PabloPicasso
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I upgraded to a 30ft from 2001 last year from a 1980 26footer
So current boat 25years old.
So current boat 25years old.
How old is your boat?
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PabloPicasso
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There we are. I have set up a poll for how old is your boat
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
john_morris_uk
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Built and first registered 1986. We’ve owned her 20 years or so. Lots of new everything: New engine, feathering propellor, shaft and seal, generator, lithium with charger inverter, solar, new standing rigging (twice) new sails, new head-linings (twice!!) new upholstery (twice!!) new fridge, upgraded chain plates, new anchor, new chain, new windlass, replaced fuel tank, removed and replaced all the deck-tread, renewed lots of running rigging, all hatches replaced, new bimini, spay hood, Eberspacher heating system, I could go on… (I think I have)
When she was launched after being stored in Dominican Republic for nine months.
Two days ago in Turks & Caicos.
We don’t add up how much we spend on her.
When she was launched after being stored in Dominican Republic for nine months.
Two days ago in Turks & Caicos.
We don’t add up how much we spend on her.
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PabloPicasso
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potentillaCO32
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52 years old and coming to the end of an 18 month refit. The grp seems as strong as it ever was and with new bulkheads and floors and lots of epoxy probably stronger than when built.
There doesn't seem to be many new boats. Maybe ybw is old codgers with old boats corner.
There doesn't seem to be many new boats. Maybe ybw is old codgers with old boats corner.
Stemar
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Concerto
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After all that work, you still call her an old boat.
I know the feeling.
Supertramp
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And there's the difference - no-one who buys a brand new boat will want to boast about its age. Until it gets to 20 years or so?
I sold a newer boat which needed very little maintenance for something 10 years older which does need maintenance. No regrets, different mindset.
I sold a newer boat which needed very little maintenance for something 10 years older which does need maintenance. No regrets, different mindset.
DoubleEnder
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err...built 1950. Two years older than my last boat. Nuts. I will end up with something looking like my avatar
Chiara’s slave
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Damn you sir, and your new ‘old’ boat. We’d have been tied in last place, but now you have the sole honour. Waxwing was build by Hampers in 1952. Still racing, still sometimes winning. The wonders of the XOD class. Chiara of course is from the 21st century and only 24 years old.
toothless
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Oh I have always wanted a twister - she is a beaut. I truly love my contessa 26 - but the twister is *just* a bit bigger and I wouldn't hit my head as often. Can't justify it though as the contessa is just for me singlehanding and she is otherwise lovely. The cat is for when I need space / friends.
jonic
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1974 - So younger than me 
Sea Change
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Hang on a mo, one of my boats is from 2021!
Ok so it's the 11ft dinghy that I built during lockdown. But it's still a boat.
A possibly the youngest one so far on this thread?
Ok so it's the 11ft dinghy that I built during lockdown. But it's still a boat.
A possibly the youngest one so far on this thread?
potentillaCO32
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Same as mine1974 - So younger than me
SimonX
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Not quite mine yet but it will be 24 years and 11 months when I get it
Tremyporth
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On the subject of how long have you owned your boat, way back in 1970 cathedral hull dories were the height of boating fashion, so as a young man in my first job, I decided to build one from a GRP shell. Island Plastics were probably the main supplier of such things, but I found a firm called MB Marine in Fareham who made their own version, and they had an agent in west Wales near where I was living, so I saved on delivery costs.
Progress was watched by the landlady’s grandson, then a toddler. Now retired from a career in the RAF. Time flies. After completion I used it for coastal exploration and fishing around west Wales and Cornwall. Nowadays people do that sort of thing in inflatable dinghies, and put films on YouTube, but their boats will not last as long as this one has. 56 years and 3 outboards later, I’ve still got it. Other boats have come and gone, but ownership of a Mitchell 31 since 1999 means I have not used it much in recent years. Anyway, Spring is here so I just pulled it out of the garage to give it a clean.
Now here’s the thing. When I got it, I was given to understand that GRP was a wonder material, everlasting and maintenance free. I am all too well aware now that those were false claims. Do you think I might be able to claim compensation for the money and time I have spent on the boat, on the basis that I was a victim of misdescription and mis-selling?
Progress was watched by the landlady’s grandson, then a toddler. Now retired from a career in the RAF. Time flies. After completion I used it for coastal exploration and fishing around west Wales and Cornwall. Nowadays people do that sort of thing in inflatable dinghies, and put films on YouTube, but their boats will not last as long as this one has. 56 years and 3 outboards later, I’ve still got it. Other boats have come and gone, but ownership of a Mitchell 31 since 1999 means I have not used it much in recent years. Anyway, Spring is here so I just pulled it out of the garage to give it a clean.
Now here’s the thing. When I got it, I was given to understand that GRP was a wonder material, everlasting and maintenance free. I am all too well aware now that those were false claims. Do you think I might be able to claim compensation for the money and time I have spent on the boat, on the basis that I was a victim of misdescription and mis-selling?
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potentillaCO32
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I suppose it floats which means it must be a boat
14K478
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She’s the youngest boat I have owned. She was built in 1975, but she had one massive refit (new mast, new chain plates, new plumbing, new wiring, new bulkheads…) around the turn of the century, and a new engine a bit more recently.
My previous boats were 1948, 1936, 1947…
1937…
I dare say I can get used to this grp fin and skeg business.
My previous boats were 1948, 1936, 1947…
1937…
I dare say I can get used to this grp fin and skeg business.
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