"Steve P" wrote in message
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This look like a Shpountz by Bombigher. You are probably right in that
there is a winch in the mock barrel on deck. That would fit the whimsy of
Bomgigher's designs. What is the construction of the boat in question?

http://www.classic-yacht-design.com/...-40/38-40.html

Steve P.

Not sure by what you mean by construction, but it is, indeed, a Shpountz
38/40 according to the original poster who asked what the barrel is for.
Several of us have been posing guesses as to the barrel's purpose.

Eisboch