Solent Joe
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It is more down to not having the time to sort it out, I'll be working in the Midlands all summer and working for myself at the weekends. I would've loved to spend it on the Solent though! ..I might catch the last of the season.
Boat selection for sailing around Britain
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It is more down to not having the time to sort it out, I'll be working in the Midlands all summer and working for myself at the weekends. I would've loved to spend it on the Solent though! ..I might catch the last of the season.
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Chrusty 1
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If you are thinking of hanging on until then, at least it will give you time to sort out in your own mind what it is you really want. I have the feeling that boat prices are going to continue to slip steadily downwards, though there will come a point for most sellers that they just cannot contemplate going below...........There'll be a lot of old wrecks lying around if that happens
By the way Joe, there are a lot nicer places to sail than the Solent.....From the Midlands, Conwy is a sensible and attractive option, but then Devon is only a quick flit down the M5/A380
Solent Joe
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By the way Joe, there are a lot nicer places to sail than the Solent.....From the Midlands, Conwy is a sensible and attractive option, but then Devon is only a quick flit down the M5/A380
I'll be working almost 7 days a week through this summer, I think the most sailing I'll get is in a dinghy on Rutland Water! (10 miles from me)
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OGITD
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A Bathtub With A Lid & Stick
Sorry Dylan.
If Oliver can do this in a Valiant 18, then with the right planning & prep almost anything will do the job.
I'm looking to sail single-handed around Britain via Cape Wrath in the next couple of years (still very much in the planning stage!
What should I look for in a boat to complete a single-handed circumnavigation? obviously overall build quality etc, but anything specific? also any boats in particular that I should keep away from/tend towards?
My budget for the boat is around £5K excluding refit.
While I'm here, other general tips from those of you who have completed this circumnavigation would be great!
Sorry Dylan.
If Oliver can do this in a Valiant 18, then with the right planning & prep almost anything will do the job.
That trip took 6 months. It is Joe's 3 month constraint that is taxing brains in this thread.
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Chrusty 1
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It's only yours that it seems to be taxing really.
You suffer from a selective or failing memory.
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Chrusty 1
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Try again, in English if you can manage it? Naaaa, save yourself the effort, it's you mostly that was throwing up all the worry willies about his proposed idea, most of the rest of us were and still are pretty relaxed about it all, if an old geezer in a Seal 22 can do it without breaking his neck or stressing himself out, I don't think Joe will have too many problems.
To be honest, I think you have a different take on sailing than a lot of us small boat sailors. You are perfectly entitled to your opinion of course, even if it's a bit squiffy.
Congratulations Chrusty, after 10 years of frequenting the forums here and some very feisty debates you are the first person I have decided to enter in my profile's ignore list.
You have a strange compulsion to dispute everything and when you run out of informative comments you resort to playground taunts. Even when Chrissy suggested that a Contessa 26 for sale should be registered on the class association classified pages you had to find fault with the advice.
You have a strange compulsion to dispute everything and when you run out of informative comments you resort to playground taunts. Even when Chrissy suggested that a Contessa 26 for sale should be registered on the class association classified pages you had to find fault with the advice.
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Solent Joe
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To be fair, he was just pointing out why the owner may not have already done this.
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Chrusty 1
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Seeing as how you are ignoring me, you wont read this, but it's for the benefit of others.. This is all I said about the Contessa 26........
"Only if people are willing to pay it, it's very much a buyers market now, anybody that thinks otherwise is either out of touch with reality, or isn't serious about selling their boat.
The Contessas are beautiful boats though, and tick most of my boxes"
I also think it would be an excellent choice for Joe if he got one for the money that one is going for, even more so. Now where is the above statement am I finding fault with any advice???
Tommyrot
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Don't forget that The Jolly Olly spent a while on the east coast (a month from Lowestoft to Scarborough if I remember correctly), then spent an uncomfortably long time living it up on the Solent (another month or 6 weeks?), I was beginning to think he'd given up and asked him about it. He said "What's the rush"
