Manatee1234
New Member
I've been around boats since childhood.
My first own boat was a Sealine 230 purchased from Sealine in Hamble c1993. Thereafter a Fairline Targa 33 with twin 41s, a Princess 366 with KAD42s. It soon became clear that motorboating was quite expensive. So I bought an apartment with a morring in Poole at Moriconium Quay and a Windy Tornado, soon swapped for a Khamsin. We also kept a Cobia 19 with a 150 outboard for skiiing and scuba diving. I then discovered sailing boats, with a 331 Beneteau. Three boats in the same marina seemed greedy. So I swapped the sail boat for a Jeanneau 49 and sailed it to Barcelona. Then, after a few tears, to Thailand with a crew where it lived in Ocean Marina near Pattaya on the E Coast. I sold her there and picked up a Jeanneau 42 ds in Ibiza for a four tear exploration of beach bars from the Balaerics to Antalya in Turkey. I sold that one in Barcelona and am now unboated. Looking for a small cross Channel hopper to keep in Ramsgate or Sandwich. Something we can dry out on Margate Sands for occasional Summer picnics perhaps.
My first own boat was a Sealine 230 purchased from Sealine in Hamble c1993. Thereafter a Fairline Targa 33 with twin 41s, a Princess 366 with KAD42s. It soon became clear that motorboating was quite expensive. So I bought an apartment with a morring in Poole at Moriconium Quay and a Windy Tornado, soon swapped for a Khamsin. We also kept a Cobia 19 with a 150 outboard for skiiing and scuba diving. I then discovered sailing boats, with a 331 Beneteau. Three boats in the same marina seemed greedy. So I swapped the sail boat for a Jeanneau 49 and sailed it to Barcelona. Then, after a few tears, to Thailand with a crew where it lived in Ocean Marina near Pattaya on the E Coast. I sold her there and picked up a Jeanneau 42 ds in Ibiza for a four tear exploration of beach bars from the Balaerics to Antalya in Turkey. I sold that one in Barcelona and am now unboated. Looking for a small cross Channel hopper to keep in Ramsgate or Sandwich. Something we can dry out on Margate Sands for occasional Summer picnics perhaps.