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Wansworth

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Went to view a Puma 23 yesterday in Sada .Imaculate boat well kept engine asolé had been rebuilt new stainless fuel tank etc etc …..even the side decks were passable but it was just too small inside and access to seaocks etc was strenuous……if it had been three foot longer it would have been the “one”
 
Wansworth said:
Went to view a Puma 23 yesterday in Sada .Imaculate boat well kept engine asolé had been rebuilt new stainless fuel tank etc etc …..even the side decks were passable but it was just too small inside and access to seaocks etc was strenuous……if it had been three foot longer it would have been the “one”
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Just checked and there actually is a Puma 26. Is the end to the longest nautical journey since Odysseus finally at hand?!?
 
Wansys “Bumper Book of Non Boat Buying Excuses” is entering another year of online compilation😄
A senior year now, in fact.
There are so many many perfectly eligible boats for sail in Spain right now.

And now we know you have two rental incomes to fund a boat and not just two old pennies you dug up under the floor- just buy yourselves something decent for once 😂and not some tarted up,repainted, sad, depressing old pile of crap- and eat the depreciation over these golden years and give yourself permission to enjoy it! (FFS)

Loads of really nice, eminently suitable, flawless, loved, cared for , easily resold 7-9m French boats when you dig £25k out of your deep pocket Señor!

BTBB
 
Wansworth said:
Went to view a Puma 23 yesterday in Sada .Imaculate boat well kept engine asolé had been rebuilt new stainless fuel tank etc etc …..even the side decks were passable but it was just too small inside and access to seaocks etc was strenuous……if it had been three foot longer it would have been the “one”
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Get away with you! That's one of your weakest excuses yet.

Very few small-ish boats have 'un-strenuous' access to seacocks. Fortunately you don't need to access them very often.

It is true that us oldies don't fold up so well as we used to (as a friend - who lived as a couple on a 21 footer for years :oops: - put it), but you're looking at a 23 footer, not a 17 footer. Having owned a series of them I can guarantee that you will soon learn to manoeuvre around the particular spaces and restrictions of a small-ish boat without thinking about it, and it will not seem at all as restricted as when you first step aboard.

This seems like a winner - a good boat, good engine, well looked after, etc. Meanwhile the running costs - moorings, cranage, surveys and almost every rope and other 'bit' you buy, lets alone the purchase cost, are cheaper than a bigger boat. You say '…if it had been three foot longer it would have been the “one”, but had it been three foot longer you would likely have dismissed it as being outside your budget.

You don't have the luxury of many more years to wait for the perfect boat (as if such a thing existed :rolleyes: ) to come along.

Having a boat - even one a bit cramped, as anything you can afford will inevitably be - will transform your life, or at the very least scratch that itch so that you can sell it again and rest easy without one in your dotage.
 
The Americans have a saying for most things.

And in this saga the one that comes to my mind is:

Stop wasting everyone’s time: Shit or get off the crapper.


Too harsh? I think not
 
LittleSister said:
Get away with you! That's one of your weakest excuses yet.

Very few small-ish boats have 'un-strenuous' access to seacocks. Fortunately you don't need to access them very often.

It is true that us oldies don't fold up so well as we used to (as a friend - who lived as a couple on a 21 footer for years :oops: - put it), but you're looking at a 23 footer, not a 17 footer. Having owned a series of them I can guarantee that you will soon learn to manoeuvre around the particular spaces and restrictions of a small-ish boat without thinking about it, and it will not seem at all as restricted as when you first step aboard.

This seems like a winner - a good boat, good engine, well looked after, etc. Meanwhile the running costs - moorings, cranage, surveys and almost every rope and other 'bit' you buy, lets alone the purchase cost, are cheaper than a bigger boat. You say '…if it had been three foot longer it would have been the “one”, but had it been three foot longer you would likely have dismissed it as being outside your budget.

You don't have the luxury of many more years to wait for the perfect boat (as if such a thing existed :rolleyes: ) to come along.

Having a boat - even one a bit cramped, as anything you can afford will inevitably be - will transform your life, or at the very least scratch that itch so that you can sell it again and rest easy without one in your dotage.
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Indeed a sound appraisal of where we are😔
 
LittleSister said:
Just think of all the garden/field maintenance, DIY and log stacking you could wriggle out of, or at least postpone, if you had a boat needing tweaking or a spell of fine weather to make the most of! :D
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You obviously have experience in this matter !Taking a break from filling boxes with firewood .There is one boat we have not seen in Coruna which is about 27 foot .Maybe this May bank holiday we can go to see it .
 
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