Look away now fans of traditional heavy boats…

[flaming]

First look: Skaw Paradise - mould-breaking mini scow - Yachting World

This is quite something… not cheap though!

 

[Sandy]

Are they sure it is a boat and not a new type of bumble bee?

 

[dunedin]

Was covered in thread here - A vision of Paradise?

 

[flaming]

Was covered in thread here - A vision of Paradise?

Ah I missed that!

 

[benjenbav]

“Look away now…” Never was a thread title so apt.

I paid it never mind and now I need the mind bleach.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

“Look away now…” Never was a thread title so apt.

I paid it never mind and now I need the mind bleach.

Yup, some people talk about row away factor when judging a boat, with that one it's the run away factor, how quickly can I get away from it and the picture out of my mind.

 

[fredrussell]

It must be so annoying to break the mould after only one boat has been produced. Skimped on the release agent I reckon. What a nightmare.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

It must be so annoying to break the mould after only one boat has been produced. Skimped on the release agent I reckon. What a nightmare.

Best thing that could have happened to it.

 

[SlowlyButSurely]

Good grief! Why didn't I follow the advice in the thread title?

That thing doesn't actually float, it's so fugly that the water repels it.

 

[veshengro]

Good grief. For some reason it causes me to remember when I dropped my mobile phone in a puddle...Take away the rig and cockpit canopy and it's very Nokiaerish....

 

[Tomahawk]

So out of interest how many of those moaning about innovation drive an Humber or Mk1 Cortina? Those are surely the apogee of traditional car design when cars looked like proper cars. Do I hear none because the reality is the Cortina and Humber were pretty badly designed by modern standards.

Traditional heavy design is the product of doing what was done before because there was no alternative "before". And it the backward thinking that produced the worst possible railway gauge simply because that was the same as a horse drawn cart.

 

[flaming]

Sooooooo....... I'm the only one who quite likes it then?

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Sooooooo....... I'm the only one who quite likes it then?

Somebody has to like it just like Teslas

 

[MisterBaxter]

Sooooooo....... I'm the only one who quite likes it then?

I like it. Makes me think of Dutch boats and Galway Hookers, but I also like the pure function-first look of it.

 

[capnsensible]

Sooooooo....... I'm the only one who quite likes it then?

I like it too. But at least it gives the usual suspects a chance to get all histrionic.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

I like it too. But at least it gives the usual suspects a chance to get all histrionic.

Nah it's simply a mater of aesthetics and taste.

 

[capnsensible]

Nah it's simply a mater of aesthetics and taste.

Yeah, some people get stuck in a rut. Others move on. But it's still subjective.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Yeah, some people get stuck in a rut. Others move on. But it's still subjective.

Some people have taste others don't

 

[Snowgoose-1]

My wife would appreciate the non heeling aspect , but 20 knots would probably mean I would have to wear some kind of marine nappy.

 

[rotrax]

First mate wants to know if it has room for a washing machine.

Our cruising life changed significantly for the better once I fitted one.