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Interesting article and great pics in this months MBY regarding 'Mary Slim' - the wave piercer.

Got a question, probably for Jack, its been really bugging me:

How do you put the fenders out?

Nice shot of her alongside the fuel pontoon with alll fenders neatly deployed. Nor sure I fancy wandering forward to put them out, so I assume there must be a cunning way of doing it?
 
Crewing Mary Slim

Hi WhiteMischief,

I'm glad to hear that you liked the article - it was a beautiful day for pictures just a shame there were no waves about!

In terms of crewing Mary Slim it's a lot easier than you might imagine, especially if, like Mary and Richard Reddyhoff, you have it down to a fine art. There is a narrow side deck which runs around the perimeter of the boat, it's not very wide but coupled to the large rail that runs around the boat, it's fine for putting fenders out. They simply tie the fenders to said rail. Granted it feels quite strange if you are used to crewing a 'regular' motor boat.

To put lines on at the bow there is a single, chunky pop-up cleat and a more regular mooring gear arrangement aft.

Hope that helps,

Jack
 
She is certainly a very impressive beast indeed!
I was out pottering on a pal's sailboat out of Gosport a few years ago; we were out in deep water and she came out of the harbour behind us, opened up the throttle, and took off.
And not a lot of wake relatively, confirming that she has a very efficient hull form.
(Most other boats that length would probably have two Cat C32s, rather than 'just' one).

There is a very good series of photos showing her construction on the Builder's website here - http://www.multimarine.co.uk/VSV.html

And a couple of YouTube videos : -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MFX3ldg9mQ&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-GAOKKVpp0&feature=related

The early stages of the 2nd video shows the crew taking in the fenders, and I saw somewhere earlier (cant find it now) that she appears to have a track running forward port and starboard with sliding cars for attaching a safety harness when going forward.

I think though that if I had a choice of Mary Slim, Match or Wind Horse, Mary Slim would be in 3rd position........
 
I forgot about that.

Bajansailor said:
She is certainly a very impressive beast indeed!
I was out pottering on a pal's sailboat out of Gosport a few years ago; we were out in deep water and she came out of the harbour behind us, opened up the throttle, and took off.
And not a lot of wake relatively, confirming that she has a very efficient hull form.
(Most other boats that length would probably have two Cat C32s, rather than 'just' one).

There is a very good series of photos showing her construction on the Builder's website here - http://www.multimarine.co.uk/VSV.html

And a couple of YouTube videos : -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MFX3ldg9mQ&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-GAOKKVpp0&feature=related

The early stages of the 2nd video shows the crew taking in the fenders, and I saw somewhere earlier (cant find it now) that she appears to have a track running forward port and starboard with sliding cars for attaching a safety harness when going forward.

I think though that if I had a choice of Mary Slim, Match or Wind Horse, Mary Slim would be in 3rd position........
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Hi Bajansailor,

Interesting stuff there, you're quite right about the track too, I'd forgotten about that.

Jack
 
I think though that if I had a choice of Mary Slim, Match or Wind Horse, Mary Slim would be in 3rd position........

same here.
 
Bajansailor said:
SheI think though that if I had a choice of Mary Slim, Match or Wind Horse, Mary Slim would be in 3rd position........
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Same here too. Each to their own of course, but i don't get Mary Slim's usefulness. Sure it can go fast on little fuel and pierce thru waves, so it is a wonderful transportation machine to cover quite a long distance. But hang on a minute: there are perfectly good aeroplanes for that. If you have 6 or 8 mates on board MS you have one tiny outside space to sit around, and no other lounging space at all. Where's the fun in that?
 
Mary Slim

jfm said:
Same here too. Each to their own of course, but i don't get Mary Slim's usefulness. Sure it can go fast on little fuel and pierce thru waves, so it is a wonderful transportation machine to cover quite a long distance. But hang on a minute: there are perfectly good aeroplanes for that. If you have 6 or 8 mates on board MS you have one tiny outside space to sit around, and no other lounging space at all. Where's the fun in that?
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Hi John,

Great to meet you at LIBS and thank you for the tour of Match, she is stunning and a real credit to Fairline's design and production teams.

On to Mary Slim, not that I feel a duty to defend her honour but as you well know, maybe better than anyone, boats are about how they work for you personally. Mary and Richard regularly cruise as a couple and they simply love the way a wavepiercer handles the sea. Mary Slim is a comfortable boat but I don't think catering for 6-8 people lounging about on board is at the top of their list of priorities.

Enjoy the rest of the show and good luck getting rid of the finger marks on those lovely surfaces!

Jack
 
JackBuoy said:
boats are about how they work for you personally... I don't think catering for 6-8 people lounging about on board is at the top of their list of priorities.
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Hi Jack
Good to meet you and Chantal too. Yup there are a few thousand finger marks (tee hee!) but I'm feeling lucky becuase on Saturday night when Fairline team were cleaning the boats after the show they discovered someone had pee-ed in the loo in one boat, then in another someone had done a Number Two. Not my boat, phew, and I wont say which two boats were "hit" as they are both sold i think. Pretty unbelievable huh?

Ref your comment above, all ok and yes I agree it just proves that the spec of a boat is a personal thing (which is good, else things would be pretty dull)
 
"they discovered someone had pee-ed in the loo in one boat, then in another someone had done a Number Two"

I cannot believe this was due to an unstoppable call of nature, pure jealousy seems more likely. Despicable.
 
Astonishing

jfm said:
Hi Jack
Good to meet you and Chantal too. Yup there are a few thousand finger marks (tee hee!) but I'm feeling lucky becuase on Saturday night when Fairline team were cleaning the boats after the show they discovered someone had pee-ed in the loo in one boat, then in another someone had done a Number Two. Not my boat, phew, and I wont say which two boats were "hit" as they are both sold i think. Pretty unbelievable huh?

Ref your comment above, all ok and yes I agree it just proves that the spec of a boat is a personal thing (which is good, else things would be pretty dull)
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Hi John,

It really is quite astonishing that things like that happen - truly bewildering!

You're quite right about the customisation of boats, it's what makes them so special!

Jack
 
JackBuoy said:
It really is quite astonishing that things like that happen - truly bewildering!
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Not quite so bewildering if you imagine the perpetrator being 3 foot high and 4 years old, and mom and dad only took their eye off him for a second whilst they discussed the merits of the master bedroom. Parents should tell their kids of course, but its all too easy to forget. It nearly happened to us not so long ago in a bathroom showroom, but just managed to stop him in time.

It must seem pretty daft to a 4 year old to have a boat/showroom full of bogs, and not be able to use any of them :-)
 
jfm said:
it is a wonderful transportation machine to cover quite a long distance. But hang on a minute: there are perfectly good aeroplanes for that.
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Well, don't mention that to the Dashews, gludy, tcm and quite a few others... ;)
 
Ah...

Nick_H said:
Not quite so bewildering if you imagine the perpetrator being 3 foot high and 4 years old, and mom and dad only took their eye off him for a second whilst they discussed the merits of the master bedroom. Parents should tell their kids of course, but its all too easy to forget. It nearly happened to us not so long ago in a bathroom showroom, but just managed to stop him in time.

It must seem pretty daft to a 4 year old to have a boat/showroom full of bogs, and not be able to use any of them :-)
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Ah, I didn't realise a child had done it, not quite so shocking in that case.

Jack
 
Nick_H said:
Not quite so bewildering if you imagine the perpetrator being 3 foot high and 4 years old, and mom and dad only took their eye off him for a second whilst they discussed the merits of the master bedroom. Parents should tell their kids of course, but its all too easy to forget. It nearly happened to us not so long ago in a bathroom showroom, but just managed to stop him in time.

It must seem pretty daft to a 4 year old to have a boat/showroom full of bogs, and not be able to use any of them :-)
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Yup, all agreed, but in those circs it remains bewildering that the parents didn't tell the stand folks about the accident and apologise
 
Surely it's not beyond the wit of man to find a way to temporarily seal the loo's closed? I agree it beggars belief - I'm always really aware I'm on someone else's boat even if it's demo stock.
 
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