Shuggy
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S&S again!
Best looking GRP boats ever
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E39mad
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Which one? The Swan 46?
Nope it's German Frers - my unassuming neighbour in a 70's bungalow has one in the States!
First 435 and 51 by the same designer have to be some of the best looking boats of their era.
ditchcrawler
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Having seen one in the marina and been on it at LIBS of the modern boats I think the Mystery 35 (ex Hunter) takes some beating in the looks dept.
jhr
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46 mark 2 is Frers but I think the Mark 1 is S&S, as Shuggy says.
Beautiful, either which way.
(Edit: Apologies; you are right. I've just Googled it and the Mark 1 was Frers as well.)
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Flying Penguin
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At the risk of succumbing to "boat show gloss", I really have a soft spot for the bigger recent Jenneaus.
Yes, I have a soft spot for modern compound curvy boats....
Shame they are a bit out of my price range
Jamie
Yes, I have a soft spot for modern compound curvy boats....
Shame they are a bit out of my price range
Jamie
E39mad
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Don't wish to come across as pedantic but both are Frers designs.
The Mk II iirc ironed out some IOR hull bumps as well as deck and interior minor details.
Now seen your edit - cheers.
The Mk II iirc ironed out some IOR hull bumps as well as deck and interior minor details.
Now seen your edit - cheers.
doris
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David Thomas
Can't be doing with all these foreign boats and designers. David's boats have a timelessness that is fantastic. The Sigma 38 is still stunning after 22 years and also competitive, as are all it's sisters. If you look at the rest of his protfolio and there are no dogs, all tremendous.
Can't be doing with all these foreign boats and designers. David's boats have a timelessness that is fantastic. The Sigma 38 is still stunning after 22 years and also competitive, as are all it's sisters. If you look at the rest of his protfolio and there are no dogs, all tremendous.
Ubergeekian
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I think the Mk 2 Corribee is gorgeous, and I also like the Arden 4.
Twister_Ken
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Takes all sorts I spoze!
I may be biased, but Kim Holman got the Twister just about right.
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I just couldn't resist posting this one.It's beyond me how someone can paint with such feeling for beauty.Wooden boats I know...
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Ubergeekian
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And that's the point, really. All a thread like this really does is have loads of people nominate their own boats (I own neither a Mk2 Corribee nor an Arden 4!) because people for whom aesthetics are important won't own what they consider to be ugly boats.
I think Jumblie (Victoria 26) is lovely in a sort of chunky Tonka-toy sort of way but I know that many people would disagree. Which doesn't worry me at all.
Mind you, I find the Twister a bit slab-sided. Too high in the topsides, not enough balancing height in the coachroof ...
Wansworth
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I just couldn't resist posting this one.It's beyond me how someone can paint with such feeling for beauty.Wooden boats I know...
By Montague Dawson
The Antonio Lopez of the sea........!
Twister_Ken
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Sort of agree on the Twister. The really nice bit is the bit you don't normally see - the underwater shape, which is just so...
...water friendly?
...water friendly?
Al Dickson
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Nicholson 43 gets my vote, not exactly shabby to sail either but that genoa could be a handful. For such a beautiful boat there don't seem to be many decent pictures of it around. I take it a fibreglass Dragon, Flying Dutchman or Osprey would be cheating as they were originally wood designs.
I agree - sailed one on the West Coast for many years call Stardust of Ashton - in fact we met up with another blue one from Ireland when we were in Orkney and sailed in company for a few days - Seolaing I think she was called?
And yes the No1 was a handful to hank on and off
PeteCooper
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Clearly you are all wrong.....
jhr
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Boomshanka
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Nothing a good cut and polish couldn't sort out:
No, seriously, ICAP Leopard is high on the list:
No, seriously, ICAP Leopard is high on the list:
Malish
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Methinks she had better weather routing, etc
Not been mentioned yet so here goes: Contessa 32
I have not got one and I do not want one but they do look nice!
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Kelpie
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At the risk of succumbing to "boat show gloss", I really have a soft spot for the bigger recent Jenneaus.
Yes, I have a soft spot for modern compound curvy boats....
Shame they are a bit out of my price range
Jamie
Ah well I'm glad somebody likes them. Each to their own.
Actually the smaller ones in the range do look quite good, to me, in a chunky sort of way.
I am presumably barred from nominating my own boat (Albin Vega) on the grounds that the prototype was wooden, thereby allowing me to side-step the fact that they are a bit, um, rather plain and utilitarian in the looks department.
I think where wooden boats really win in their looks is with coachroof design. A wooden coachroof can get away with being bigger and boxier. Maybe the curves inherent in grp design just make it all look wrong?
flaming
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No, seriously, ICAP Leopard is high on the list:
Disqualified for being Carbon, not GRP!
(sexy looking boat though...)
This would be my nomination. And I'm pretty sure would win the "and is still in production" category.
J100
