And so the hunt begins

[Wansworth]

Do the dolly birds come with the boat.

Probably just the solar panels….

 

[Wandering Star]

The monomaran soon to be known as Stingo
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That looks very nice John, hope you’ll be happy with her and she’ll look after you. Are you still sailing solo and will you be returning to the Carib?

 

[Minerva]

The monomaran soon to be known as Stingo
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That at a 34? The bill Dixon designed boats from that era are very well built and sail beautifully

 

[Stingo]

That looks very nice John, hope you’ll be happy with her and she’ll look after you. Are you still sailing solo and will you be returning to the Carib?

Thank you, Brian.
Still solo with a very vague plan of sticking around the Algarve for about two years.

 

[Stingo]

That at a 34? The bill Dixon designed boats from that era are very well built and sail beautifully

Spot on. It's the 346. Will post a link to the listing once the sale agreement has been signed and my deposit paid

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Does cooking fat approve

 

[Stingo]

Cooking Fat has no choice in this lifestyle upgrade.

For the nosey bastids on here that have Fakepoo, now that the sale agreement is signed and deposit paid, this is the boat:

https://m.facebook.com/groups/liveaboardsail/permalink/2132418163765697/

 

[Stingo]

I'm having a serious case of de je vue (sp) with the day I bought the very original Stingo, the Oceanis 390 that was going to kill me

 

[Chiara’s slave]

The monomaran soon to be known as Stingo
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Ahem…. The term is halfmaran.

 

[Stingo]

Ahem…. The term is halfmaran.

Or:

• Half a cat
• A cat
• A cat and a half

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Hell will freeze over before my OH would buy one. She doesn’t like it when they lean over. She regards the DF as being like a kids bike, it has stabilizers. Best of luck in the new ship, may your ice box never run empty.

 

[Stingo]

I like her and your thinking

 

[Minerva]

Spot on. It's the 346. Will post a link to the listing once the sale agreement has been signed and my deposit paid

Great stuff - we've had a 34 for a good number of years, it does have one significant downside you should be aware of. We're now looking to upgrade to something a bit bigger (with ideally an extra bunk bed cabin for my son) and finding something that has all the benefits of the 34 without spending multiples of the 34's cost is proving somewhat difficult.

 

[Frogmogman]

Cooking Fat has no choice in this lifestyle upgrade.

For the nosey bastids on here that have Fakepoo, now that the sale agreement is signed and deposit paid, this is the boat:

https://m.facebook.com/groups/liveaboardsail/permalink/2132418163765697/

Congratulations. Nice looking boat.

 

[Mister E]

Are you going to start saving to buy the other hull?
After all it is only half the boat you wanted.

 

[Stingo]

Are you going to start saving to buy the other hull?
After all it is only half the boat you wanted.

Zackerly

 

[fredrussell]

Wansworth take note. Less than a month from the boat hunt beginning to the end of the search. Shazam!!!

 

[Wansworth]

Wansworth take note. Less than a month from the boat hunt beginning to the end of the search. Shazam!!!

Yes I was going to mention that speed

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Yes I was going to mention that speed

It’s us multi owners that do it quickly. It took us less than a week from decision to look to decision to buy.

 

[Mister E]

We were invited by friends to go out on a Catalac they were thinking of buying on a Friday.
I was told to buy the thing by Mrs E and sale agreed on the Monday.