What make is my boat

[djn]

Hi All, I bought my boat from a guy who owned it for thrity years but never new what make or design it was. I have had many tell me that it is a Sparkman and Stephens but there is no name plate and there has never been a title, just registration. It was built in Norway in 1958. It came with two mains and the PO NEVER took the old main out of the sail bag. I did look at the origanal main yesterday and there is a big "H" before the number. Does anyone know what design or builder used "H" on the main back in 1958?

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a60/djnagle/atanchor.jpg

[Texasgaloot]

Do you have any basic dimensions? It looks along the lines of an International 500. Here's a link to a yawl version:

http://www.woodship.com/fleet/maryscott/maryscott.html

This is a helpful site that lists rig dimensions for both yawl and sloop versions. Through that you may be able to "forensically" identify your boat. She looks gorgeous -- do you have any other photos?

http://mauriprosailing.com/techinfo/boatspecs/Rig%20I.htm

There was a sloop version of the International 500, finished bright, in the harbor about 6 miles east of where we kept our boat on Lake Ontario when I was growing up. I wish I knew what had happened to that one... I drooled and dreamed. Good Luck!

Mack

[djn]

Here are the data I saved from the ad when I bought it. Cheers.

Custom sloop built in Norway in 1958
Length: 36 feet, Beam: 10 feet, Draft: 5 1/2 feet
Hull Material is Cedar planks on Oak frames with West System epoxy
Sloop rigged
Fixed keel
Displacement 16,000 pounds approximate
Atomic 4 engine, 30 hp, gasoline with an approximate 32 gallon tank
capacity

[John Meachen]

A couple of points;I doubt that the West system epoxy was part of the 1958 building process as it wasn't being marketed then.Secondly,the H on the sail may have been the National letter of a Dutch owned boat at that time.Nice looking boat btw.

[djn]

Thanks John. The West system was applied during the 1974 refit here in Michigan. Cheers.