Jealous, Moi??

[BlueSkyNick]

On the Beeb news last night they were previewing the Monaco-Chelsea football match. They showed Roman Abramovich's (sp?) private fornicatorium parked in the harbour - with a fully rigged 60' yacht stowed on the stern deck as a toy.

<hr width=100% size=1>I'm average size, Its just that everybody else is short.

 

[tcm]

Re: yeah, rubbish

yes, very bad idea to have a 62 foot boat because you aren't allowed into st tropez vieux port in summer unless the boat is 21.5 metres long. The girly will say "You are too small for me m'sieur!" over vhf. But on the other hand all the moorings in the BVI say max 60foot, so it's bad news all round. Also, the airconditioning is a bit crammed in and worst of all - no Miele dishwasher and no miele washing machine so prertty poor and SWMBO has yet again stomped off the oyster stand. 1.7million is blimmin steep for a plastic 62 footer as well, whereas a nice nordia would be all made by finicky dutch types and the cabinet work is much better. I will happily come along with nicho and tell his mate all this if it would help? Either way, i think we can all be pretty pleased with ourselves for NOT having an oyster 62 and FAR better to have a Twister. Or indeed, about 40 or 50 or so twisters and still have £100grand to spend.

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[pandroid]

Oyster's are a pain at Fox's 'cos they get to gazump the normal punter, who has to wait while a bunch of posh Oysters get comissioned. I once had to wait two or three weeks for a simple electronics fix (which they screwed up in the first place) while the boat lounged in their marina. I've given up and go to R&J now

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[racingron]

Sailed a '95 Oyster 61 back from Oz just over a year ago. Great sea boat and very comfy for the 4 delivery crew. Only problem was that she'd been a little bit light on maintenance so everything failed at one time or another over the 4 months 13500 mile trip (air con, fridge/freezer,generator, engine, autohelm, bilge pumps, steering, electrics) - still great way to learn the boat and failures down to poor upkeep not poor build - I was impressed with her.

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[nicho]

Well, I can now see where the £millions go!!. Winds boatyard at Wroxham, is an old style boatbuilding operation, and consists of two sheds, each big enough to hold about two or three boats. The moulds are completed in a factory over the road, and they are then fitted out at Winds. After they are finished, they are then transported by road to Fox's at Ipswich for mast stepping and commissioning. Oyster also build at Southampton Yacht Services. This is hull number 14, and the first to be built by Winds.

"Our" shed had the 62, and just enough room for a new 45 as well (£600K on the road!!). The 62 takes around one year to build (the 45, six months) under the watchful eye of it's own project manager, and takes in excess of 20,000 man hours to complete. My mate's has so far had around 10,000 man hours, so it's around half finished - delivery will be December.

It really is a very impressive bit of kit, so solid and heavy (finished weight over 40 tons), and beautifully put together by real craftsmen. Everything is oozing quality, the thickness of the teak decking has to be seen to be believed. The primary Lewmar electric winches are the size of dustbins, the plumbing and wiring is awesome both in quantity and installation. The steering mechanism from the twin wheels to the single rudder is a masterpiece of engineering - just fabulous. The engine is a 225 Perkins Sabre, de-rated to 185 hp for reliability. The boat is a long way from finished, but it is simply beautiful (and a million miles away from my Bavaria). Mind you, we could have 22 Bavaria 36's for the same price!!

The most mind blowing statistic of the day?? The cost of painting the hull blue....wait for it.....£28,000!

Jealous Moi??.........OUI!!







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[Alistairr]

Sounds Great.

But come on, Surely you took some pics????

Let us see them.



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[nicho]

Alistair,

With head hung in shame, I have to confess I shot off rather late and left my camera at home - sorry! It was however, a fabulous boat, being built with traditional craftsmanship.

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