Thistle Hull # 769 Completely rebuilt to better than new.
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$5,900.00
Set of crisp Dieball racing sails
Good 2’nd heavy air racing jib
Set of good practice sails
Three good spinnakers various weights
Good faired legal weight center board with carry case
Lindsay rudder with carry case
New travel cover
Taper brightly varnish mahogany spinnaker pole
Laminated oak and mahogany tiler brightly varnished
Good trailer with automobile axle and rims, sturdy well-supportive bunks
Good silver mast and rigging, Boom is painted white
2000 – 2002:
Prior owner, Wade Huff an engineer, machinist and woodworker, spent 958 hours completely restoring finishing and rigging the boat including fairing and epoxy coating the hull inside and out. New rails, thwart, and centerboard trunk Filleted inside and out by a perfectionist
2020: The varnish was sanded and six to eight coats of Epiphanes clear high gloss varnish applied with sanding between coats.
Exterior sand primed and three coats of Interlux polyurethane Brightside applied. Red top sides with blue bottom- and white-water-line stripe. The hull did not require fairing only filling of a few scrapes.
- Listing ID: 2008079
- Year: 1958 =/-
- Boat Number: 769
- Boat Builder: Douglass & McCloud
- Hull Material: Wood
- Mast: Silver Aluminium
- Boom Color: Silver
- Rudder: Included
- Rudder Builder/Info: Lindsay
- Centerboard: Included
- Centerboard Builder/Info: Lindsay
- Sails Included: 2 racing mainsail 3 spinnakers good culb set
- Recent Measurement Certificate: Yes
- Trailer Included: Yes