Hacker
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Rustler 37 for me plus a house in Flushing with its own mooring in the garden. Happy days.
If I won the lottery...
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prv
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Resolution
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Not necessarily. One of my pals is very wealthy, entirely made through his own efforts. In his seventies and with failing mobility he was about to give up sailing. Then he found a really cracking good guy to be his professional skipper and has, as a consequence, been able to enjoy a further five years sailing so far.
Kelpie
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I might see if I could buy that Bestevaer recently built by a forumite on here. Looked the absolute dog's danglies.
DownWest
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I would go to Spirit and commision something in the 40ft range, for Fun.
Reminded of the well healed bloke, who, when asked what yacht he owned.. Said a Nic 32. The interviewer thought that a bit low key. WHB pointed out out he had 6(?) of them them in his prefered different cruising grounds. I like that idea.
Reminded of the well healed bloke, who, when asked what yacht he owned.. Said a Nic 32. The interviewer thought that a bit low key. WHB pointed out out he had 6(?) of them them in his prefered different cruising grounds. I like that idea.
NormanB
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Funny that but I do similar because I do not have much money.?
Kukri
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This is the boat that Sir Maersk McKinney Moller ordered when he was 91: he took delivery when he was 93 and enjoyed sailing her for the next four years. Employing, as he did, several thousand seamen, I suspect that finding a crew was about as hard as picking the colour of the topsides. He had sailed since childhood, but I suspect that a Lottery win would have been pocket money for him.
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sailorman
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Was she S&S designed
Kukri
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German Frers. Swan 82 RS. I was wrong: he was 95 when he ordered her. She was his eighth boat.
prv
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I'm sure she's very nicely made and sails beautifully, but that complete lack of sheer and the tent on top of the deckhouse do nothing for me.
Pete
Buck Turgidson
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I'd just give my current boat a very thorough refit. Make her all shiny and new.
Zing
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A nice choice for me, but at his age it would probably have been a physical ordeal sailing on her. At some point a big stabilised motor yacht in the Med will be the right boat.
Stemar
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With air conditioning...
Topcat47
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This thread impelled the purchase of a ticket. It didn't win. Oh well back to the daydreams......
horatio_nelson
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Grand Soleil 58 Performance please, with all the extras
TiggerToo
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Stemar
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National Lottery: A tax on people who don't understand probability
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That's true, a bit like household insurance. At least in the lottery case it is only a couple of quid a week.
Kukri
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I spent a few minutes yesterday on the pontoon at the Berthon marina, looking at the Fife 15 metre “Mariquita”.
A mere lottery win might just help towards the running costs of such a yacht, but it did my heart good to see her so well cared for in the finest traditional manner with an array of skills on display - such as the cream all over cover held down not with straps but with weighted soft bags.
A mere lottery win might just help towards the running costs of such a yacht, but it did my heart good to see her so well cared for in the finest traditional manner with an array of skills on display - such as the cream all over cover held down not with straps but with weighted soft bags.
Fr J Hackett
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I had the pleasure of an days jolly on her a few years back.
I take it you bought the other one then?
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