Hi Sam,

I think it does make a difference who made it, because they are
currently being built for the Navy Cadets by a panel beater under
contract to BWM.

The series 1 Corsairs (the De Havilland hulls) I consider to be the
best as the later yachts were made by Smackwater (who also made
Pacers) and other non-boat builders, all of them have problems with
the Smackwater yachts the worst!

The top Corsairs in Vic race at Rosebud YC and are mostly all series
1 hulls with sail numbers ranging from 178(ours) to 830, it seems
oldest is best!

This years results are 830 1st, 267 2nd, 261 3rd, 178 4th & 464 5th.

Regards Rob Duxbury

--- In CorsairAustralia@..., "paul hindge"
<phindge@b...> wrote:
> Hi Sam,
>
> Paul Hindge here from WA as well.
>
> No it doesn't make any difference who made it as far as price is
concerned. It sounds like a De Havilland version from the age you
gave though. The hull number would confirm it though. Generally the
smaller the number, the older the boat. They started off at about
100. The latest batch to be produced are up to about 1100.
>
> As far as I am aware, the Victorian Association has been virtually
inactive for several years. It would help if I knew where you are in
Victoria as I could point you in the direction of clubs that still
sailed them. When I was last in Victoria (1992) I knew they where
sailed at Rosebud Yacht Club because I saw half a dozen in the yard.
They were also sailed on Lake Hume from the Albury Yacht Club. There
are probably other places they were sailed but those are the only
two places that come to hand easily.
>
> To answer your question - I don't think there is a lot of demand
for Corsairs in Victoria.
>
> Regards
> Paul Hindge.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sam_g_sea <samc@b...>
> To: CorsairAustralia@...
<CorsairAustralia@...>
> Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 3:38 PM
> Subject: [CorsairAustralia] Re: What's it worth?
>
>
> Thanks Brian,
>
> I am in Victoria... what's the demand and supply situation in
that
> state like?
>
> Doe the possibility that it's a De Havilland hull rather than
a later
> BWM hull make any difference to it's value?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Sam Coates
>
>
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