Boats you've owned?

[Martyn13]

For a boat that looks a bit like a bathtub, shes's a damn fast bathtub!

Beauty is in the eye!!

 

[NealB]

I have not worked out how to PM?

At the top right of the forum page, click on the little envelope symbol.

Start to insert the recipient's name, and the system makes guesses about who you're aiming at.

Click the person you really want, type your message, click send ..... and you're done.

Good luck!!

 

[Biggles Wader]

You probably havnt got enough posts or time in for the pm system to work for you yet. Post a few more messages and it should be operative.

 

[Habebty]

Click on the envelope symbol on the top of the page and start new conversation. Congrats on #48, Was that a Lauren Marine finished boat?

 

[Martyn13]

Click on the envelope symbol on the top of the page and start new conversation. Congrats on #48, Was that a Lauren Marine finished boat?

Yes, hope it turns out ok

 

[Martyn13]

Covid is giving us no end of problems, trying to get her from Torquay to Wales

 

[Cantata]

Heron
Albacore (several)
Fireball
Laser
Mirror
Topper
Dart 15
RS400
Laser 2000
Hunter Horizon 26
Sadler 29
Moody S31
Moody 36

 

[john_morris_uk]

Gremlin 7’6” pram dinghy No name
Bembridge Scow. 10’ 6”? ‘Jabberwock”
Some forgotten wooden dinghy that my brother and I raced? Phantom?
Scorpion racing dinghy in wood that I raced a bit (and lost) in.
Drascombe Lugger “Rattus rattus” (The Latin name for a rat which is what my wife called me for buying a boat without asking her first.
Sadler 25 “Gem”
South Coast One Design “Tiggy” formerly Lusula and was once the John Lewis partnership boat.
Sigma 33 “Dry Ice”
Westerly Sealord “Serendipity” formerly Norama which we’ve had for fifteen years coming up.

 

[burgundyben]

Laser
Hornet
Incapacious - a pram dinghy of Lillipution proportions
Capacious - a slightly bigger dinghy
Fairey Huntress 23
Fairey Huntsman 28
Fairey Huntsman 31
Fairey Gosling
Fairey Duckling
Fairey Falcon
Fairey Bulldog - 2 of!
Dyer's Rowing skiff 1910 - second owner.
Clinker launch with ST engine
Avon Searider 4mtr

Crumbs! Never written a list before!

 

[pyrojames]

As a slight thread drift, does anyone else still own the first boat that they owned? Mine is the 9 foot clinker dinghy I learnt to sail in 40 years ago.

 

[DJE]

Dinghies

mirror
british moth 255 I think - pandemonium
british moth 726 shadow
laser 70k odd
laser 129899
merlin rocket 2605 huff n puff
505
current laser 40k odd number - night boat from cairo


Yachts

Hunter europa fin folly
Hunter Delta lift keel celox - sank in great storm of 87 and written off as constructive total loss
Achilles 840 fin snowflake
Freedom 35 cb magic dragon
Hunter 272 bilge rumdoodle
Dehler 34 fin ostara
Starlight 35 wing Altair - 2014 to date

loved them all!

I seem to remember meeting Altair on a Sadler rally in Cherbourg in the early 2000s.

 

[Blueboatman]

Golly . The thread that goes on . Great idea!

FairyDuckling
Firefly
Metre boat
Corribee
Pearson ( ‘ merican )
Rustler
And along with Neil Bs ex, beautiful, cherished wunnerful aluminium nesting dinghy ( still unnamed btw Neil ?. Did it have one? )
Ali-Ali/Crafty Half /half n half seem too obvious ...

 

[NealB]

Golly . The thread that goes on . Great idea!

And along with Neil Bs ex, beautiful, cherished wunnerful aluminium nesting dinghy ( still unnamed btw Neil ?. Did it have one? )

Ali-Ali/Crafty Half /half n half seem too obvious ...

Hey .... Blueboatman .... good to hear from you!

Yes, I've greatly enjoyed the thread (and still am!!).

I didn't include most of our tenders (my list was embarrassingly long enough, without them), but I'm really delighted to hear the lovely ali dinghy has given you good service.

She's a great looker, for sure, set off perfectly by the traditional rig. She's a wonderful boat to row, too, even over fairly serious distances.

Another boat I sometimes regret selling!

We never did get round to giving her a name.

Please give her an affectionate pat from Joscelyn and I!

Regards,

Neal

 

[Blueboatman]

I shall indeed Neal.
“Tin-Tin “ suitably Celtic name , possibly ?
Kindest, Tim

ps life would be so boring if one boat ‘ did’ it for us all
Vivre les differences!
Mind,, some of those wooden wonders just never seem to change hands outside of the same family..

 

[NealB]

I shall indeed Neal.
“Tin-Tin “ suitably Celtic name , possibly ?
Kindest, Tim

ps life would be so boring if one boat ‘ did’ it for us all
Vivre les differences!
Mind,, some of those wooden wonders just never seem to change hands outside of the same family..

'Tin-Tin' fits her character perfectly!

 

[PaulR]

I seem to remember meeting Altair on a Sadler rally in Cherbourg in the early 2000s.

we bought her from previous owner where she was guernsey based so guess cherbourg may have been regular haunt

 

[LooseHeadPop]

Beauty is in the eye!!

Hi Martyn

Indeed it is! I think the 290 looks good. I'm guessing the bathtub remark is related to the nearly-plumb stem and stern, which of course result in a LWL that many more traditional boats of 32-34ft LOA can't match. Overhangs look lovely, but they don't contain much usable space.

Anyway: I'm where you were a year ago, trying to snag myself a 290. I hope you have had some sailing in Deep Thought this year. If so, I'd love to hear how you have got on with her. I tried to PM you, but I think have hit the same problem you did - I don't yet qualify for that privilege.

cheers

Chris

 

[dune16]

Short list for me ? made a bit of a jump from the laser to jeanneau

Topper
Laser
Jeanneau 389
Dufour 430

 

[LooseHeadPop]

A very short list:
GP14
First 47.7 (14m LOA - I got my units mixed up)

 

[mrming]

It’s a pretty short list for me across 35 years of sailing:
Optimist
Mirror #1
Mirror #2
Beneteau First 235
Westerly Fulmar

I’ve raced on quite a few more though. ?