Recent content by AndrewfromFal

If I recall correctly he also built Nic Bailey's MTC Trimaran, and an insanely fast 30 monohull designed by Adrian Thompson that did the RBI race. His was a real dream factory. RIP

HMS Spaffer, or The Carrie Celeste

Given a former ambassador has said its a concept that’s four decades out of date (And the reason no one else has one is because it’s a bloody stupid idea) , maybe you could sell it’s benefits, I don’t much like blind optimism and nostalgia based delusion personally and the fact the numbers are...

Ah yes, Gloriana; if the Carrie Celeste does get the go ahead hopefully they won’t make the same mistake of waiting until she’s half built before engaging a competent naval architect

Back when Britannia was taken out of service (mainly because of the cost of running the ship with steam turbines); the late Jon Bannenberg pointed out she could be economically converted to diesel electric (he had some expertise in this area having recently a completed a 95 metre yacht with DE...

That there was something wrong with the Hood was well known, - plans had been made in the late 30s to address the vulnerabilities in the distribution of her armour plating, but sadly these were never implemented. Given someone with a specially adapted RIB has already managed to stick a limpet...

I don’t think the people you refer to really exist other than in the mind of writers for specific media outlets who look for click bait and to trivialise issues that impact a lot of people on the planet, as part of their tedious culture war nonsense. There are of course idiots across any...

Seems an utterly self serving account, and attempt to shirk his responsibilities; littered with half truths and outright BS. A glaring example of this was when he said that the Steve Irwin was only a small boat, and then mentions it had a helicopter. Err right mate... Setting aside the fact he...

Fantasi 44, - slightly niche, but top quality Swedish build and the seem to get snapped up quickly when they come onto the market.

Owner number 2 was one Bernie Ecclestone, he wouldn't stand for bodging. Pendennis did a major refit on this boat not long after Clapton bought it, - a mate of mine tells me it was immaculate by the time they were done.

Don't forget good looking, - the girls and the boys have to be easy on the eye as well as clean and suitably skilled in the art of genuflection.

That's a bit odd, given she's only recently come to the UK from Finland.

I think you might have been responding to comment #7 rather than mine. - I'd wouldn't agree there is little difference; the skill of a designer is how they respond to a brief / outline plan; if they all responded in a broadly similar fashion, AI would have been able to replace them by now. I...

The difficulty in answering the question is partly because Ed carved out his own niche which attracted people to it, rather than just filling a ready made gap in the market. The Elephant Boatyard is currently finishing a 50 traditional style ketch designed by Nigel Irens, - whom Ed worked for...

Hard to tell from that angle - Rig looks a bit short and the state of that bowsprit;)