How old is your boat?

[Scapa86]

Just wondering how old a boat you are sailing,
Mine is 41 years young[

Looks good

 

[LONG_KEELER]

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my cobra 850 half on a stream and half not oops Red Wharf bay . i think its about 1983 -84

Very posh to have furling jib in those days. Wyk. Martin ?

 

[geem]

Very posh to have furling jib in those days. Wyk. Martin ?

My Dad used to keep his Macwester 26 at Red

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my cobra 850 half on a stream and half not oops Red Wharf bay . i think its about 1983 -84

My Dad used to keep his Macwester 26 at Red Wharfe Bay when I was kid. That photo brings back memories from the mid 70s?

 

[Solostoke]

32 years old

 

[johnalison]

Very posh to have furling jib in those days. Wyk. Martin ?

Furling jibs were around then. My first encounter was when we sailed in company with a club member who had a Trapper 501 so fitted in 1982. The boat was a few years old and second hand and presumably fitted from new. They hadn’t been fully accepted then, certainly, and I was sceptical but fully converted by the time I got my next boat in 1987.

 

[LONG_KEELER]

Furling jibs were around then. My first encounter was when we sailed in company with a club member who had a Trapper 501 so fitted in 1982. The boat was a few years old and second hand and presumably fitted from new. They hadn’t been fully accepted then, certainly, and I was sceptical but fully converted by the time I got my next boat in 1987.

I kept buying Cruiser/Racers which were raced so I had hank on's for many years so they came to me late. Along with very tired interiors and poorly maintained diesels. The sails took up most of the lounging areas. They were still happy days but I don't miss changing headsails in the middle of the North Sea .

 

[Tranona]

Very posh to have furling jib in those days. Wyk. Martin ?

Well established by then. The Seawych I built in 1976 had a Cooney reefing system. The other main brand for smaller boats was Colnebrook. Wykeman Martin dates back to the early years of the century and was just a furler on haltard. still available now as are modern systems mainly for smaller racers and dinghies by firms like Harken.

 

[Manosk]

Mine is 35 yrs old a Nordship 32 from 1987

 

[MOBY2]

Mine is 53 years old ... Trident 24 ... gradually getting her back up to a reasonable standard but all good fun.

 

[mrming]

36 years old. I’m the 4th owner in that time having purchased her last year. She’s on her second engine and probably 3rd set of electronics. She’s also had an interior refurb at some point in the past. I’ve done a few more upgrades, new (bigger) batteries, a fridge, AIS, LED nav lights, plastic seacocks, major engine service. The next job is to repaint the decks and banish the small amount of remaining treadmaster.