And now...cool motorboats

[Guest]

Okay, we've done the "cool car" Top Gear thing. So what about cool boats? What constitutes "cool" in motoboating terms? Can anything not made in Italy be considered truly cool? I'll kick off with:

Riva Aquarama — classic cool

Buzzi FB55 — mentalist cool

Flemming 55 — cruising cool

Hatteras 60C — fishing cool

Thames Slipper Launches — gentlemanly cool

Princess V65 — Med cool

Botnia Targa 35 — allotment cool

 

[mike_kolling]

Motor Boat & Yachting - uncool in an out of touch way
Motor Boats Monthly - realworld cool

 

[paulineb]

My boat - she's cool, sexy AND gorgeous

Pxx

 

[Guest]

Re: Tee hee!

MBM — Real world cool? Hmmm...

 

[Divemaster1]

How about flying the flag for my home country with the

Hydrolift range ... S24R ??

http://www.hydrolift.com/bilder/sr1a.jpg

AHM

 

[DepSol]

Jeanneau Leader 805 - Channel Island cool ;-)

Dom

I am boating again ;-)

 

[jfm]

Re: Alternative cool list

No way Tom, I'm sorry, a P65 is perfectly ok but it's not cool. Herewith alternative cool list

-Riva Aquarama
-Anything else by Riva
-Volga 275
-Le Grand Bleu
-Mang 108 but only with gas turbine
-Large boats driven/spannered/moored by owners, not captains, it's ok for the captain to be onboard, all that is required is for the owner to tellim to get lost for a bit. (viz Prince Al Wayeed, the 34m Valdetarro in Golfe Juan, our local boy TCM, etc)
-Wally Tender

 

[omega2]

southern north sea Thames Estuary, fishing, from now to next May real cool, cool, where's the hand warmer???, any boat.

J HAMER

 

[Guest]

Re: Not bad, but...

...Mangusta 108? Even with the gas turbines it's bordering on Stringfellow-chic.

Anything by Riva? What about the disgusting new brown 44 Riverama? Surely not.

Wally Tender — good one...very, very cool indeed

 

[Dave_Snelson]

No point in running this thread, you've got 'em all here

But of course you could have the Glastron that featured in "Live and Let Die", or a Formula 26 (2 x 7.4ltr Mercs). I nearly bought a 1985 Bayliner Arriva in mint condition - now that boat was COOL and beautiful looking.

Madoc Yacht Club
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.madocyachtclub.co.uk>http://www.madocyachtclub.co.uk</A>

 

[wakeup]

Re: Alternative cool list

Anything with a hydrofoil arrangement,
Anything with surface drives,


I just can't be arsed...

 

[tcm]

Re: not v65

princess is far too riverish and sensible, imho

 

[tcm]

World\'s coolest new boat?

have look at this! Only 5 grand too.
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.solowatersports.com/index.html>http://www.solowatersports.com/index.html</A>

 

[Guest]

Re: Boat?

That's not a boat, that's a PWC with a 15-metre kill-cord

 

[KevL]

Re: Boat?

Baw haa ha ha - nice

KevL

--
It may be the early bird that catches the worm but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.

 

[tcm]

Re: boo!

still, cool tho eh?

 

[paulineb]

Any large feadship

Pxx

 

[tcm]

i think most boats are pretty cool really. Not like cars, imho.

 

[paulineb]

Especially those designed by Jon Bannenberg

Pxx

 

[Nick2]

My boat is very cool - the heating has just been given the last rites....................

Nick

My boat is here and out of the water in time for winter....