absit_omen
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At £8.00 a head admission, this seems quite expensive to me. The norm at other events across the country seems to be £2.50 - £3.50.
Is it me or do others agree!?
Is it me or do others agree!?
Beaulieu Boat Jumble
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Seanick
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It is the BEST boat jumble in the world...EVER!
Richard Shead
Slipped Anchor
trust me its about 20 times the size of any other jumble...personally i think the admission is pitched just right (try theme park on bank holiday.....half the fun as well)
FullCircle
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Sorry all, have to disagree.8 quid for purchasing used tat is wayyyy too much, and I have adjusted my plans not to include Beaulieu this year.
That makes 40 quid for a car full. Have they started charging for the car park yet? They will think of charging for anchoring next.
40 quid for a car full of us?
Unless of course you are counting all the new stuff traders, in which case I am being charged to shop.
No, its too much. 4 quid is enough, maybe 5 at a squeeze.
That makes 40 quid for a car full. Have they started charging for the car park yet? They will think of charging for anchoring next.
40 quid for a car full of us?
Unless of course you are counting all the new stuff traders, in which case I am being charged to shop.
No, its too much. 4 quid is enough, maybe 5 at a squeeze.
BlueChip
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Its great value for money, a super day out and I always manage to buy something that saves me several times the entry price and sometimes much more than that.
Even the car parks are managed well, without all those attendants it would be chaos, and if you get bored with jumble, the entry ticket includes entry to the motor museum
Even the car parks are managed well, without all those attendants it would be chaos, and if you get bored with jumble, the entry ticket includes entry to the motor museum
bilbobaggins
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A yottie acquaintance of many years has developed a 'thing' about the stuff he collects at Beaulieu. For several years, it was fold-up bicycles - until his garage at home was stacked with them. The two or three that were any use were taken down to his family's big old boat in the Med, the rest just slowly rusted until the ultimatum from SWMBO - "Take 'em all back to Beaulieu and sell 'em!"
He did, at a financial loss, of course. Much the same fate befell his collection of Seagull Silver Century outboards, of which he had, at one time, almost 20. Needless to say, much good sailing time was spent cannibalising parts from this bunch to be fitted into that bunch.....
This sailing lark's fascinating, and so is the Beaulieu Boat Jumble..... I have a loft full of Harken Big Boat gear which 'may come in useful one day!'
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He did, at a financial loss, of course. Much the same fate befell his collection of Seagull Silver Century outboards, of which he had, at one time, almost 20. Needless to say, much good sailing time was spent cannibalising parts from this bunch to be fitted into that bunch.....
This sailing lark's fascinating, and so is the Beaulieu Boat Jumble..... I have a loft full of Harken Big Boat gear which 'may come in useful one day!'
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ShipsWoofy
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It is the BEST boat jumble in the world...EVER!
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ooh that is quite final, have you been to them all?
ah, oh, the world being the sailing world, that within the limits of the Solent, right, gotcha.
8 quid to go to a jumble sale, you southerners will let them fleece you for anything wont you, 8 quid, 24 quid for 4 people to look around a few shops, what a joke. Anyone who pays 8 quid deserves to buy shoddy Asian junk that breaks on the first outing.
The first person who reports back from the BEST jumble in the world...EVER will also prove to the forum that they are a gullible idiot who should try to find a sex life!
There, I only said what others were thinking.
8 quid - youuuuu idddddiiioottts!
It is the BEST boat jumble in the world...EVER!
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ooh that is quite final, have you been to them all?
ah, oh, the world being the sailing world, that within the limits of the Solent, right, gotcha.
8 quid to go to a jumble sale, you southerners will let them fleece you for anything wont you, 8 quid, 24 quid for 4 people to look around a few shops, what a joke. Anyone who pays 8 quid deserves to buy shoddy Asian junk that breaks on the first outing.
The first person who reports back from the BEST jumble in the world...EVER will also prove to the forum that they are a gullible idiot who should try to find a sex life!
There, I only said what others were thinking.
8 quid - youuuuu idddddiiioottts!
ShipsWoofy
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a super day out
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a super day out
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boat-bore comes just after gullible in the sailing dictionary /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
NickiCrutchfield
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It may be big, but it is also has a great number of traders who have very little to do with boats on their stalls. WD40, cable ties yes, but decent bits of gear are very hard to find, even when you have a stall and start hunting at 7 am. It is fun, but definitely not the most boaty jumble.
I've stopped going.
Nicki
I've stopped going.
Nicki
PaulR
Well-Known Member
confession - never been to any boat jumble yet,
agree £8 on the face of it sounds relatively pricey but , if it includes admission to the motor museum could be a best of both worlds as something to interest most of us - might give it a try this year
agree £8 on the face of it sounds relatively pricey but , if it includes admission to the motor museum could be a best of both worlds as something to interest most of us - might give it a try this year
ShipsWoofy
Well-Known Member
that would be £32.
I was just seeing who would see it first... tee hee, it was late...
it went in my head, I would have to pay an extra 24 quid etc etc
I was just seeing who would see it first... tee hee, it was late...
it went in my head, I would have to pay an extra 24 quid etc etc
Richard Shead
Slipped Anchor
Yes it does include admission to the motor museum, obviously being involved with it we meet down there once in a while and I always have a good look around the museum, not huge but something different every time.
Personally I dont think £8 is a lot for a day out which it is, I guess it's what you make it and everyone will have a view on how they spend their hand earned cash.
Personally I dont think £8 is a lot for a day out which it is, I guess it's what you make it and everyone will have a view on how they spend their hand earned cash.
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It always strikes me as a potential sailing day wasted! If it was in January somewhere inside a big shed then I might go - and pay £8 - to relieve the "winter madness"
rob
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Richard Shead
Slipped Anchor
Well if its like most years the wind will be blowing (hard) and it will be raining (hard) so you probably would not go sailing anyway!
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Ah yes but Murphy's law states that ~
"the year Robih chooses to go to the Beaulieu Boat jumble it will be a lovely F4 Westerly breeze (enabling a perfect beam reach) with an air temperature of 20 deg C and clear visibility and the pontoons will be empty at St Vaast as will be the best restaurant tables"
rob
"the year Robih chooses to go to the Beaulieu Boat jumble it will be a lovely F4 Westerly breeze (enabling a perfect beam reach) with an air temperature of 20 deg C and clear visibility and the pontoons will be empty at St Vaast as will be the best restaurant tables"
rob
Richard Shead
Slipped Anchor
You are probably right!
Well if you do go be sure to say hello to the team, unfortunately I wont be there as I am at another event but both my team and the editorial team will be there to answer your questions and flog you a goodie bag!
Well if you do go be sure to say hello to the team, unfortunately I wont be there as I am at another event but both my team and the editorial team will be there to answer your questions and flog you a goodie bag!
Blueboatman
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I went to the first one as a young un (?1980)and it were amazing,all that stuff that peeps had been hoarding in their atticks and garages now appeared at,well,jumble prices..
So good that from then on we used to go as a group of mates selling stuff-this gets you in a day early and very very early on the day of the sale,when all the really good stuff is sold for the asking price,mostly between yotties.And a stall space rented between 3 or 4 determined yotties was
a pretty good deal.
Windvane,big Lewmars,Avons,unused sails,anchors and chain,chart sets sextants,cookers.etc All the good stuff that the 'first to see will buy'
Oh yeah,cos you have a stall,you have a place to put all the clobber that you buy..
So good that from then on we used to go as a group of mates selling stuff-this gets you in a day early and very very early on the day of the sale,when all the really good stuff is sold for the asking price,mostly between yotties.And a stall space rented between 3 or 4 determined yotties was
a pretty good deal.
Windvane,big Lewmars,Avons,unused sails,anchors and chain,chart sets sextants,cookers.etc All the good stuff that the 'first to see will buy'
Oh yeah,cos you have a stall,you have a place to put all the clobber that you buy..
farquart
Well-Known Member
I think beaulieu is great we got all our pilot books and charts for the med there, but £8 is a bit steep. The museum is still worth a visit though
VicS
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answer your questions and flog you a goodie bag!
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answer your questions and flog you a goodie bag!
[/ QUOTE ] Not a plastic goodie bag I hope!
tini121
New Member
£8 is a good price, for the sheer size of Beaulieu. At least you can see and check over anything you are buying. Also haggling usually works, unlike the great Ebay!! Still, skinny northeners like Dogwatch still think that £8 is a years' Council Tax!!!
Been to Beaulieu a couple of years now and I am making up this year's shopping list.
Been to Beaulieu a couple of years now and I am making up this year's shopping list.
