Come on YBW - lets have a SMALL BOAT FORUM.

[STATUE]

Come on YBW lets have one for us with the 26 footers and less, including the self maintainers.

All right, mostly us who started in the 70s/80s who thought of owning a 26 footer ridiculous !

 

[newtothis]

Come on YBW lets have one for us with the 26 footers and less, including the self maintainers.

All right, mostly us who started in the 70s/80s who thought of owning a 26 footer ridiculous !

Isn't that what PBO is for? How to cook a meal for eight on a single meths burner, and tips on knitting your own hatch cover?

 

[Deleted member 36384]

Curious to understand why the need? The "Self Maintainers" are served by PBO. I started sailing in late 70's / 80s and aspired to a Ruffian 23 or Albin Vega at 27'. I did my Competent Crew on an Ruffian 23. Not disagreeing by the way as I think there will be resurgence in small boat owning as my generation ages.

 

[Sandy]

Is a 8 meter boat any different to my 10 meter one? Having owned both I shall answer the question. No.

 

[ZBM2]

Good idea, RIBs and PWCs aren't particularly well catered for elsewhere on the forums.

 

[RichardS]

Good idea, RIBs and PWCs aren't particularly well catered for elsewhere on the forums.

PWCs? That's torn it.

Richard

 

[TernVI]

I was thinking it might be a dinghy section.

 

[Wansworth]

S B M?

 

[MarkCX]

So this’ll just be for Small Nice Old Boats then?

A bit elitist if you ask me ?

 

[WoodyP]

Didn't Refueler start one of those some years ago, before he left and then came back?

 

[Birdseye]

Is a 8 meter boat any different to my 10 meter one? Having owned both I shall answer the question. No.

10 m is a small boat these days

 

[Lucy52]

There used to be a 'Small Boat,' magazine in the UK, which is no longer. There is now a US magazine with the same name which addresses the OP's area of interest, or Watercraft in the UK which serves a similar market.
Am I allowed to post that here..

 

[xyachtdave]

Hey, it’s 2020!

I think small boats are all under 40ft now!!

Feeling left out with my tiny 36ft :-(

 

[pvb]

Seriously though, many of the issues affecting smaller boats also affect larger boats, so I think the PBO forum already addresses the needs of a wide variety of owners.

If anything, I reckon we have too many forums already.

 

[longjohnsilver]

Didn't Refueler start one of those some years ago, before he left and then came back?

Haven’t seen him recently, has he left again?

 

[pvb]

Haven’t seen him recently, has he left again?

Threw his toys out of the pram again, I believe.

 

[sailorman]

10 m is a small boat these days

40ft is a starter boat

 

[WoodyP]

I always thought Refueler had many useful suggestions but was like a dog with a bone. He couldn't let it lie..Vide Reeves and Mortimer

 

[Sandy]

If anything, I reckon we have too many forums already.

Sadly they did not prune all the old and unused sub forums when they upgraded the software a few months back.

 

[lustyd]

Is a 8 meter boat any different to my 10 meter one? Having owned both I shall answer the question. No.

Having just upgraded from 20' to 36' I wholeheartedly disagree. I went from no heads to a hot running shower. I went from a single ring camping stove to 4 gas rings, grill and oven with a fridge. Sleeping bag to "emperor" sized bed for which I can't buy large enough bedding. Kneeling to plenty of headroom. Too small for a dinghy to dinghy and outboard stored permanently at the bottom of a locker.
These experiences are not alike in any way at all. I don't regret the 10 happy years I spent on board Live Magic, but my problems are different now and I'd agree a small boat forum is helpful even just to discuss single ring recipes using ingredients that don't go off! By the same token I never used to worry about provisioning for a two week trip aboard or how to sail for 24 hours in shifts. I can even make a cup of tea while sailing now, for the first time since owning a yacht!