Anyone know what old sailboat this is?

Posted by jenlor99@reddit | sailing | View on Reddit | 21 comments

Can anyone identify my grandpa’s sailboat from this old photo? Probably taken around 1995 in Florida. I know the angle isn’t great, but curious about the make/model and possible year range.

He was in his mid 60's when he retired and moved from Chicago to Siesta Key Florida a few years later in 1979. He learned to sail on this boat and bought it used in the 1980s. It's name was Challenger. He was so proud. He passed away in his mid 80s and my grandma donated the boat to a sailing school.

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Raneynickelfire@reddit

I believe it's a Pearson T-25.

https://www.pearsonyachts.org/models/pearson-t-25.html

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feed_me_tecate@reddit

Too portly for a Catalina 22, and there is no transom hung rudder. C25 also had a transom hung rudder, so not that either.

My grandfather also had a boat on Siesta Key in the late 60's through the 70's. maybe they crossed paths!

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Raneynickelfire@reddit

My first eye went to C22 (as I have one), and that's certainly not it, for the reasons you listed. The windows are all wrong for a catalina too.

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jenlor99@reddit (OP)

Thats so cool! Yeah back then, when Siesta Key was a sleepy little beach town! It's so overrun by tourists now.

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ZachariahIsEpicness@reddit

It’s like 30p of Floridas population that was actually born in Florida. Even the “locals” aren’t native, the “tourists” are what keep the economy alive and, in time, they turn into Floridians and move here. “Over run by tourists” is a sad mentality to have in South Florida. The tourists buying hotel rooms are better than the Dave Portnoys buying mansions.

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