Does anyone know anything about this vessel?


Does anyone know anything about this vessel? She is the "Hybrid Ark", and around the 60-70' mark in size, a gaff-rigged ketch.
The build looks modern, but the styling says early 1800s...
My Google-fu has failed me :-(

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  1. Trevor Main23 December 2012 at 17:26

    I was told that it was hand made by owner, but can't confirm that. I saw it run up deliberately onto the beach on high tide so running repairs could be done about a month ago, in between the boat ramps there.

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  2. Rob Masters23 December 2012 at 20:32

    Thanks for that Trevor Main ! If she can be run up like that, then she must have a very traditional hull below the waterline, too. I wonder what the owner/builder has planned for her...

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  3. Mark Bivens27 December 2012 at 11:01

    It does have a VOK look about it aside from the foc'sle ... which is where the 'hybrid' part of her name comes in I suppose. Of a size with the Duyfkin.

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  4. Rob Masters27 December 2012 at 11:22

    And the odd fact of being a gaffer, not square rigged...

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  5. Mark Bivens27 December 2012 at 11:46

    True, but more practical for a small crew to manage a fore and aft rig than square.

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  6. Rob Masters27 December 2012 at 11:47

    Very true.

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