Best boat advertisment

Jim Schofield said:
If there is a prize for the best description in a boat add, this has to be a contender.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bilge-Kee...518?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item19fd37c72e

Jim
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Thank you for for posting, that ad will certainly go away by morning.

personal favourite "Mate, I don't know much about boats, but I'm pretty sure this thing ain't sailing anywhere. Did you see the pictures? You'd have been just as well asking me if it's near an airport so you can fly it somewhere. It's in Tavistock, Devon. You could drag it down to the canal if you want. I'll even help push. Otherwise, you're going to need a trailer. Much love"
 
That ad is hysterical. It's nice to see someone being entirely honest for a change. This "colorful" language would never make it on this side of the Atlantic.
 
That boat is, most probably, a Vivacity 20.

If I lived close to the seller I think that I would enjoy bringing her back to life. I have seen boats in a much worse condition being agreeably restored. In my case the only cost would be the materials because I am retired and I don't count the hours. She can be a sweet boat - if one loves boats - and it is a shame that she has been so neglected. I sincerely hope that she goes to someone who has the time and the patience to restore her.

Yes, I am old BUT I am not senile! I just love to work on boats. ;)
 
Two of the 7 Vivacities in Malta were converted to fin keel and this made a great improvement to their sailing abilities. For a while I was tempted to do the same but gave up the idea because it would then not have fitted inside the garage at my summer house. The bilge keel version on the trailer only left 2" clearance at the top when passing under the door arch.

Successful 'add-ons' that transformed the boat were a furling Genoa from SeaTeach and the installation of a little single-cylinder marine diesel from Lombardini. Many happy memories! :)
 
JumbleDuck said:
The Vivacity 20 was a stretched version of the Alacrity 19 which was build for Russell Marine by ... Hurley. So there is a link, although a tenuous one. The Hurley Owners' Association also covers the Alacrity/Vivacity.

http://www.hurleyownersassociation.co.uk/pages/alacrity.htm
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From the darkest recesses of my memory, and quite possibly wrongly, I recall that the early moulding was by Hurley, but that Russell Marine did the later, and majority, at Southend.
 
YUP best boat ad I have seen.

The really sad thing is I once drove 250 miles to look at a boat that was described as ready to sail but in fact matched the SB with some special additional features like the remains of a Sunday dinner in the partially submerged oven that were evolving into a new lifeform.
 
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