I used to have an Aquarius A23 centerboard model and know a little bit about them. First there is a fairly
active yahoo group for the boats. I highly recommend you check it out.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Aquarius-owners/info
Aquarius was a name of a line of boats made by Coastal Recreation back in the 70's and early 80's. It is not surprising that your title would say Coastal Rec. They also made a line of Balboa boats (You can find them under "Brand Specific Forums" of this site.) The vast majority of the Aquarius boats were made with a center board but a fixed keel was an option. Yours is defiantly an A23. It should be a nice stiff boat with the fixed keel although with the weight they do tend to be a little corky.
One of the things I really liked about the A23 was the looks. At 23 LOA they really have the lines of a 26 or 27 foot boat, and in my opinion they have one of the nicer cabin layouts of a boat in that size. With out a centerboard trunk inside it should be really nice. The mast tabernacle on your boat looks like a nice upgrade, and the wood trim around the windows and along the rub rail are sharp looking. Looks like you found a good one.
I'll attached is a picture of the one I have.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Aquarius-owners/info
Aquarius was a name of a line of boats made by Coastal Recreation back in the 70's and early 80's. It is not surprising that your title would say Coastal Rec. They also made a line of Balboa boats (You can find them under "Brand Specific Forums" of this site.) The vast majority of the Aquarius boats were made with a center board but a fixed keel was an option. Yours is defiantly an A23. It should be a nice stiff boat with the fixed keel although with the weight they do tend to be a little corky.
One of the things I really liked about the A23 was the looks. At 23 LOA they really have the lines of a 26 or 27 foot boat, and in my opinion they have one of the nicer cabin layouts of a boat in that size. With out a centerboard trunk inside it should be really nice. The mast tabernacle on your boat looks like a nice upgrade, and the wood trim around the windows and along the rub rail are sharp looking. Looks like you found a good one.
I'll attached is a picture of the one I have.
