Azure305 said..stray said..
Nice boat, and cheap.
they were ahead of their time the early plywood van de stadts. Flat and fast but stamped out by the chine haters and the ior rule.
+1.
Always liked the van de stadts. There's a Primaat not far from me, and i often see a well kept Thunderbird sailing on the river. Looks great going upwind. I reckon this one is a good buy.
All@Sea said..
Firecrest was a consistently campaigned boat in the late 90s (was it that long ago!?) when I raced against her. Not the quickest boat in the division, but not the slowest. Always well maintained in those days.
Just looked up the Primaat, looks like the Attila is it's bigger brother. Firecrest is quite unusual with the tumblehome and the coach house sides being an extension of the upper strake. Also unusual in it is cold molded at the turn of the bilge. Be nice to see some out of the water pictures.
What caught my eye was the hull shape, like a smaller Black Soo. There used to be a guy who sailed one in the Bay Area SSS, called Starbuck, It was a giant killing combination.
From my digging Firecrest was sailed by the original builder/owner until about 8 years ago and has one owner since then. Obviously kept the maintenance up, the add says the rigging was done two years ago.
Be a nice buy for someone not afraid of old plywood.
