Trailer collected

Pictures of trailer bought from Andy Seedhouse in Woodbridge Suffolk, take a look at his website a vast array of boats and well worth a visit if you like looking around boatyards, and a stroll along the river is a must as well to see the houseboats. http://www.andyseedhouseboats.co.uk/

This is a diagram from th Alacrity 19 Yahoo site which has been a huge help in learning about these boats and no doubt will be a source of help when I get stuck!

Well I now have a trailer for Sea Witch as above pictures show. It needs some minor modification but seems sound and has new tyres and bearings seem okay. It used to be for a Silhouette but an Alacrity is only around 200kgs more in displacement from what I have read so I hope it will be okay.

Andy ;o)

Lets get started...

First Pictures of "Sea Witch"

(Not even sure that is the right spelling could be Sea Wych!)

A Pic of the cockpit, looking dirty but otherwise in good condition. Note bracket for depth sounder, still to see if that works! No winches but jammers which on a boat of this size should be adequate.

All wrapped up, next time I see her I will be loading her on a trailer to bring her home.

A pictue of the inside, all looks original so just needs a good clean up and varnish the woodwork. I will probably use her for a season to see what changes I want to make but I will want to increase the storage and get rid of a horrible ball head loo! I will install a compact portaloo under the step as I had on my Silhouette.

A picture of the stern showing the tranom hung rudder and track for the outboardbracket.

A nice side on pic showing the lovely lines of the Alacrity, looking like a much larger boat than she is.

Well, I have yet to pick up Sea Witch, a Hurley Alacrity 19, but I have posted some pics from the advert to sell and some I took when I went to see her. I hope to tell the story of how I found her and got her home. Then my son Tom and Daughter Becky will help me get her ready to sail.

Bye for now,

Andy