11/8/2022 0 Comments Alcort Sunfish Serial Number![]() ![]() This caused the foredeck to flex upward as load was applied to the rig. While the pre-1979 boats had the load from the rig transferred directly to the cutwater via the forestay, the new boats had the furling drum attached to the top of the foredeck with no support underneath. While Chrysler got the aft portion of the foredeck support right, it screwed up the bow portion of the foredeck. ![]() The teak post is located within the new sealed cuddy with the bottom of the cuddy directly below the teak post connected via a gusset to the front of the inner CB trunk, which is an integral part of the hull. On the Mutineer a teak vertical mast support post was installed to transfer the downward load from the mast to the hull. This explains converting the jib to a wire luff, replacing the two round bailers with a single Elvestrom bailer, adding the wide teak CB cap, moving the jib sheet blocks inboard, and moving the bow U-bolts from the top of the forepeak to the cutwater.Ĭhrysler changed the construction system for the foredeck from a solid fiberglass layup with some ribs to a sandwich consisting of fiberglass skins on the top and bottom and a core of corrugated cardboard. Other major changes for 1979 include t he aluminum bridge under the CB cap to transfer the mainsheet load to the hull was the fix to the CB cap being pulled out and the sealed cuddy was to prevent the inner hull from flooding.Īpparently Chrysler decided to address performance and convenience issues at the same time. The Champion Edition, which was the only edition offered, had the the following new features: Harken blocks, Inboard jib sheeting (jib tracks on a molded bevel on the inner edge of the seat), Wide teak centerboard console, Deck mounted forestay, Elvstrom self-bailer, Performance roller-furling jib system (wire-luff jib with Schaefer furling hardware), Waterline striping, Reinforced rudder, Reinforced centerboard and a new Performance Harken spinnaker launcher optional. Click here to read first hand accounts and articles covering the Championship of Champions regatta. Chrylser incorporated the changes into both the Buccaneer and Mutineer and called them both Champion Editions. ![]() Buccaneers were the one-design boat chosen that year. We believe Chrysler incorporated important upgrades in 1979 as a result of a storm that hit the 1977 Championship of Champions held in Annapolis, Maryland, during the first race. “ 1977 is the first mention of a lime hull which we believe is the first year the lime hull color was offered as an alternative to the original yellow.ġ979 – Chrysler introduced the Champion Edition, Model 284. Olympic-type foredeck spinnaker launcher. ALCORT SUNFISH SERIAL NUMBER FULLModel 284 was released by Chrysler in 1979 or 1980 model year.ġ977 - Chrysler published a brochure that contained the following: “ OPTIONS: Spinnaker with full gear. Compared to later hull ID numbers this appears to indicate that 283 was the original model, with 40 identifying the Mutineer in the Chrysler line-up, and 0041 indicating the 41st Mutineer built. The earliest known hull ID number is: 283400041. The Chrysler ad from 6/73 lists as options: “Spinnaker with gear foredeck launcher tube boom vang hiking straps cockpit cover seat cushions motor bracket jib barber haulers Chrysler trailer.” The early photos from 19 also show a motor mount on the port side of the transom. The earliest marketing photos (sail #17 in a 1971/1972 Chrysler ad) shows the Mutineer with a fabric or vinyl flap ostensibly covering the launching snout in front of the jib tack, and photos in the 1972/1973 ads show the boat sailing with a spinnaker. The original model had a large opening in the bulkhead to access the entire forward hull space with a removable fiberglass cover, jib tracks on the gunwale, a centerboard trunk cap that was riveted onto the lower half of the fiberglass trunk, with 2 narrow trim pieces of teak on top. The mahogany rudderhead was soon changed to the cast aluminum rudderhead. Roy Bacon, Chrysler Sales Manager, at the helm of an early Mutineer with the mahogany rudderhead. The original Mutineers sported a mahogany rudderhead and tube-on-tube jib furling. Released in August 1971, they had a model year of 1972 which is a standard practice in the marine industry. Because of its success, Chrysler approached the Buccaneer designers Rod Macalpine-Downie and Dick Gibbs to design a “smaller, less expensive Buccaneer” that would appeal to families as well as potential racers.ġ971 – Chrysler Boat Corporation (CBC) introduces the Mutineer, Model 283. Chrysler released the Buccaneer 18 sailboat in 1971. ![]()
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