MarieK
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They seemed to have crammed rather alot in to a "100ft Yacht".
JFM have you considered a recording studio in your FL?
JFM have you considered a recording studio in your FL?
If the Daily Mail made boats....
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BrendanS
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Gludy has
grumpy_o_g
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A factor of three seems pretty good for the Daily Mail...
AndieMac
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Is it an optical illusion, or does that ship have the worlds biggest red ensign?
jimmy_the_builder
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Ah, that'll be because it's not 100ft, it's nearer 100m. It's one of Paul Allens, isn't it? Doesn't it live on the IYC in Antibes?
Cheers
Jimmy
oldgit
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jfm
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Yes that's Tatoosh, one of Paul Allen's (the #2 s'holder in Microsoft, after bill Gates). He has the bigger Octopus and the smaller Meduse, too. It doesn't live at IYCA but is here a couple of months a year in total I guess. Noe of PA's boats is on his berth at the moment
The port side tender to Tatoosh is a 60foot (approx) sloop - the black stick in the pic is her mast
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timbartlett
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Actually, they did...
Anyone remember the Mailboat?
Mid (maybe late) 1960s.
Bizarre expanded polystyrene thing, about 8ft long, that looked a bit like a cross between a toboggan and a wheelbarrow seen through some kind of distorting lens, and with a sail that made an Optimist look overpowered.
Anyone remember the Mailboat?
Mid (maybe late) 1960s.
Bizarre expanded polystyrene thing, about 8ft long, that looked a bit like a cross between a toboggan and a wheelbarrow seen through some kind of distorting lens, and with a sail that made an Optimist look overpowered.
Mailboat
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Yes!
As a kid I had a Mailboat (made from high-density polystyrene, not expanded polystyrene, for obvious reasons). It had a jib in addition to the pram main, and so probably had more sail than an Opi
Father & I drove to somewhere on S coast to collect it, and it went upside down on the roofrack of a Ford Capri.
Secondhand in 1972 the price was something around £10 from an advert in Exchange & Mart.
I could lift it onto the car myself (aged 10) it was very light, but surprisingly strong, and could sail it single handed, we used to go to a pond near Wisley (I don’t think the fishermen were too pleased), and we even took it to France on the roof-rack one year.
As a kid I had a Mailboat (made from high-density polystyrene, not expanded polystyrene, for obvious reasons). It had a jib in addition to the pram main, and so probably had more sail than an Opi
Father & I drove to somewhere on S coast to collect it, and it went upside down on the roofrack of a Ford Capri.
Secondhand in 1972 the price was something around £10 from an advert in Exchange & Mart.
I could lift it onto the car myself (aged 10) it was very light, but surprisingly strong, and could sail it single handed, we used to go to a pond near Wisley (I don’t think the fishermen were too pleased), and we even took it to France on the roof-rack one year.
