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I love Wansworth's thread about a "small fast 20 footer", and it got me thinking about the rather alarming variety of boats I've owned.

They are:

Heron dinghy
National 12
Manta 16, 'Lazy Prawn'
Cormandel, 'Shoggle 2'
MG30, Name?
Moody 33, 'Balki'
Halcyon 27, 'Landfall'
Carter 33, 'AmyK'
Westerly Discus, 'Sonny Boy'
Seahopper (pretty close to a folding Mirror)
Maurice Griffith's Tidewater (gaff cutter built by John Tyrell), 'The Cause'. Wow .... a beautiful, characterful boat
Hunter 490, ?
Comanche catamaran (big sister to the Iroquois), 'Aileen'
Trident 24, 'Mary Reeve of Hamble'
Westerly Falcon, 'Celtic Spirit'
Seamaster 34 (TSDY), 'Arandala'

So many happy memories from them all.

Anyone else want to play?

Edit: I forgot.....

Seadog 30, 'Nicola Jane'
Snapdragon 670, 'Lady Helma'
Solo
Tamarisk 29 (plastic gaff cutter), 'Laxy Gander'
James Wharram Pahi 31, 'Tai Nui'
Supergrad
 
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14 foot clinker sailing dinghy

15 foot Macwester kelpie,converted to ocean cruiser!

26 foot converted lifeboat

18 foot Matlot class Converted to gaff ketch

23 foo Mashford four tonner

27 foot Commando class motor sailer sans motor

40 foot steel gaff schooner

27 foot Albin Vega
 
Neal, so many! I think you should do a bit more research before buying :giggle:
I've only owned two sailing boats in 36 years, first one 16 years, current one 20 years and it will probably see me out.
PS Thinking about it, swapping and changing is expensive - current house 40 years, wife 43 years!
 
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LadyInBed said:
Neal, so many! I think you should do a bit more research before buying :giggle:
I've only owned two sailing boats in 36 years, first one 16 years, current one 20 years and it will probably see me out.
PS Thinking about it, swapping and changing is expensive - current house 40 years, wife 43 years!
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I think, perhaps, that I do too much research: I love reading about different boats, and think, "oooh, now I'd like to own of those".

And owning different boats has been great fun (learning their likes and dislikes, their strengths and weaknesses).

If I could go back, The Cause was (and still is) a very special boat.

I've been a bit more circumspect with houses: only 8 owned, to date.

And wives ..... well ...... not one!! I've never been the marrying sort (I really can't see any point to it). I have, however, lived, and sailed, with Joscelyn since, I think, 1983.
 
Voyager 14 Curlew
Amphora 18 Old Scotch
Signet 20 Seal
Hurley 22 Dove
West Wight Potter Sea Wych
Kingfisher 20+ Rebellion
Kingfisher 20+ (Junk rig) Smew
Westerley 25 (1964) Dryad
Kingfisher 20 Dendici
Tomahawk 25 Swift Wind
Kingfisher 20+ (junk rig) Amicia
Colvic Countess 28 (junk rig) Rose
Maurice Griffiths Lone Gull 28 (junk rigged schooner) - another beautiful character boat - Ivory Gull
Kingfisher 20+ (junk rig) Mandolin
Freedom 30 (junk rig) Dragonfly
Red Fox Vision 24 (junk rig) Mr Fox
Maurice Griffiths Lone Gull 28 (junk rigged schooner) bought back (just like Maurice) after 10 years - current boat - a keeper

oh yes a Caprice and a Navigator and another West Wight Potter somewhere in the list
 
NealB said:
I love Wansworth's thread about a "small fast 20 footer", and it got me thinking about the rather alarming variety of boats I've owned.

They are:

Heron dinghy
National 12
Manta 16, 'Lazy Prawn'
Cormandel, 'Shoggle 2'
MG30, Name?
Moody 33, 'Balki'
Halcyon 27, 'Landfall'
Carter 33, 'AmyK'
Westerly Discus, 'Sonny Boy'
Seahopper (pretty close to a folding Mirror)
Maurice Griffith's Tidewater (gaff cutter built by John Tyrell), 'The Cause'. Wow .... a beautiful, characterful boat
Hunter 490, ?
Comanche catamaran (big sister to the Iroquois), 'Aileen'
Trident 24, 'Mary Reeve of Hamble'
Westerly Falcon, 'Celtic Spirit'
Seamaster 34 (TSDY), 'Arandala'

So many happy memories from them all.

Anyone else want to play?

Edit: I forgot.....

Seadog 30, 'Nicola Jane'

Oops, and:
Snapdragon 670, 'Lady Helma'
Tamarisk 29 (plastic gaff cutter), 'Laxy Gander'
James Wharram Tiki 31, 'Tai Nui'
Supergrad
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That is an impressive list of boats, me just
GP 14 Gizmo
Ridgeway Pirate 17ft Gremlin
Macwester 26 'Marcus'
Catalac 8M 'Cat Ballou'-for which I think I bought an In Mast Roller Furling gear and sail off your Comanche Catamaran. The Commanche sail insignia which was not removable really confused people about my boat!
 
Hurley 20 ‘sefica’
Wharram pahi 31 ‘dignity’
Halcyon 27 ‘jumbly girl’
Prout quest 31 ‘spam’
Hobie 14 turbo
Hunter horizon 273 ‘white sox’
Prout quest 33 ‘Gemini too’
Happy with the choices all were a pleasure to sail and I doubt we’ll be making any changes again and just stick with our trusty Prout
 
My gob is thoroughly smacked by some of the catalogues above. For me, only:
A moulded ply cat-rigged pram made by Prout in the '50s
A Firefly No1671
Westerly Cirrus 22'
Mystere Flyer 26'
Sadler 29
Hallberg-Rassy 34, my current pride and joy.
 
johnalison said:
My gob is thoroughly smacked by some of the catalogues above. For me, only:
A moulded ply cat-rigged pram made by Prout in the '50s
A Firefly No1671
Westerly Cirrus 22'
Mystere Flyer 26'
Sadler 29
Hallberg-Rassy 34, my current pride and joy.
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Shows the mind of a sensible person,progression in size as experience was gained
 
PBK11 runabout/ski boat, home built from plans but unnamed
Enterprise, basic one, not competive, no name
Enterprise 'hot' one, very competitive, no name
Merlin, no name
OK, no name
Microplus, ancient one on very upper Thames, 'Moby Duck'
Avocet 24 'Anida'
Debutante ' My La dy, originall 'Norsaya'
Halcyon 23 'Jasea'
Trident 24 'Chuvoso'
Elizabethan 30 'Callisto of Parkstone'
Westerly 33 'Heartbeat', originally 'Duzn't Nag',renamed when sold to Heartbeat of Arne'
Jeanneau Sun Legende 41 'Heartbeat', originally 'Taragon'
Marine Trader 47 trawler MY, 'Downtime' (in USA)
Beneteau Oceanis 36CC 'Roxanne' (in USA), now 'Eastcoast Girl' and owned by a total prat.
Birchwood TS37 'Miratea'

Excludes tenders many and various soft and hard and RIBs, sailboards and a 'bungalow' bath with beach spade paddles aged 8

Small wonder I'm broke.
 
8 foot Mirror-like home built dinghy without the stability or bouyancy, ”Crocus”
Westerly GK24, “Goshawk”. Fabulous boat, fitted like a glove and took us down Biscay on our honeymoon
Beneteau First 30E - “First Sight” luxury accomodation to us, but scarily performance based and took us from Plymouth to Spain and back in a fortnight‘s holiday
Westerly GK24, “Goshawk 2”. We were mostly chartering in warm places by then but a nostalgic 40th birthday present to each other
Jeanneau 42.2, “Rising Star”. Our second home and solid sailing boat from Eastern Greece to the Canaries so far over 10 years
 
Westerly Jouster: Nantahala
Jack Holt Dittyboat: Ra
Mirror Dinghy: Buttercup
Victoria 26: Jumblie
GRP Pram: Dragon
Hunter 490: Duckling
Moldacraft Ythan: Oconee
Sportyak: Leaf
Ferrantiboat 10: Widgeon
Drascombe Longboat: Bonnie Lass
Pearson Bobbin: Prunella
Another Pearson Bobbin: Bluebell

Italicised ones have moved on.
 
From 1958 in size rather than date order as some were/are concurrent
10ft clinker dinghy
Heron
Mirror
8 Sailboards (5 fun, 3 racing)
2 kayaks
Enterpise
Scorpion
5 Lasers
RS600
International Canoe
Drascombe
Contessa 26
Contessa 32
HR34
 
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Typhoon
Merlin Rocket No.1778
Merlin Rocket No.2519
470
Cherub (can't remember the number, but it was called Dangle Tangle Strangle Mangle, or DTSM for short)
Cherub No.2623
Cherub No.2642
Int. 14 No.2996
Jaguar 25 (Seawych)
Benetau First 345 (Fric Frac IV)
B14 No.695
12ft Skiff (Grumble & Grunt)
12ft Skiff (Nice Action)
Int. Canoe No.186
Int. Canoe No.287
Bavaria 49 (Island Alchemy)
Merlin Rocket No.3104

Still have the bottom two.
 
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