Boats that look like trainers

[armchairsailor]

That phrase always puzzled me, until I saw this little corker:

What other ones do the forum consider to be ugly ducklings?

 

[BlueChip]

Is a deck shoe close enough to a trainer?

 

[Twister_Ken]

The Buckler ketch looks like the shoe from the There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe nursery rhyme.

 

[armchairsailor]

Is a deck shoe close enough to a trainer?

Whoa! That's uncanny...

 

[Baggy]

When I were a lad, we called them.... Plimsolls

and all the kids under the age of 12, always wore short trousers. even in winter..
we got chapped legs...



My.... how things have changed.... sorry I digress

 

[Signed Out]

That phrase always puzzled me, until I saw this little corker:

What other ones do the forum consider to be ugly ducklings?

I think that looks more like a Turkish shoe than a trainer-

 

[dylanwinter]

too long with the slug

although I spend a lot of time filming lovely boats....

I have clearly spent too much time owning the slug and I look at both of those boats and think....

"Hmm,,,,not too bad!"

Dylan

 

[Lakesailor]

Cars do it better

 

[Baggywrinkle]

Or this maybe .... I'm sure it would float

 

[planteater]

The Buckler ketch looks like the shoe from the There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe nursery rhyme.

How could anyone go to sea in one of these without flying the skull and crossbones?

There is one moored (afloat!) at Rye - never seen it move but I don't visit that often.

 

[BlueSkyNick]

I'd say a Debutante - fortunately I havent been able to find a picture of one.

 

[westernman]

The Buckler ketch looks like the shoe from the There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe nursery rhyme.

I passed one of them.

He left the anchorage at day break. We left after a late lunch and passed him a couple of hours later. He was bravely beating to windward in a F5 making not much more than 0 knots VMG.

He seemed to be enjoying it - even if he was not really getting anywhere.

 

[dylanwinter]

not shoe like - but not pretty either

but the blokes who sail it love it

and that is the main thing


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyqPrK9ULJ4

 

[Seajet]

Twister Ken,

I and a chum always fancied buying a Buckler and making a TV series about pirates, "Swash-Buckler !"

Then again I'd better not mention his suggestion for a GK29 name, first word 'Ginger'...

 

[dylanwinter]

Buckler

Buckler

I seriously considered buying one

that back cabin looks huge - room to put the dinghy on the stern deck - lots of small sails

well sheltered cockpit

separate heads

diesel inboard

can accommodate friends in the front cabin where you can't hear them snore

triple keel

all the rigging would get in the way of the filming a bit

I must really be losing it

so here is a film of a nice boat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk0YV1ncb50

Dylan

 

[Madhatter]

I'd say a Debutante - fortunately I havent been able to find a picture of one.

one of our forumites Deb

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[seanfoster]

The Buckler ketch looks like the shoe from the There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe nursery rhyme.

I think there's one on Windermere, looks very similar. I've never seen it off it's mooring.

 

[SpottyDog5]

The Buckler ketch looks like the shoe from the There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe nursery rhyme.

I had one of these, I'm embarrassed to say. it was dreadful, sailed like it looked "an old boot "

 

[Signed Out]

That Deb isn't a beauty, but not exactly "minging". Looks to me like a pygmy E Boat with a more balanced rig.

 

[Joker]

Does this count?