Sade:eek: .

No wonder that I prefer sail!

Cheers!