Out of the blue….

[Bouba]

That’s a very philosophical reply.…….in all my boat buying and selling it has always been at a lossFunnily enoughsailinginthe rias is an all year round possibility,I guess what’s holding me back is making sure with my limited cash I get the right boat without buying a pigs ear.I wii be sailings/h mostly with wife flaunting her self about the cockpit ,I know she enjoys sailing or even just being on a boat hopefully I can bring this saga to a good end

Do yourself and your wife a favor....get a motorboat

 

[Bouba]

The only man allowed in was the electrician and the plumber,you never know what carpenters get up to….you have a luxuary motor yacht you are obviously a pass master,

Not a master...just quick on my feet...one day the wife says, we should get a little appartement on the beach...as quick as a flash, what’s better is an appartement by the beach that you can raise the anchor and go to a different beach, says I....next thing she knows is the blur of boat show after boat show

 

[Wansworth]

Not a master...just quick on my feet...one day the wife says, we should get a little appartement on the beach...as quick as a flash, what’s better is an appartement by the beach that you can raise the anchor and go to a different beach, says I....next thing she knows is the blur of boat show after boat show

 

[veshengro]

Limited cash I understand very well, and one way of dealing with that is to look for a boat that after inspection requires little or no work/repair or alternatively, deliberately buy a boat that is cheaper, so allowing you to have some spare cash to renovate/update her.
I've used both systems. My first boat I had a steel hull built and fitted and rigged her myself, because I could and it worked out to a very satisfactory cost when finished.
Years later my current boat may be only 18 feet but I deliberately bought her knowing that she needed some work...that I could do..at a lower price that I could afford. So far, so good, great boat and after a cheap and simple sort out of the rigging she's a keeper.

 

[Wansworth]

Do yourself and your wife a favor....get a motorboat

Now if itwas a little Baltic ex fishing boat I might be with you…

 

[Wansworth]

Limited cash I understand very well, and one way of dealing with that is to look for a boat that after inspection requires little or no work/repair or alternatively, deliberately buy a boat that is cheaper, so allowing you to have some spare cash to renovate/update her.
I've used both systems. My first boat I had a steel hull built and fitted and rigged her myself, because I could and it worked out to a very satisfactory cost when finished.
Years later my current boat may be only 18 feet but I deliberately bought her knowing that she needed some work...that I could do..at a lower price that I could afford. So far, so good, great boat and after a cheap and simple sort out of the rigging she's a keeper.

Your previous boat was gaff rigged was it an ebb tide class

 

[Wansworth]

If it was just me a much simpler boat would do but complication start with toilets,space for two etc

 

[veshengro]

" Your previous boat was gaff rigged was it an ebb tide class "

Similar, but she was designed by Robert Tucker as a 'Cordingly' design to be built in steel. Wonderful sea boat, but like many Gaffers a lot happy running down the Trade Winds than flopping about in Mediterranean light airs.

 

[Wansworth]

" Your previous boat was gaff rigged was it an ebb tide class "

Similar, but she was designed by Robert Tucker as a 'Cordingly' design to be built in steel. Wonderful sea boat, but like many Gaffers a lot happy running down the Trade Winds than flopping about in Mediterranean light airs.

I hadasteel gaff schooner 40 foot LOD…….later rigged as a gaff cutter,but too much work with a small family and living in the countryside

 

[veshengro]

I understand, a Gaff Schooner that size would be hard work, too much for me even 30 years ago. I was always singlehanded but found I could manage quite easily with both Headsl's on furlers and I only carried the Tops'l in light winds.

 

[shan]

No...not quite....they are inverses...so if the wife appears more lenient...or says, we should get a man in to do the kitchen...pounce on it...grab the yellow pages
The goal of husbandhood is to do little and receive much...I suspect that you are already a master...I am merely a student...a failure

Every time I offer to get a man in to do the job, Mr Shan scowls at me. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Buck Turgidson]

At the end of the month...you have 3 weeks before the Solstice, then the days will start getting shorter and before you know it the Summer will be gone, and another year turns. Buy the boat, any boat. If it doesn't work out then sell it, but buy it, because aside from all the laughs and jokes which I admit make me laugh too, just remember, you are not guaranteed a tomorrow.

As someone who diced with death a few months ago I can wholeheartedly agree with your last point!

 

[Bouba]

Every time I offer to get a man in to do the job, Mr Shan scowls at me. What am I doing wrong?

He doesn’t understand the philosophy...he is still at that transient phase where he still says what he means...reassure him that you don’t actually still expect him to do projects...that you understand the honeymoon is over. Men take time before they realize that while they intend to do things...they seldom do. Look at the bright side...in a few years you will have your own Wansworth

 

[Wansworth]

He doesn’t understand the philosophy...he is still at that transient phase where he still says what he means...reassure him that you don’t actually still expect him to do projects...that you understand the honeymoon is over. Men take time before they realize that while they intend to do things...they seldom do. Look at the bright side...in a few years you will have your own Wansworth

Oi…watch it

 

[KevinV]

Every time I offer to get a man in to do the job, Mr Shan scowls at me. What am I doing wrong?

Perhaps bringing it up during the throes of passion isn't very sensitive of you?

 

[LittleSister]

I reckon she started getting properly interested when you started talking 27 feet instead of 22 & 23, then panicked when a day or so ago you were singing the praises of 18 and 20 footers!

By the way, have you noticed how the most discerning sailors have boats about 27 feet?

At that length you start to get a bit of space and a few of life’s luxuries, but without the unseemly ostentation, needless fripperies and stultifying decadence of over-large craft.

But as others have suggested, you need to get viewing the Dufour now, before it’s gone. It’ll be a nice day out anyway. And even if your daughter doesn’t land a job yet, you and Mrs. W will need to be getting out of the house and from under her feet so she can crack on with the kitchen refurbishment.

 

[Wansworth]

I reckon she started getting properly interested when you started talking 27 feet instead of 22 & 23, then panicked when a day or so ago you were singing the praises of 18 and 20 footers!

By the way, have you noticed how the most discerning sailors have boats about 27 feet?

At that length you start to get a bit of space and a few of life’s luxuries, but without the unseemly ostentation, needless fripperies and stultifying decadence of over-large craft.

But as others have suggested, you need to get viewing the Dufour now, before it’s gone. It’ll be a nice day out anyway. And even if your daughter doesn’t land a job yet, you and Mrs. W will need to be getting out of the house and from under her feet so she can crack on with the kitchen refurbishment.

I agree about the size,our last boat was 27 foot with two proper settee berths in the cabin an Albin Vega.

 

[Daydream believer]

Perhaps bringing it up during the throes of passion isn't very sensitive of you?

Perhaps she should make it clear that it is the kitchen she wants to bring the man to finish & not the throes of passion.
Or have I got that wrong?

 

[shan]

He doesn’t understand the philosophy...he is still at that transient phase where he still says what he means...reassure him that you don’t actually still expect him to do projects...that you understand the honeymoon is over. Men take time before they realize that while they intend to do things...they seldom do. Look at the bright side...in a few years you will have your own Wansworth

Trust me, I have made it very clear that I'd rather hire someone to get things done!

 

[Bouba]

Trust me, I have made it very clear that I'd rather hire someone to get things done!

Unfortunately...there is a tiny percentage of men that are untrainable