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Check out this original Tophat in the UK:

http://www.theyachtmarket.com/boats_for_sale/67517/

Cheers,

Mark
Storm petrel

What a classic beauty - it has a real folkboat look to with the timber...

What about the 'harbour bridge' mast step on the old girl? I wonder if it was the forerunner for the mast steps that were used in Aust.

Mark

See also viewtopic.php?f=4&t=288

Built in '75 it is not an original. Also it is a carvel not cold moulded hull.

It does however have the innerforestay and single lower shroud setup as Illingworth and Primrose originally drew it (though this is a single spreader version).

The original Top Hat, Black Billy had the harbour bridge back in '63.

Cheers,
Tom