Fantasy boat

[Mark-1]

I once sailed on a 52’ wooden yacht whose owner put the boat in the yard every winter with his job list and the date he wanted the boat back. That seems to me the perfect way to own a wooden yacht. My fantasy has for very many years a 43’ ex RN Morgan Giles with the money to pay for all the maintenance in a similar manner.

Agree. Of course, if it's outside, many items on the jobs list simply won't be possible unless there's a warm autumn/spring.

 

[potentillaCO32]

So what happens to the ones that just disappear then? Just for clarity, the issue I describe is particular to the very modern wide beam monos, and shallower bilge keels will make it even more stable inverted. Clearly this is why our intrepid ocean voyaging members advocate another style of boat, a less beamy, deeper keeled sort. My point is, if ypu’re going to go for a boat that is stable inverted, itks better to lose the ballast. That way, you get a headline of being rescued, not one of ‘what happened’.

True dat

 

[winch2]

Something like a mini pilot cutter....35ft, yard built...Spars and fittings dripping in varnish. The rest of the boat dripping in bronze, enamel and teak, and with a certificate saying Im only to be approached by men in white coats......

 

[Frogmogman]

I once sailed on a 52’ wooden yacht whose owner put the boat in the yard every winter with his job list and the date he wanted the boat back. That seems to me the perfect way to own a wooden yacht. My fantasy has for very many years a 43’ ex RN Morgan Giles with the money to pay for all the maintenance in a similar manner.

Nice. If we’re going with that sort of fantasy, then this boat tugs at my heart strings. Partly because it is so beautiful, partly because of the George Millar history.

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