Identify this boat!
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Flood control guy out of Houston is saying possible SW La could get 24-26 inches over the 24 hours. SERIOUS water
Google seems to favor "SidELmann", not "dle". Doesn't anyone here have one?
No disrespect meant to anyone that still owns one, but they actually were terribly build boats. I don't know a single person who owned one who actually thought it was built well. I would never recommend buying one. Especially after 40 years
There used to be a guy on here that bought one up north, brought it down to Florida I think!
I was wondering about him the other day, any idea who that was?
I was wondering about him the other day, any idea who that was?
I have referred the photo over to an old friend but have yet to hear back as he worked for them at one point. If I do, I will advise but to have the hull number will resolve this question.
Jackdaw, thanks for the heads up.
Jackdaw, thanks for the heads up.
This drawing of a Seidelmann 24 from sailboatdata.com seems to me to match the photo I took: note the porthole, grab-rails, gunwale fittings. Plus the shallow keel with daggerboard explains why so little of the keel is visible in my photo. However, I remain mystified as to why the proportions of the boat deceived me into thinking it was closer to 30' than 24'/
I used to sell Seidelmann's and met Bob Seidelmann. This boat has similar lines, but the only centerboard or swing keel boat that I am aware of that Bob Seidelmann made was a 29-footer and it was sort of a one off boat - never produced in mass production as far as I know. The window treatment was different too, but similar in shape. The Seidelmann 30 had more of a trunk cabin top and the Seidelmann 299 had more of a flush deck similar to the Seidelmann 25 and the picture shown above. At any rate, they all had fixed fin keels. His boats were beamy and pinched at the ends and also had a V-shape in his early hulls, so this has that look. The more I look a the photos the more I think Seidelmann too, but while I could be wrong, the only centerboard or swing keel boat that he made was that 29. It was his personal boat, I think, and he had a reputation of grinding down the hull to lighten the boats up for speed. He also was a sailmaker during his career. Unfortunately he has passed away now.
The Seidelmann 24 shown by jimshipsky actually had a Bruce Kirby hull from the 23' Sonar and the deck of a Seidelmann 25. The original Seidelmann 25 had a 9'6" beam while the Sonar (and S-24 hull) had an 8 or 8.5' beam. Bob Seidelmann made the first Sonars which were designed by Bruce Kirby and the concept was Wally Ross's of Darien CT.
Kind of a strange hull design for the water line down to the center line looks flat, don't think I have ever seen this kind of hull design, sure doesn't look very sea kindly.
I don't know anything about boat identification but, it looks to me like the boat in your picture has a lot more draft in the bilge than the one in the drawing. The scale (proportions) of those winches and other hardware to the hull make me think 30' not 24'.
- Will (Dragonfly)
http://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/03/hustler-36-jones-three-quarter-tonner.html?m=1
This Stephen Jones 36 looks a lot like your boat.
This Stephen Jones 36 looks a lot like your boat.
Hello kloudie1
I'm CaptRon 75 and the vessel you question is a 1978 seidelmann 299 that has had a keel mode done to it her name is gloraemae and I had her keel cut away and modified to a hydrolic keel for shallow draw she is 33ft and she was damaged in a gail at port
I'm CaptRon 75 and the vessel you question is a 1978 seidelmann 299 that has had a keel mode done to it her name is gloraemae and I had her keel cut away and modified to a hydrolic keel for shallow draw she is 33ft and she was damaged in a gail at port