Here is another view of Flamenco, R33 no.2 (1976). This earliest series is the very best of the whole line, of which my dad's Antigone was the 5th. The window arrangement is nicest (those are long low opening portlights) and the 6-ft-deep keel is the desirable performance configuration. The hull shape is just about the best example of perfection there could be. 4 Aug 2014
This is the skeg on R33 no.15 after I started 'glassing it back on. The stainless-steel heel plate (holds up rudder) is not yet installed. The rudder was pretty well eaten by this boat's trip up the gravel yard during Storm Sandy (Oct 2012) but we happened to have an actual 'new-old-stock' Raider 33 rudder on-hand (on the horses just beyond, being aligned for drilling the quadrant holes) and just substituted it for the old one. I would like to repair and take a mold off the old one just in case someone else ever needs one! 6 Mar 2013
Here is the deck layout of Flamenco, R33 no.2. This boat was intended from the beginning as a day racer and did so well that, with Rosebud in the Chesapeake and our Antigone in the Delaware, the PHRF lowered the rating 9 points in two seasons. This was just about unheard-of at the time. This is also, like Antigone originally, a tiller boat. Still the cored cockpit sole is soft-- as are all the decks. This boat needs to be moved inside pronto, adequately dried-out, and treated to a full deck reconstruction. That'll teach Uncle Joe (RIP) to use butyl tape to hold down the toerail and deck hardware! 4 Aug 2014
This is the interior, as-is, of Flamenco, R33 no.2 (1976). The varnished teak on the back of the cabin, the colored Formica in the galley, and the long Gray opening portlights were standard. This is a very pleasant layout with plenty of room in what is actually a very lean, fast, high-performance boat. I often consider it a natural outgrowth of the Hunter 25 concept. 4 Aug 2014
Here is another view of Flamenco, R33 no.2 (1976). This earliest series is the very best of the whole line, of which my dad's Antigone was the 5th. The window arrangement is nicest (those are long low opening portlights) and the 6-ft-deep keel is the desirable performance configuration. The hull shape is just about the best example of perfection there could be. 4 Aug 2014
I hate this picture at the same time I love it. This is the original 1976 Raider 33 plug, 'hull 0', falling apart in the CY yard. It was done in triple-layered, diagonally-planked cedar with WEST epoxy and some 'glass over it, most of which is still in good condition. But the plain plywood transom has gone and the hull is filling with bees and water. Still one could take a mold off it and produce these boats again. Any takers? 4 Aug 2014
Here is Flamenco, Raider 33 no.2 (1976), having been damaged in Raritan Bay during Storm Sandy and bought as salvage after being totaled. This boat has much less damage than either the other Raider (no.15) or the Swiftsure had but has more extensive 'old-boat' problems, such as soft decks. I would very much like to have this boat myself; but I have no way of storing it and repairing it simultaneously. It may be for sale-- if you're willing to have us redo it for you. The very nice Hanse 31 beside it is for sale as well. Just look at the lines of this Raider. If the C44 is the prettiest boat in the world, this one is a very close second. In no place is there anything egregious or out-of-place. Its beauty is sublimity itself. 4 Aug 2014
Speaking of provenance, here is the original factory Sea Scamp stencil giving the model and date of production; sadly much of it has rubbed away since 1957. Dave's dad was the company archivist; I wonder if these records still exist anywhere.
DianaOfBurlington

Here is another view of Flamenco, R33 no.2 (1976). This earliest series is the very best of the whole line, of which my dad's Antigone was the 5th. The window arrangement is nicest (those are long low opening portlights) and the 6-ft-deep keel is the desirable performance configuration. The hull shape is just about the best example of perfection there could be. 4 Aug 2014

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