Ambitious?

Lakesailor said:
Oh dear. It must have sunk.
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'S funny the description has changed. Must be a forumite who has read Tom Sail's comments

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here we have a Silhouette II wich i will be sad to see go originally purchased to do Alantic but due to partner now going with it would be too small to carry all provisions for two so have purchased a larger yaght,,Silhouettes have good following world wide and have a great social life here in uk with raceing and cruiseing with lots of meetings and rallys This one is original still has an original sail and boom tent ,,the boom tent needs repairing but is great for a pattern all told there are 4 sails 2 need stiching the rest very serviceable although could do with a good clean ,,,roller reefing head sail ,sail cover ,,wooden mast and boom need varnishing all other bright work i am busy doing at present and will continue to do so although saying that will only be giveing it all one coat varnish to protect from elements will need more coats unfortunately wont have time to do boom an mast,, ,,,, she is ready to sail today if you so wished ,,all rigging and ropes are there but i would recommend painting topside and bottom ,,there is an A frame for lowering and raiseing mast there is 4 batteries with excellent wireing apparently had an electric out board the wireing for plugging to shore all there,,,all nav lights there ,fenders there 8 of them ,10kg mud anchor also a thetford portable toilet in box that acts as step very clean but has been used in past ,really clean inside will put pics up asap trailer is a double wheel trailer needs a good lick of paint its tows really well will be able to deliver with diesal paid upfront ect PN not sure of condition of batterys and cant put on charge as that has dissapeared they look pretty new but are flat
she has fire extinguisher and a thetford porter potti in box that acts as step as well ,,,there is a lot of information on these yaghts on net http://www.soia.org.uk/PN the handle for winding the boom is there As im situated right near the broads this would pay for itself in a few days cheap holidays in a really beautiul part of the country
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silhouette trailer sailer with good mast,main sail and plastimo roller furling jib all in old but usable condition.
It has all rigging stainless steel and all ropes blocks tackles fenders mud anchor and a hook anchor.
The boat is easily rigged up and launched in about an hour
this is a lovely example which is tough,easy to sail and widely regarded as a classic,more info at silhouette owner association
there are some tidying jobs like the rubbing strake needs filling in places and she could probably do with a repaint however you could just leave until the winter and just get on with being on the water.
the trailer was built purpose built for bigger boat wich was a lot heavier and the whole package can be towed by a car.
you will need a trailer board and ratchets on collection
any questions please ask and viewing are welcome and advised.
i am unshure of the age no time wasters please
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The portapotti doubles as a step. Now that's imaginative. My OCD in cleanliness little woman wouldn't be stepping aboard any time soon.

The seller must be a member of the forum and been embarrassed by being outed and/or lakesailored, hence the retreat.
 
davidjackson said:
The portapotti doubles as a step. Now that's imaginative. My OCD in cleanliness little woman wouldn't be stepping aboard any time soon.

The seller must be a member of the forum and been embarrassed by being outed and/or lakesailored, hence the retreat.
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I think it's the box that acts as the step not the PP
 
As the owner of an Eboat, a design well known as the forerunner of the mini-transat, I can honestly say I'd rather do it in a good Sillhouette, it would take longer but its far stiffer.

There have been plenty of great passages in one, including Tristan Jones' around Lake Titikaka.

In truth though, I'm not sure I'd fancy it in either.
 
Judders said:
As the owner of an Eboat, a design well known as the forerunner of the mini-transat, I can honestly say I'd rather do it in a good Sillhouette, it would take longer but its far stiffer.

There have been plenty of great passages in one, including Tristan Jones' around Lake Titikaka.

In truth though, I'm not sure I'd fancy it in either.
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I wasn't aware until this week that the E boat is quite prone to wind induced knock downs from which they may not recover. Do you know if it's something that's easy to do, or would you have to be way over canvassed and reckless to run the risk?
 
Is it not something any smaller race-designed boat is susceptible to?
A Hunter Formula 1 got knocked down in a squall after a race on the lake recently and sank.
 
JR reckons he is leaving it down there as the boat and trailer is probably worth about £4K and he still has the trailer. The damage may be a lot to repair and the boat was only 3rd party insured.
 
Simondjuk said:
I wasn't aware until this week that the E boat is quite prone to wind induced knock downs from which they may not recover. Do you know if it's something that's easy to do, or would you have to be way over canvassed and reckless to run the risk?
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We get knocked down in ours all the time but mainly because we feck around with an oversized kite; that said I am aware that E-boats have gone all the way but I think it would be bloody hard to do having pushed ours bloody hard; perhaps if you chanced it in breaking waves but then many boats would have those problems; but they are twitchy boats. If you look at the stats, its rather less ballast than a Sonata with rather more sail area.
 
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