Ever wish you still had "that" boat?

[RobWales]

Posting on a different thread here had me remembering one of the best boats I have ever owned....!

A cracking Leeward 18 fisher quite rare and wish I had her now! tough as old boots could handle the conditions, OK a dory shape on hull did see her slam a bit in a chop but all in all a cracker!

Do you wish you still owned a boat you have long got rid of?

Rob.

PS Yes I guess I could have bought another but it doesn't tick the right boxes these days as a weekender.

 

[Jim@sea]

Conway 26 with 2 x 130 Volvo Petrol outdrives when petrol was 3 gall for £1
Moody 30 Yacht.

 

[Moody]

This One

Owned her for seven years. A definite one off as this was the only one they built with a blue hull.

The one that got away..... thanks for reminding me

 

[rubberduck]

We have still got the best we ever had & I don't see us changing anytime soon. Absolute 41, superb, fast, great handling, swmbo hasn't been even slightly Ill as she was on previous boats, & very well equipped. Overall a happy bunny, except for the fire extinguisher, which is close to being sorted thanks to Mapis of this forum.

 

[jfm]

Engine not boat. We (my dad) had a mercury 90hp 6 cyl towerofpower from new, 1981. We had it in the family 20 years and stupidly sold it for beans some years ago and got a new 4 cyl modern merc, which is a POS in comparison. Back then I didnt have the cash to go wild but i wish now that I'd kept it, and I would have had it shipped to US for full restoration then kept it prisitine waiting for a suitable boat to put it on. Serial number 5777855, if anyone ever comes across it

 

[Third mate]

Has to be the Osborne Kingswift I owned, twin perky 4108's on Z drives. 26 feet of heaven, didn't appreciate her until she was gone (unlike ex-wife )

Spent a number of years trying to replace her with a 33' King Falcon with no success.

 

[Deefor]

Has to be the loss of my Fairline Mirage aft cabin .

Went from 30' to 40' (Fairline 40) and the fun of using the boat disappered overnight.

 

[Peanuts]

For me it's my Sunseeker 23DC, had her for 18 years, fitted out with eber heating, hot water system, you name it was fitted. Every weekend and days inbetween down to Poole on boat, always out and about, Channel Islands, West country, IOW, you get the picture. Got married, then a little one came along, (daughter 1) she was sleeping on board at 3 weeks old, channel crossing under her belt at 3 months - slept all the way (daughter not me). Then daughter number 2 came along and still all 4 of us down to the boat - cosy!
Then I bought current boat, an S28 - loads more room - lovely, however family starting to dare I say it lose interest about 5 years ago. Now it's just me all the time, although the S28 is a great boat I often ponder on the good old times I had on the Sunseeker and of course I could get under the bridge most of the time and now there's 2 of the bloody things!

 

[OAF]

Mine has to be a 70ft iron composite (iron hull, elm bottom) ex Fellows Morton and Clayton steamer called Empress, she is the oldest surviving poupose built original unconverted motor narrow boat with a commercial license in the uk, that along with the 70ft unconverted butty Ilford, great times were had with both boats and it's nice to see that they are now in good hands and are in regular use. Something slightly different from the norm!

 

[volvopaul]

Owned her for seven years. A definite one off as this was the only one they built with a blue hull.

The one that got away..... thanks for reminding me

I can vouch for that Neil, a simply great boat with the right size motors for the job, that frankly put this modern green stuff to shame.

 

[volvopaul]

My favourite boat has to be the first fair line corniche I had in 1999 , I did more miles in one season than I can remember, but that was when it s was abou 38p per litre!!

We crossed lyme bay twice in the same year, it made a weekend to Weymouth a viable option when the sea was reasonable! How it's all changed.

 

[hlb]

I will always miss Mucky farter, the fun we had both here and aboard her, was immense.

Is there another boat of similar size, that would take on a F8 and leave a F10 behind her. We just had ten minutes to tie here up, before the F10 hit.

 

[Andydent2000]

I'm still on my first boat. A Powels 46. Despite all the hassles with the old engines I never once thought of changing. Now with twin TAMD61A engines nicely run in from their rebuild boating is back to just about perfect. Now if I could discover oil in my back garden.....