Hi,
I recently bought my first sailboat. All I've been told is that about 15 or so years it was owned by a Japanese sailor who sailed it to
Guam. He later
sold it to an American man. He owned it for about 10 years. It changed hands a couple of more times.
I just bought it from ShadowRWolf here on this forum. It's possible that it was manufactured in
Japan, or maybe
Taiwan. But it could be from anywhere. I would really like any information about my
boat, if anyone knows anything that could point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it.
The
Hull ID number begins with "GUZ" the last numbers are "73". based on this I know it was made in 1973, but that is all I know.
It's 29 Ft. and some inches long. I have an old faded
registration, all I can read on it is that it has in the past been registered as 10 meters in length. By my measurement it's a little under 30 ft.
The
hull shape is a cruising fin
keel or a cruiser/racer
hull, I guess. It's
rudder is supported by a partial skeg.
Two design features that might be of some help in identification are an adjustable backstay. There is a
wheel that you turn to adjust the tension.
In the
bilge under that
mast there is a
steel I-beam that the
mast compression post sits on top of. It is a
deck stepped mast however.
I've read that there are some
boats out there that were known to use a
steel I-beam in the
bilge. So I thought that mentioning this feature might help in I.D.'ing my
boat.
Anyway, if anyone out there knows anything that might help, Thank you very much.
I have included a picture as well.
Thanks,
Mitch