Best Xmas Gift.

[Lakesailor]

Someone in the South of England is going to get a very nice chrissie present from their son.
He collected it from me today.

Bye bye Heron

 

[gandy]

I'm surprised you could bring yourself to sell it.

 

[awol]

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I'm surprised you could bring yourself to sell it.

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Surprised? After all the blatant advertising on this forum?

The only surprise is the picture doesn't have a scantily clad woman photoshopped into it.

 

[Danny_Labrador]

Nice looking van - got any detials ?

 

[Twister_Ken]

Great Dad, just what I always wanted, a white van. Now if we can just throw out all this old junk, so that I can get a double mattress in there...

 

[Lakesailor]

I've had my fun from it. I overdid the restoration and it's all downhill now. Every time I launch it or sail it up onto the shore I have nightmares about the paint getting scratched.
The next project is a small trimaran on a "How cheap can I do it?" and "I'm not bothered about the looks" basis.
I don't want it to take over as I still have my little 18ft boat to play with.
This is the basic material

 

[Talbot]

Best place to start a small fast trimaran from, is to get hold of an older hobie cat and use them for the amas.

 

[Lakesailor]

Perhaps. But did you miss the bit where I said: "How cheap can I do it?" /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Helina]

Sounds like one ton cup sailing race we had here a few years ago. The participants could spend 1000 fim (= 110 GBP) to buy material and they had 3 hours time to build a boat. Then they had to sail 1000 meters and the first to cross the line was the winner , no rating numbers if you spent less less money /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[graham]

lucky Lad /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif I hope his dad makes him maintain it properly.I remember as a small boy being trusted to undercoat the family dinghy. All went well until cleaning out the brush I didnt notice that I had inadvertantly flicked paint/thinners all over next doors car /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

The old git next door just couldnt accept that just because it was pink undercoat the pink bits on the car didnt have to be my fault /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[Lakesailor]

No. No. Dad is getting it.

 

[graham]

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No. No. Dad is getting it.

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i get it now as well .After re reading your original post /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[Lakesailor]

You see. How you mock.
In fact he found it via boatsandoutboards.
I didn't need to put a scantily clad bird in the pic as he brought his foxy girlfriend with him. But you can't see that. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[Lakesailor]

He reckoned he'd been doing 80-85 all the way up from the deepest South East.
I reckon that makes him an Honoury White-Van-Man.

I hope he wasn't going that quick on the way home. Herons aren't used to those velocities.