A dodgy summer in prospect.

[doug748]

We may not even get any sailing done this season. So what better time to take on a classic wooden sailing boat for restoration? The seller says it would not take long to get sorted, it floats though the Renault engine may need attention and the rudder is missing.

classic sailing boat | eBay~

I regret I already have a boat but shes yours for 850 quid. Be quick.

 

[newtothis]

When the gas and electric fail, that £850 might be well spent for the wood fuel.

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

Great for fire wood.

 

[Boathook]

When the gas and electric fail, that £850 might be well spent for the wood fuel.

Expensive wood fuel imho. Wet as well!

 

[newtothis]

Expensive wood fuel imho. Wet as well!

The way the zombie apocalypse is heading, expensive wet wood may look like a bargain.

 

[philld]

Sounds like that is what he should be paying somebody to take it away!

Mind you, moor it out mid river it would be a good place to put your strategic stockpile of toilet rolls.

 

[langstonelayabout]

The seller says it would not take long to get sorted, it floats though the Renault engine may need attention and the rudder is missing.

All sellers say this. And I believe him. ????????

 

[xyachtdave]

‘Bin a cuppa years since the engine run’....

He has presented it nicely for sale though.

 

[V1701]

It would be a major result for the seller to have someone remove it from it's mooring at no cost to him but try telling him that...

 

[Concerto]

A dream seller hoping to find another dreamer (idiot) to take on this project. He really should be paying someone £850 to take it away.

 

[philld]

A dream seller hoping to find another dreamer (idiot) to take on this project. He really should be paying someone £850 to take it away.

Thinking about it, could it be disposed of that amount? I suspect it would cost quite a bit more.

 

[Sealong]

There was one like that in Brighton Marina last year. It had a big sign on the tarpaulin that covered the deck "free boat" it said. It also took six months to shift. I believe it is now in the boat yard being, to quote the expression used by the seller here, "sorted".

 

[xyachtdave]

Thinking about it, could it be disposed of that amount? I suspect it would cost quite a bit more.

How much is a box of Swan Vesta's these days?

 

[doug748]

How much is a box of Swan Vesta's these days?

Philistine.

You may not have noticed it has the very rare: " gaff stile rig "

:-]

 

[[70521]]

Looks like the decimal point is in the wrong place.

 

[longjohnsilver]

Looks like the decimal point is in the wrong place.

And the minus sign is missing. But on the positive side it does have a stile. What a heap of sh1te