Blackwatch!

tartan30cirrus · Post by **tartan30cirrus** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:56 pm

Check out this babe. Tartan 37 Blackwatch. Now that is one sexy mama.

http://www.tartanowners.org/img_uploaded/2191.JPEG

I wonder how they sail.

Rachel · Post by **Rachel** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:01 pm

I've always admired those. Funny though: One of the things that's always attracted me to them is the wooden house - but this boat doesn't seem to have one.

--- R.

Post by **Tim** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:10 pm

One of those caught my eye in Scituate a few years ago. Very nice looking. There seem to have been very few made, and not a lot of information is available either. In any event, they are very attractive.

They are not unlike a Bristol 40, also designed by Hood.

The deal is that the Hood-designed Blackwatch, with the wooden cabin trunk, was morphed into a fiberglass production boat by Tartan. The hulls are the same; decks are different.

captainhaddock · Post by **captainhaddock** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:20 pm

Is this the same model boat?

Post by **Tim** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:46 pm

No, that's a different boat. It might be a Seafarer 31.

FloatingMoneyPit · Post by **FloatingMoneyPit** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:32 pm

Might be the same boat, but here's my fave blackwatch photo.
I'll take the moorage with the boat, please.

Rachel · Post by **Rachel** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:06 pm

Here's what I found on the Tartan Blackwatch site (I'm just elaborating on what Tim already pointed out):

"Hulls 1 through 15 were called the "Blackwatch" and sported mahogany coach sides with a stepped roofline. In the middle of 1968, in an attempt to lighten up the boat, a straightened and fiberglass coach house was introduced with an interior layout change, moving the head from starboard midship to forward port side and spreading the galley across the companion area. These were hulls 16 through 32 and called the "Classic". The vessels had the options of a centerboard or fixed full keel and could be delivered as a sloop or yawl."

Looks like those are the ones that I'm remembering. Mahogany coachroof, plus a stepped design like that of the Triton, with a (smallish) "doghouse."

Let's see if I can attach a photo:

It worked! By the way, this is Blackwatch #5, "Country Woman."

Info from this site:
http://www.tartanowners.org/models/bw/bwprofile.phtml

--- Rachel

Post by **Tim** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:18 pm

FloatingMoneyPit wrote:Might be the same boat, but here's my fave blackwatch photo.
I'll take the moorage with the boat, please.

That photo has to be somewhere in Maine, what with the granite, spruce, and tidal range--and it has aroused my excitement about my impending cruise! In a few short days I hope to be in similarly idyllic settings.

That boat sure is a looker,too. Nice! Imagine her with a yawl rig...mmmmmm

tartan30cirrus · Post by **tartan30cirrus** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:07 pm

Seen this pic before...the boat is sitting in the water kinda funky...a squatter? Is it real or perception? What is "truth" anyway?

Cheers,
Clint
Gearing up for a screaming reach down the ME coast to Portsmouth in NW winds on Saturday

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