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ooh ooh, I went to the boat being built today, just got back. It was fab. Jfm came too. We went from stansted this morning (tues) and a car picked us up which was the salesbod all the way from cannes, Pisa is like stockport, The boatyard is a huge huge building with a load of boats being made and I loved every minute. And all the bits were lovely, and just right, apart from one or two bits whih I asked if could be changed and they changed them right that minute, or started on it. Then jfm asked the complicated stuff about radar and lectronics, and we all chatted about red leather and chrome and black leather and silver dashboard bit which will be stunning, and everybody hangs on every word, and offers solutions, and then they listen to jfm while I gawp at other things, and then and then we went to Viareggio for lunch.
Viareggio was fabulous too, with the main sqaure smashed down and full of walloping great ugly buildings full of huge boats being built, Benetti and Perini Navi. Sheds and scaffolding in sidestreets say "Maiora" or San Lorenzo or sucklike. There are gardens turned over to 30metre and 40metre grp hulls. We saw a Mabngusta 108 being built (well two actually) and went to a restaurant and the sales director of leapard was there with all his mates, they nodded, we sat down, he recommended things, he nodded again like Don Corleone and said Prego waved us out, and we left not even having to ask if he would pay. Much better than a powerpoint demo I reckon.
Then back to the leopard boatyard in Pisa 15 minutes back up the road, more chat about boat, and a look around a 27metre spalttered inside with high-gloss burr walnut, rather like a lunatic 50's stereogram turned inside out, utterly and amazingly horrid.
But anyway the boat was fab and blah blah, and there'll be some other new complicated things with special wood, and ooh ooh the seats go up and down and there's loads of fridges, andeven the standard fridge they've taken all the shelves out and made lovely little teak fiddles and put all the shelves back.
Oh and we saw the leaning tower of Pisa, bit ordinary, gotta be done, just like the pics, it was raining and dark. But everything else was fabuolous, and billion times better than a s-seeker or f'line factory who don't give a monkeys and haven't got a clue by comparison. And then I went home and nothing at all went wrong in the whole day, even the speeding home was fine, and it was all dreamily fab, and now I can't wait.
Phew. Jfm will have more sensible analysis, and mebbe pictures too!
Viareggio was fabulous too, with the main sqaure smashed down and full of walloping great ugly buildings full of huge boats being built, Benetti and Perini Navi. Sheds and scaffolding in sidestreets say "Maiora" or San Lorenzo or sucklike. There are gardens turned over to 30metre and 40metre grp hulls. We saw a Mabngusta 108 being built (well two actually) and went to a restaurant and the sales director of leapard was there with all his mates, they nodded, we sat down, he recommended things, he nodded again like Don Corleone and said Prego waved us out, and we left not even having to ask if he would pay. Much better than a powerpoint demo I reckon.
Then back to the leopard boatyard in Pisa 15 minutes back up the road, more chat about boat, and a look around a 27metre spalttered inside with high-gloss burr walnut, rather like a lunatic 50's stereogram turned inside out, utterly and amazingly horrid.
But anyway the boat was fab and blah blah, and there'll be some other new complicated things with special wood, and ooh ooh the seats go up and down and there's loads of fridges, andeven the standard fridge they've taken all the shelves out and made lovely little teak fiddles and put all the shelves back.
Oh and we saw the leaning tower of Pisa, bit ordinary, gotta be done, just like the pics, it was raining and dark. But everything else was fabuolous, and billion times better than a s-seeker or f'line factory who don't give a monkeys and haven't got a clue by comparison. And then I went home and nothing at all went wrong in the whole day, even the speeding home was fine, and it was all dreamily fab, and now I can't wait.
Phew. Jfm will have more sensible analysis, and mebbe pictures too!
