Whitby 45 (1990 Model) Hull Construction

[doocruiser]

i am looking at buying a 1990 whitby 45,can anyone tell me if the hull is solid grp all the way round or is it balsa cored below the water line ?

[Hannah on 'Rita T']

The Whitbys built in Canada are solid glass below the waterline, balsa cored on deck. In 1990 it was probably built in Fort Myers. But I didn't know Ft. Myers built any 45s, I thought there were only a couple of them built at all. Ft. Myers built Brewer 44s as well as Whitby 42s. The world's expert on the Whitby is Doug Stevenson in Canada and there is a whitbybrewer website. For the record, we lvoe our Whitby, she's old an slow but comfortable. The Chevy station wagon of the boating world.

[doocruiser]

thanks for that info.this boat is in south east asia and i think is hong kong flagged so i am not sure where it was made.i am going to look at it tomorrow and wanted to get some info on it before i go.i will not be interested if its balsa cored below the water line,deck is ok,which it sounds like it is from your reply.are there any drawbacks from your experience ?

[Vasco]

Probably built in Whitby if it's a 45. The 45 was always the best looking boat Whitby built. It's a C & C design, actually only George Cuthbertson not the other C, Cassian designed it. I don't know about a 1990 hull as they stopped building them in the seventies. I don't think they built this model in Ft. Myers. They just did the 42 and 44 there. The boat you're looking at might be a 42 with a bowsprit. The 42,44 were center cockpits. The 45 was an aft cockpit.

[doocruiser]

this boat has a rear dual cockpit with the rear cockpit holding the wheel

[Vasco]

If it's the Whitby 45 on Yachtworld in Thailand it doesn't look like a Whitby 45 to me. The cockpit looks real strange. The hull has some similarities to a Whitby 45 but everything else looks different. Looks like a one off. This is what a 45 looks like.