rbrooks
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Started Back in my army day's( South African) My Beloved Corperal Used to call us all Tits or Teets(prounanced) if we did some thing not to his liking which was all the time. lost 20kg in first 6 weeks
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Is everyone happy witrh the boats they bought?
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LadyInBed
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Re: 50 Knot winds & 12 foot seas???
I wish!
I wish!
billmacfarlane
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Sorry I never out the boat type. Bought a new Maxi 1100 from the UK agent S.D Marine. The salesman let's just say is a typical salesman and the guy who commissions the boat is superb.
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Re: Is everybody happy with the spouse they married?
Strangely enough, you might think, it's the male half of this partnership who hums and haws about blowing the lifesavings on a yacht... Still, when sailing, he's well trained in hanging on a jib sheet and he does a lovely cooked breakfast as well.
Strangely enough, you might think, it's the male half of this partnership who hums and haws about blowing the lifesavings on a yacht... Still, when sailing, he's well trained in hanging on a jib sheet and he does a lovely cooked breakfast as well.
LadyInBed
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In the spirit of the resurrection of old threads
Twelve years on and I'm still happy with my Colvic Countess
Who can say the same?
Twelve years on and I'm still happy with my Colvic Countess
Who can say the same?
TQA
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3 years on and I am still happy with my find. I knew the sort of thing I was looking for when I stunbled across my
New Bombay Trading Company [ yup thats the yard name and Florida not India ] Explorer 44.
The then owners had carried out a major refit so even at 34 years old she is no MAB.
My previous boat a Ryton 38 was a 4ktsb so it is nice to plan passages at 6 knts and expect to do better.
New Bombay Trading Company [ yup thats the yard name and Florida not India ] Explorer 44.
The then owners had carried out a major refit so even at 34 years old she is no MAB.
My previous boat a Ryton 38 was a 4ktsb so it is nice to plan passages at 6 knts and expect to do better.
sailorman
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its almost 16 yrs since i bought my boat, very happy all round
Oyster 37 now 33 yrs old & we are the second owners, Oyster brokerage first class.
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RupertW
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Love our 33 year old GK24 - second one we've owned. It's the only boat I've sailed that fits like a glove - take hold of the tiller and you are the boat. Plus it has (in miniature) a double bed we can get a good nights sleep in, proper sea loo, excellent sea berths and and a table with comfortable seating for two.
Nobody else likes it though so after two years trying to sell it we are putting it back on the water in the cheapest marina we can find in easy distance of home, and I'm looking forward to tidying her up this Winter ready for a bit of weekend sailing.
But, thinking the GK would sell quickly we bought a Jeanneau 42.2 based in Croatia two years ago - 11 years old and a mess. I like a bit of a project and the price was right and no surprises - what looked messy and broken was messy and broken, including plumbing, instruments, lights. electrics etc etc but structurally good. A lovely boat to sail in the 20-35 knot winds common there, but I do miss having a boat that is slippery and responsive at 8 knots wind. And of course the accommodation and deck layout is everything we have been after for years, including a mich better intro to sailing for our non-sailing friends. I can't imagine spending all that money buying new, then not having the need to get to know every part of the boat (because it needs fixing).
One downside (hardly the boats fault) - we are having to replace the mast as we think another boat must have used its rigging against ours as a brake when parking alongside us this Summer when we weren't around.
Nobody else likes it though so after two years trying to sell it we are putting it back on the water in the cheapest marina we can find in easy distance of home, and I'm looking forward to tidying her up this Winter ready for a bit of weekend sailing.
But, thinking the GK would sell quickly we bought a Jeanneau 42.2 based in Croatia two years ago - 11 years old and a mess. I like a bit of a project and the price was right and no surprises - what looked messy and broken was messy and broken, including plumbing, instruments, lights. electrics etc etc but structurally good. A lovely boat to sail in the 20-35 knot winds common there, but I do miss having a boat that is slippery and responsive at 8 knots wind. And of course the accommodation and deck layout is everything we have been after for years, including a mich better intro to sailing for our non-sailing friends. I can't imagine spending all that money buying new, then not having the need to get to know every part of the boat (because it needs fixing).
One downside (hardly the boats fault) - we are having to replace the mast as we think another boat must have used its rigging against ours as a brake when parking alongside us this Summer when we weren't around.
Nicholas123
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Bought a wreck in Belgium,done her up & sailed her back here.Beyond my wildest dreams!
Still can't believe it......
Still can't believe it......
Lundylad
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Very happy with the boat, Jaguar 27.
I am one of those that suffers from seasickness and love the fact that I am at eye level with the cabin windows which really helps when down below.
The survey showed a very sound boat but being nearly 40 yeas old it was looking in need of a little TLC.
I have done a lot to the boat in the 9 months since I bought it and still more to do this winter, but love it.
I am one of those that suffers from seasickness and love the fact that I am at eye level with the cabin windows which really helps when down below.
The survey showed a very sound boat but being nearly 40 yeas old it was looking in need of a little TLC.
I have done a lot to the boat in the 9 months since I bought it and still more to do this winter, but love it.
Sandy
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Very happy, second hand.
I would only buy a new boat if I won the lottery.
I would only buy a new boat if I won the lottery.
vyv_cox
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We have owned our Sadler 34 since 1995 and no intention of changing. Superb boat and fitted out exactly as we want.
doug748
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In the spirit of the resurrection of old threads
Twelve years on and I'm still happy with my Colvic Countess
Who can say the same?
Yes, still happy with my choice.
18 years in all now. It's small enough to be handy and large enough to be comfy.
Mr Cassandra
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Same here bought mine 1992. I am affluent enough to buy new.But I will not, she does everything she was designed for.
Sometimes I look at new ones in the port and feel a little bit envious, usually their size in a given length, but when I board them and see the lack of quality, that feeling passes quickly.
Zagato
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Very Happy with my Crabber I bought a couple of months ago and the Drifter I bought last year, both are very well designed and don't have the drawbacks or niggling design clangers some boats have.
Makes the new buy nicer when you can get such good deals with a lot of haggling I got 10k off mine and spoke to a guy in the yard yesterday that got the same off his Moody29 the asking was 27K and he eventually got it for 17K - good on him. We both have boats to sell now though so might have to take a hit on them - I should be OK with a trailer sailer but he might take quite a loss on his, especially as someone punctured a hole in his bow without leaving a number - looks to have been a bowsprit that did the damage
Makes the new buy nicer when you can get such good deals with a lot of haggling
I got 10k off mine and spoke to a guy in the yard yesterday that got the same off his Moody29 the asking was 27K and he eventually got it for 17K - good on him. We both have boats to sell now though so might have to take a hit on them - I should be OK with a trailer sailer but he might take quite a loss on his, especially as someone punctured a hole in his bow without leaving a number - looks to have been a bowsprit that did the damage 
jordanbasset
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We are very happy with our Bavaria 38, 4th year of ownership, definitely the right choice for us. That said we intend to sail her back to the U.K. and then sell her. Nothing to do with the boat, we just want to do something else besides sailing.
Joker
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Bought new six years ago.
Agent a complete disaster. Builder a complete disaster.
Boat design marvellous. I spend 6 months each summer living on board.
Agent a complete disaster. Builder a complete disaster.
Boat design marvellous. I spend 6 months each summer living on board.
Dockhead
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Oh, yes!!!
I love her even much more than when I bought her three years ago. She is much better than I even hoped for, better sailing, more comfortable, more ingeniously made, more seaworthy. Love her to bits. I want to be buried in her Viking style.
I have been nearly overwhelmed, however, by the vast mass of things which have broken during my three years of ownership, despite the yacht's generally excellent condition and light use by the PO. This may be the inevitable consequence of buying a 9 year old boat -- the "sell by" date on a whole mass of components seems to come up right around 10 years . . .
I love her even much more than when I bought her three years ago. She is much better than I even hoped for, better sailing, more comfortable, more ingeniously made, more seaworthy. Love her to bits. I want to be buried in her Viking style.
I have been nearly overwhelmed, however, by the vast mass of things which have broken during my three years of ownership, despite the yacht's generally excellent condition and light use by the PO. This may be the inevitable consequence of buying a 9 year old boat -- the "sell by" date on a whole mass of components seems to come up right around 10 years . . .
stuartwineberg
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Similar nearer to UK
Just a quick word for the people at Hardy Marine. They, in effect, offer a permanent consultancy service relating to every boat they have ever built. Malcolm Pannell the Sales Manager was crawling all over my Hardy 36 and offering good, free advice four years after I bought it - and that was a second hand purchase through their brokerage not a new boat. I deprived them of a fee when I sold Enigma direct - rather than take the huff, Malcolm wrote and congratulated me on the sale. I have bought a smaller Hardy and a not insigificant driver for that was the knowledge that they are still there backing up their excellent products. No connection with the Company
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Just a quick word for the people at Hardy Marine. They, in effect, offer a permanent consultancy service relating to every boat they have ever built. Malcolm Pannell the Sales Manager was crawling all over my Hardy 36 and offering good, free advice four years after I bought it - and that was a second hand purchase through their brokerage not a new boat. I deprived them of a fee when I sold Enigma direct - rather than take the huff, Malcolm wrote and congratulated me on the sale. I have bought a smaller Hardy and a not insigificant driver for that was the knowledge that they are still there backing up their excellent products. No connection with the Company
Sans Bateau
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Interesting, if my arithmetic is correct the OP changed his boat 3 times since that original posting.
