"Yeong" for sale.

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  • 31 Jan 2016 19:08
    Message # 3792318
    Anonymous

    Anybody fancy a bit of history?

    Admiral Fisher's old junk schooner rigged Kingfisher 30 Yeong is for sale on e-bay.

    This was the boat that began Blondie Hasler's commercial dealings with Kingfisher Yachts back in 1972, leading to the first production junk-rigged boat - the Kingfisher 20JR - see here for details. More details at KYOA.

    Needs a lot of TLC by the look of it, but a piece of Junk Rig history might be going for a song!

    Chris

    Last modified: 31 Jan 2016 19:46 | Anonymous
  • 31 Jan 2016 19:49
    Reply # 3792343 on 3792318
    A great boat.  Some friends of mine owned her for a while - I seem to recall that they had to sell for financial reasons.  They thought she was great.  A good size, too.  If I were in the UK and looking for a boat, I’d be seriously tempted!
  • 31 Jan 2016 19:58
    Reply # 3792344 on 3792318
    Anonymous

    I'm not looking for a boat, and I'm tempted.

    Members can read Admiral Fisher's report on her performance at the end of this pamphlet.

    Chris

  • 01 Feb 2016 07:08
    Reply # 3793099 on 3792318
    Deleted user
    I am going to see her tomorrow. I will let you all know how it goes. If I buy her I will be needing some help and advice on the repairs and delvery crew if anyone fancies it?
  • 01 Feb 2016 09:20
    Reply # 3793278 on 3792318

    On Ebay at the moment with 7 days left to bid. Present bid £720 (reserve not met). Yeong is lying at Haverigg (Cumbria). Details of Yeong can be found in PJR. She needs rescuing.

    Also on Ebay 36' steel Roberts junk rigged £8,000, lying Canary islands.

    and Coromandel 21' £500

    Merged topic from GENERAL FORUM: 02 Feb 2016 08:35
  • 01 Feb 2016 20:24
    Reply # 3794336 on 3792344
    Webmaster JRA wrote:

    I'm not looking for a boat, and I'm tempted.

    Members can read Admiral Fisher's report on her performance at the end of this pamphlet.

    Chris


    The link took me to Box, but after rummaging around for a while, I got nowhere.  Any suggestions?
  • 01 Feb 2016 21:24
    Reply # 3794392 on 3793099
    Anonymous
    Nicholas Head wrote:I am going to see her tomorrow. I will let you all know how it goes. If I buy her I will be needing some help and advice on the repairs and delvery crew if anyone fancies it?


    I went to look at Yeong in Millom some 4 or 5 years ago when I was looking for a boat.  Her condition then seemed very poor, even to my inexperienced eye.  The bilge keels were iron or steel and were designed to act as water/fuel tanks, but had rusted through, I was told.  The thought of repairing or replacing them was enough to put me off, and if their use as tanks was abandoned then providing alternatives would eat into the accommodation space.

  • 02 Feb 2016 07:58
    Reply # 3795231 on 3792318

    Is this the retirement project for David T?

    Cheers, S.

    Merged topic from GENERAL FORUM: 02 Feb 2016 08:35
  • 02 Feb 2016 08:36
    Reply # 3795265 on 3792318
    Anonymous

    Thread started in General Forum merged with this one.

    Chris

  • 02 Feb 2016 10:50
    Reply # 3795427 on 3792318

    I had a Kingfisher 26. Those steel keels were its Achilles (k)heel. I eventually filled them with lube oil and plugged the filler, suction and breather pipes. Those pipes piercing the GRP hull remained a slight source of leakage, although I never doubted the 20 1/2" stainless bolts that attached each keel to the hull.  If Yeong's keels can be patched, I don't think they will drop off. Keeping those keels painted was a pain: since they were bolted to a GRP hull, shot blasting them was out of the question.

    PS I now remember I didn't plug all 3 pipes. I fitted a hose to the breather. Had I not done this, the sun would have heated the oil while hauled out, causing expansion and rupture. Even with the hose led up to the deckhead, oil sometimes overflowed.

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