ashtead
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Welcome to Haslar , we have been there quite a few years and never regretted it but would suggest a lower number and letter pontoons if possible. All the marina staff most helpful . What's the name of your boat?
Drinking...I totally get it now!
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SarahJ
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Thanks for the welcome, Ashtead. I sent you a PM.
capnsensible
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I got two. :nonchalance:
To OP hope you get a great deal of pleasure from your yacht! We lived for a bit in Haslar when it had recently been born and had a ball, top place.
Happy sailing!
johnalison
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The quote about sailing being like standing in a cold shower and tearing up money is very old, and referred specifically to racing. I think that I first heard it attributed to someone like Sir Thomas Lipton, or it may have been Sopwith. They wouldn't have had £10 notes then, but I think large denomination notes existed. I also doubt if these wealthy owners ever got very wet.
LadyInBed
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ashtead
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Thanks have responded with some info so will look out for you
[70521]
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Congratulations on your purchase.
I spend less on the boat than some of my colleagues who follow premier league football teams!
ashtead
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You won't have Haslar berthing fees though
billmacfarlane
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If you’re fitting out for the first time, I’d get a few cases in.
mjcoon
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Hmm, I think with the old paper ones you had to be in possession of 50%+ of the area of the note to be able to trade it in. If that still applies perhaps a shrunken note would still be good...
Mike.
Stemar
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May be I should change my post to "cutting up" 10 pound notes.
Or adjust for inflation and make it 20s or 50s
Or adjust for inflation and make it 20s or 50s
solent clown
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lovely OP. When the rose tinted specs fall off, it is time to open the rosé. Sailing is an expensive hobby at whatever level, so take every opportunity to get out there and use it every time you can, even if you just take the tender for a chug or stay over on your moorings. It hurts less financially if you get more use. You sound hardy like us, so enjoy the winter sails where you will not be in a crowd.
johnalison
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My late brother once challenged me as to how much my first weekend in a new boat had cost me. Fortunately, over the following years, with many weekends spent sailing and racing, and summers with the children exploring a bit further while counting the air fares we were not paying for, the cost came down considerably, to the extent that I believe we were actually saving money by owning a boat. At least in my dreams.
Bru
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Yeah, I'm sure I could have swapped the shrunken tenner at the bank but by the time I'd driven into town, paid for parking and done the deed I'd have been out of pocket so it went in the shredder!
Robert Wilson
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And whatever you do, DON'T add-up all your expenses and divide by the number of hours actually using the craft.
Fatal; but even more fatal is if you do, then show the result to the Lady Chancellor of the Exchequer
Fatal; but even more fatal is if you do, then show the result to the Lady Chancellor of the Exchequer
rogerthebodger
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And whatever you do, DON'T add-up all your expenses and divide by the number of hours actually using the craft.
Fatal; but even more fatal is if you do, then show the result to the Lady Chancellor of the Exchequer
When people ask me how much did it cost to build Distantshaws, my answer is " I don't want to know"
Concerto
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And whatever you do, DON'T add-up all your expenses and divide by the number of hours actually using the craft.
Fatal; but even more fatal is if you do, then show the result to the Lady Chancellor of the Exchequer
Or divide the cost by how many miles traveled, as it is even worse when compared to running a car.
Boathook
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You will require quite a few more bottles after your first proper sail and when the first items breaks and or something else goes wrong.
johnalison
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But the sea-gods do exist, and they are prepared to give up some of their leisure time in looking after idiots. For example, during a particularly bumpy motor back into the Blackwater in our Sadler 29 we arrived to find the glass from the oil lamp rolling around on the floor, entirely intact. Our friends doing the same trip suffer significant internal damage which I don't exactly recall, probably due to their failure to make the necessary libations.
