Holman&Pye

[Wansworth]

The problem I foresee is information overload as owner explains how the radar works ,how to work the septic tank and erect the sprayhood and how to start the outboard…..and what do I do if it all stops working?

 

[Poignard]

The problem I foresee is information overload as owner explains how the radar works ,how to work the septic tank and erect the sprayhood and how to start the outboard…..and what do I do if it all stops working?

"owner explains" ?

If I were selling it I would just grab the money and run . .

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Will you be taking on a harpooner for the orcas? I hear Poignard is looking for a berth, reliable but grumpy sort.

 

[Wansworth]

"owner explains" ?

If I were selling it I would just grab the money and run . .

I would certainly ask for a small training time and notes,así twill be aggravated by my grasp of Galician and or Castilian?

 

[Wansworth]

Will you be taking on a harpooner for the orcas? I hear Poignard is looking for a berth, reliable but grumpy sort.

Galicia was a whale catching and processing area especially the ría de Vigo where the slipway and whaling station still remains……maybe why it’s so popular with Orcas?……..poignardcan send his c.v

 

[mrming]

I’m sitting in the cockpit drinking coffee with a few nice Kim Holman designs around me. An wood-topped Twister (it’s for sale, in Kent, someone should buy it), and two wooden one-offs, one sloop and one ketch with a deck house. All three are very well maintained. Always nice to look at someone’s high maintenance pride and joy from the cockpit of my plastic fantastic.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

We’ve never had an owner handover of any kind on buying a boat. Just choose one and learn about it gently, at your own pace.

 

[Wansworth]

We’ve never had an owner handover of any kind on buying a boat. Just choose one and learn about it gently, at your own pace.

Being a non technical person more leaning towards the arts and a low retention capability at least some pointers wouldn’t come amiss .I went to view one boat a few months ago and there where so many gadgets and owner mods that I actually told the owner that it was his boat,he had modified it totally to himself…….the boat is still for sale six months later.

 

[johnalison]

I don't know it either but it looks like a slightly larger UFO 25 but with more freeboard. I'm sure it will be great upwind but maybe less so with gentlemen sailing.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Being a non technical person more leaning towards the arts and a low retention capability at least some pointers wouldn’t come amiss .I went to view one boat a few months ago and there where so many gadgets and owner mods that I actually told the owner that it was his boat,he had modified it totally to himself…….the boat is still for sale six months later.

I doubt you will learn much from a morning sail or sitting in the cockpit. Go over the boat make a few notes about where things are and what they do and make sure the manuals are present for all the electronics. Other than that it's a conventional boat with sails.
If you are still looking after this one then this one should be OK for you and if you need someone to show you how to sail it I am available.
Spirit 65DH, SPIRIT OF JOSEPHINE - Berthon International

 

[Wansworth]

I doubt you will learn much from a morning sail or sitting in the cockpit. Go over the boat make a few notes about where things are and what they do and make sure the manuals are present for all the electronics. Other than that it's a conventional boat with sails.
If you are still looking after this one then this one should be OK for you and if you need someone to show you how to sail it I am available.
Spirit 65DH, SPIRIT OF JOSEPHINE - Berthon International

Thanks,will keep you in mind?

 

[Poignard]

Being a non technical person more leaning towards the arts and a low retention capability at least some pointers wouldn’t come amiss .I went to view one boat a few months ago and there where so many gadgets and owner mods that I actually told the owner that it was his boat,he had modified it totally to himself…….the boat is still for sale six months later.

Have you thought of how much of this stuff you actually need to enjoy your sailing?

 

[Wansworth]

I don't know it either but it looks like a slightly larger UFO 25 but with more freeboard. I'm sure it will be great upwind but maybe less so with gentlemen sailing.

Here in the rias……motor upwind and sail home under genoa

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Here in the rias……motor upwind and sail home under genoa

Surely there is room to tack?

 

[Wansworth]

Have you thought of how much of this stuff you actually need?
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The best boat I owned had no electrics no motor,sails and a sculling oar(after the seagull died)

 

[Wansworth]

Surely there is room to tack?

In the summer there are light winds in the rias and people motor out from Vigo to the islands for lunch.Gradually as the day wears on a nice northern breeze fills in perfect for going home…under Genoa. Sring and Autumn are the best days ,of course there is racing but many are keen on getting to an anchour age whilst thereis room

 

[Concerto]

I don't know it either but it looks like a slightly larger UFO 25 but with more freeboard. I'm sure it will be great upwind but maybe less so with gentlemen sailing.

That was my thoughts exactly.
Hustler 25.5 — Sailboat Guide

The similarities are remarkable. Never sailed one, but raced against several in the 1970's. I would not be surprised if the Oyster 26 and Hustler 25.5 were the same hulls. I know that Richard Matthews owned a Hustler 25.5, as we raced against him, and he later started Oyster Yachts. Holman and Pye, Hustler Boats and Richard Matthews, all were in West Mersea, Essex.

This old thread might give you an idea as to how the Puma 26 will sail, especially post #5.
why buy a oyster26 over hustler 25.5

 

[Wansworth]

Certain amount of generalized observation,for instance it’s much windier up in Coruna than Vigo……the local here in Vigo call it tortilla sailing,the tortilla that is eatern at anchour in the islands(Cies)

 

[Wansworth]

That was my thoughts exactly.
Hustler 25.5 — Sailboat Guide

The similarities are remarkable. Never sailed one, but raced against several in the 1970's. I would not be surprised if the Oyster 26 and Hustler 25.5 were the same hulls. I know that Richard Matthews owned a Hustler 25.5, as we raced against him, and he later started Oyster Yachts. Holman and Pye, Hustler Boats and Richard Matthews, all were in West Mersea, Essex.

This old thread might give you an idea as to how the Puma 26 will sail, especially post #5.
why buy a oyster26 over hustler 25.5

Thanks

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Have you thought of how much of this stuff you actually need to enjoy your sailing?

We sailed for years with a log, compass and echo sounder. Our boat nowadays is rammed with networked electronics. They’re a hobby, but their only real purpose is to give Chiara’s owner something to worry about. She likes to compare true wind with the reefing chart.