Some of the ads I see for BCCs give a hull number as #Vxx, or
reference Vancouver - why is that? (Sorta general shopping -
just trying to learn).
Thanks.
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Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 08:43:32 -0000Some of the ads I see for BCCs give a hull number as #Vxx, or
reference Vancouver - why is that? (Sorta general shopping -
just trying to learn).Thanks.
that may be a Canadian built BCC. I know they make some there, and that is
probabl how they are able to indicate the difference between the US bulit
and the Canadian built BCC’s
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Aren’t those the Canadian boats, and weren’t they all sold as kits and owner
finished?
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Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 4:43 AM
Subject: [bcc] Whats with the Vancouver or V?
Some of the ads I see for BCCs give a hull number as #Vxx, or
reference Vancouver - why is that? (Sorta general shopping -
just trying to learn).Thanks.
As previous posts have already stated the “V” has come into useage to
distinguish those BCC’s which were built in Canada (Originally in the
Vancouver area I’m told.)
I only add my two cents (or 1 1/2 as it were) since when we were on
the quest for a BCC I spoke at length with the owner of one these
Canadian built boats and received a bunch of photos/plans of the boat
in question. This boat was very nicely finished but had teak decks -
not my personal favorite. As I recall the owner told me that the
person he had bought the boat from had completed the boat. Whether
all Canadian BCCs were owner (or subcontractor) finished I don’t
know. One thing of note was that the boat we were inquiring about
had a cored hull (balsa) above the waterline. Again, I don’t know if
that feature was common to all the “V” boats. As I remember there
were about 40+ of these boats built with varying degress of
fit/finish.
Hope this helps…
Pete Cisek
#115
I personally know of at least two Vancouver-built BCCs that were factory
finished, although most of them appear to have been owner finished.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Cisek [mailto:pjcisek@prodigy.net ]
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 11:02 PM
To: bcc@egroups.com
Subject: [bcc] Re: Whats with the Vancouver or V?
As previous posts have already stated the “V” has come into useage to
distinguish those BCC’s which were built in Canada (Originally in the
Vancouver area I’m told.)
I only add my two cents (or 1 1/2 as it were) since when we were on
the quest for a BCC I spoke at length with the owner of one these
Canadian built boats and received a bunch of photos/plans of the boat
in question. This boat was very nicely finished but had teak decks -
not my personal favorite. As I recall the owner told me that the
person he had bought the boat from had completed the boat. Whether
all Canadian BCCs were owner (or subcontractor) finished I don’t
know. One thing of note was that the boat we were inquiring about
had a cored hull (balsa) above the waterline. Again, I don’t know if
that feature was common to all the “V” boats. As I remember there
were about 40+ of these boats built with varying degress of
fit/finish.
Hope this helps…
Pete Cisek
#115
Since these are all among the earliest versions of this design it would be
productive for anyone considering buying one to visit Sam L. Morse
and have a good look at the current state of the art. The devil, as always,
is in the details. There are some photographs of Vagabundo, a canadian BCC
which washed ashore in the Cabo San Lucas disaster in the early eighties in
Pardey’s “Capable Cruiser” and the first thing
that jumped out at me was the bow sprit was laid right down on the deck and
not suspended between the bitts as it is now. I understand this
was done to help prevent rot. Roger Olsen also suggested many productive and
subtle changes, such as the current plastic polymer mast step
as well as the delrin FID, after his time aboard Xiphias in the early
ninties. Possible ideas for improvement come refit time as well as
cautionary spots to look for.
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Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 11:24 AM
Subject: RE: [bcc] Re: Whats with the Vancouver or V?
I personally know of at least two Vancouver-built BCCs that were factory
finished, although most of them appear to have been owner finished.-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Cisek [mailto:pjcisek@prodigy.net ]
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 11:02 PM
To: bcc@egroups.com
Subject: [bcc] Re: Whats with the Vancouver or V?As previous posts have already stated the “V” has come into useage to
distinguish those BCC’s which were built in Canada (Originally in the
Vancouver area I’m told.)
I only add my two cents (or 1 1/2 as it were) since when we were on
the quest for a BCC I spoke at length with the owner of one these
Canadian built boats and received a bunch of photos/plans of the boat
in question. This boat was very nicely finished but had teak decks -
not my personal favorite. As I recall the owner told me that the
person he had bought the boat from had completed the boat. Whether
all Canadian BCCs were owner (or subcontractor) finished I don’t
know. One thing of note was that the boat we were inquiring about
had a cored hull (balsa) above the waterline. Again, I don’t know if
that feature was common to all the “V” boats. As I remember there
were about 40+ of these boats built with varying degress of
fit/finish.Hope this helps…
Pete Cisek
#115