Boats as car marques

[beancounter]

Looking through the YM classifieds with my good lady the other night, I was trying to put the various boat manufacturers in some kind of context. The best I could come up with was to equate them to car manufacturers. My suggestions (based on limited knowledge) were:

Moody - Jaguar
Westerly - Austin Rover
Contessa/Nicholson - specialist UK firms like Morgan or TVR
Ben/Jen - Peugeot/Citroen
Bavaria - VW

Would anybody care to add to/correct/scoff at the above?

John

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[Talbot]

Halberg Rassy - Volvo

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[StugeronSteve]

Not really, we've all been there far too often I'm afraid.

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[BustinAround]

Moody = Jaguar??? nooooooo.
Jaguars are usually pretty high performance (no offence to any moody owners, they have their merits



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[Cobra]

Ben/Jen - Peugeot/Citroen...nah more like basic Fords!

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[AIDY]

Moody..... The aft cockpit S31 , S336, S38 were not slow boats. compared to the normal moody CC and other yachts of similar size.

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[AIDY]

Bavaria - well you could say they are like Ford Escorts / Focus, as they are so common out on the water. Especially the 36's and 37's

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[StugeronSteve]

I chose a Ford Mondeo Estate Ghia X TDCI as my company car for the following reasons:

A) Build quality
B) Lot of car for cost (particularly when considering taxation issues)
C) Low CO emmissions (for above reasons, oh, and the environment of course)
D) Carrying capacity and practicality for family and business use (particularly for university and boat trips)

I chose a Beneteau or the following reasons:

A) Build quality within price range (opinion reinforced by a factory visit. How many "experts" that slag off AWBs have actually been to see them made?)
B) Lot of boat for money.
C) Fit for purpose (coastal and cross channel cruising with family or freinds, including rufty tufty mens weekends and comfortable family holidays)
D) Because we wanted the joy of owning a new boat and living a long way away from the coast did not want to spend our weekends replacing worn out kit.
E) Because the company has been around a long time and hasn't gone in to liquidation whenever it has encountered problems.
F) Because I wanted one.

I have owned the boat for two years and am happy with my choice.

What motivates some people on this forum to spend their time slagging off other peoples possessions puzzles me, but I suppose they understand.


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[marklongstaff]

Yeah bear in mind VW now own Skoda!! - I am really not a Bavaria fan!!

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[beancounter]

Steve,

funnily enough, this wasn't meant to be a troll (naive of me, I know). I was just interested in how people saw boats, using a different frame of reference.

FWIW, we own a Focus Ghia Tdci for much the same reasons as you, and will probably end up with an AWB, again for roughly similar reasons to you.

cheers

John

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[StugeronSteve]

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Feeling a touch land locked at the moment and chomping at the bit ready for our holiday cruise to kick off at the weekend, so probably a little sensitive.

Cheers.

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[walker]

Agree totally. Seems to me that owning any boat is wonderful compared to the alternative.

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[Plan_B]

I see we got a Skoda - who gets to pair with Lada then??

Dave D

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[Jools_of_Top_Cat]

Trimarans are like lotus 7's. Everyone drools over them when they see one pull onto a forecourt, they like the idea of speed etc. But can't own one because they are a little to radical.

Catamarans on the other hand are like people carriers lol. Lots of people are scared to own one as they are not a proper car and their garage isn't big enough. Yet if they get a lift in one they are blown away by all the space inside, so much leg room in the back etc.....


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[Evadne]

I own a monohull, and have never sailed more than one hull at a time but having watched Dragonflies in Plymouth sound earlier this year, I would definitely characterise the trimaran as a Honda fireblade. Goes like the proverbial off a shovel in no wind at all.

I like to think of my own boat as a TR5, it goes faster than a modern sports car owner would expect but weighs more than three times as much and the engine breaks down at regular intervals. In reality the Reliant Robin turbo RS also fits the bill, apart from the weight, but maybe that applies more to the Twister, another Kim Holman design?

The Moody is definitely a Cortina Mk 2, or a Mexico. Considered a caravan in her day, she is now revered as a "plastic classic" along with most or all of the Westerlies (Vauxhall vivas).

Dave (confirmed plastic classic owner)



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[StugeronSteve]

Don't diss da Mexico man! My lime green Mk1 was b****y quick in its day and fun to drive. The Mk1 RS 2000 that followed was excellent, but the Ford SVO paint work left a lot to be desired.

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[doris]

So that where mine went when I sold it. Mind your the bright orange Mk1 RS2000 was marvellous.

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[StugeronSteve]

Both brand spankers, being single and not owning a boat I could afford then then!

Mk1 RS was white with blue decal, I loved it. Had a Mk2 RS in signal red 80 (pink) later on, although quick it never really hit the spot the in the same way.
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[Evadne]

You're all right, the Mexico was a fast caravan. Mind you as a 2 litre cortina owner from Basildon I can hardly consider myself upmaket. I always wanted a 3 litre capri, but could never find one that would take the oars and outboard. Let alone someone daft enough to insure me at that age.
These days I chug along in an old Pug diesel, it is perfect for taking down the boatyard without worrying about the paintwork. I keep a Kwacker for commuting, and will have the Virago back on the road for days out soon.
Car = transport. Bike = enjoyment, even if it's only going to work (between all the rows of cars).


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[steve_cronin]

Surely....

A "Caterhamaran" seven would be more appropriate?

Steve Cronin

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