The engine we planned to install was a 2 cyl.Volvo but when the owner compared the price with a 3 cyl 29hp. The mast i seem to recall was 24ft, with a 10ft boom. ![]() There are more photos which would give you a nice view of the keel, It's a full keel with a cutaway section forming a 3/4 skeg. I am presently working on a 27.5 surfboat/ lifeboat to motorsailer conversion. I have included the 21 footer start and completed photos to show you what can be done to a 21 ft in glass. Read my thread, look at the photos and i'll await your reply. Without a properly fastened keel it would be folly to proceed. If this is not so you have two choices, do as i did with the 26 footer or write it off. Next check out the keel and make sure it is properly and strongly fastened. Do not raise the sheer it is not necessary and far too complicated a proceedure attaching, fairing and re mounting a gunnel in metal.The important starting point for you now is to clean up what you have, ready to start the project. So yes you can make a nice little day sailer with a cuddy cabin. ![]() Fiberglass is so much easier to attach and mold into. I would never convert another metal hull again after the 26ft, alum one. The 21 footer was in fiberglass and converted to a pocket motorsailer.I would not recommend you try this with a metal hull, just too hard to work with. Having done 3 conversions (two lifeboats, a 26 and a 21 and the dory) I have a fair amount of experience in the proceedures and limits as to what is feasible with these boats. ![]() newfoundland dory converted to a day sailer, which is basically what you want to build. Newindustar, Go under boat design to reverse engineering and have a look at one of my conversions of an aluminium lifeboat, a 26 footer.
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