Bill40421SE, found this deal in your neck of the woods...............
http://bloomington.craigslist.org/boa/3688340167.html
looks to be a H18
He's already on it. I sent him the info earlier this week.
Doubt its a Hobie. Maybe a Supercat?
Front chine angle seems wrong and there are what appear to be barber haulers on the front crossbar.
I see two masts, 1 crossbar, and no boom in the pic.
what you have are Venture 15 hulls with what looks like a Hobie 16 front crossbeam and perhaps 2 Hobie masts.
scroll thru the 4 photos i've posted here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64069794@N03/8601334101/in/set-72157633118421353
check out the owner's pages on this site:
http://www.minresco.com/links/v15/images/vc15.htm
i used to own a Venture like the one i pictured. it had straight hulls, which was a later version than the curved banana shaped hulls. it had a two part mast that you slipped together, but those don't look like two halves of a single mast to me as they are too long. there are two sets of spreaders so they are two complete masts.
the raised seating platform and the paint job on the bows is identical to a Venture 15.
j
Edited by arch on Mar 29, 2013 - 10:18 PM.
I took a good look at this boat and found it to be a several different boat parts.
The hulls serial # started with WACO####74
a Hobie 18 mast with issues
and some Hobie 16 parts
none of wish wound build anything but a pile of parts................
If anyone can indentify the hulls, let me know. π
probably this one http://www.uscgboating.org/recalls/mic1.aspx?mic=wac&sort=mic
If anyone can indentify the hulls, let me know.
definitely venture 15 hulls made by MacGregor from 1970-on. serial number would start with MAC (upside down WAC)
unique paint pattern identical on the bow. raised seat (so dirty it can hardly be seen, but it's there) on straight hulls which were a later version of the banana hulls they first built to mimic the hobie 16.
scroll thru the 4 photos i've posted here:
http://www.flickr.com/phoβ¦in/set-72157633118421353
see macgregor data here:
http://sailboatdata.com/view_builder.asp?builder_id=180
WACO Manufacturing builds pontoons and jon boats in Arkansas.
https://www.facebook.com/EdgeBoats/timeline?filter=1
http://www.wacomfg.com/
i owned a venture 15, identical to these hulls.
Edited by arch on Apr 22, 2013 - 08:58 PM.