What kind of boat is this?
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Is there a Hull Identification Number on the starboard side of the transom? The first 3 letters will be the manufacturer's code. Google Hull Identification Number and you should end up with a listing of the codes.
Looks to me to be a sort of custom Flying Scott.
They're an American-built swing keel "racer", but I've never been too impressed by their performance; my best friend outran both a Gulf Coast 20 and a Flying Scott in his Catalina Capri 19.2.
They're an American-built swing keel "racer", but I've never been too impressed by their performance; my best friend outran both a Gulf Coast 20 and a Flying Scott in his Catalina Capri 19.2.
The external hull-deck joint is somewhat unusual as it is easily damaged. I'm thinking it is a sailboat built by a company that builds power boats, perhaps a Bayliner Bucaaneer or maybe a boat built by Chrysler.
Navigation lights are fixed to the deck. Angle of jib-sheet-car track and position relative to chain plate suggest only non-overlapping head sail allowed. Equipped for over-nighting w/pulpit, anchor bracket on bow, swim ladder, and outboard attachment. Possibly a spray dodger under the tarp? Apparently rigged for single-handing with jib down-haul; i.e., stand-up block at bow?
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You know I was looking for that as well, but, if you look at the track is sure is a funny angle to the winch, which leads me to believe that both may have been added somewhere along the line. How many boat of this size have winches? not many really so it is reasonable to think that they were added.
At that angle, you can better open and close the slot between the mainsail and the headsail. See it in one-design racing of small boats like this one.