Just got back from South Ferriby. Bit silted and weedy, filter got clogged on the way in and out but I liked the place. Have the keels been done? Have the lowers been reinforced over the windows? I take it the crack over the window is the aft lowers. Re-engined, looks pretty tidy.
The window crack looks easy to fix , just grind away and all a couple layers of cloth and epoxy and some white paint.
I doubt it’s caused by the cabin top inner shroud. Maybe somebody thought shroud location was the latest thing and it would improve Somthing! Ha!
With all that crap in the water and the outboard bracket I suspect he was have engine trouble for years……buy it quick before he fries another engine!……. Mainsail looks awfully thin in the boom….is it the original?.
Certainly looks well looked after inside, outside not so much……but a good scrubbing?
Warren
At this point all Centaurs can be considered “elderly”, the last one was nearly 35-years-ago.
I think that’s just the mainsail cover lashed in-place to the boom and mast. The main itself must be below or ashore.
On SailboatData.com, their pic of a Centaur has the inner-shroud anchored above the forward-port main-cabin wind, same as this one has. And there is one at the same location on one of the Westerly factsheets I have — right above the center of the window.
The other odd thing I noticed on the Westerly factsheet is in their outboard-profile line-drawings, their mast has a considerable rake. The masthead is directly in-line with where that inner-stay anchor is located above that window, maybe 2-ft aft of the mast-seat on the cabin-top. In most of the pics of Centaurs I’ve accumulated, the mast is much more-vertical.
Crack by window is classic flexing caused by lower shroud. May have jibed her and given that shroud a good whack. If you move it to the toe rail it will restrict space when moving along side deck being at a different angle to the uppers. Fit longer ones and bring then down to a Deck anchor just below the window but against the cabin side for good access
Otherwise boat looks good, fit a folding prop——– and look where you are going when motoring!
If you get it, looks like another job for SuperDave! Or do the Scots have their own version?
I agree about the folding prop. It makes a big difference to you sailing, and less for lobster pots to catch on.
I vote for a Kiwiprop over a folding one any day.they are not much more expensive than a good folding prop. Give a similar reduction in drag and you still have decent forward and reverse thrust. What’s not to like?
I vote for a Kiwiprop over a folding one any day. They are not much more expensive than a good folding prop. Give a similar reduction in drag and you still have decent forward and reverse thrust. What’s not to like?
Learning a great deal about the boat I’m trying to sell. Thank you everybody. Dave’s theory of crack generation sounds good. Fortunately, crack has not progressed since I’ve owned the boat (4 seasons). See page 11 of the survey sent to Dylan. The previous owner says it was there when he bought the boat too.
Current fixed prop is highly effective against very strong local tides when required. Would the other designs be so powerful ?
Concerning fried engines, Warren. Your theory is interesting but incorrect.
AJC, all this free advertising, I’d put the price up!!———– are—— sorry Dylan
Let me see if I have got this straight.
Somebody queue the “twilight zone” theme while I say my word of caution.
You a 60 year old, want to get out of a boat who has a proven track record (Katie L.) to jump head first into a unknown hole in the water? Plus…How far from home would you commute to work on this one? I believe you are going to need some deep pockets. That said, I hope the professional survey will be positive. Best Wishes for speedy return to the prime mission…. sailing.
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Dylan, In Eastern NC one boat is never enough to “cover all the Bases” Sea Boat, gunkholer, Little fishing boat big fishing boat, kayak, canoe, Hobie cat, sneak boat(duck punt), you get the idea.
I wish you every success and your logic makes perfect sense. You realized my point concerning as we become “aged things”.
Katie L appears to be a special little ship.
Here’s to hoping that Centaur 2 is every bit as special too.
Sail on Dylan,
Sail on Katie L,
Sail on Centaur 2 to St. Kilda – Vatersay Iss.
Looks good. Lots of electronic marvels-you’ll be able set a waypoint for the fore cabin if the plotter is as accurate as mine! (Often ten or eleven feet.)