so what do the pundits sail?

[Birdseye]

I've often wondered what sort of boat is bought by the gurus who write in the magazines. Does anyone know?

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[Twister_Ken]

Mostly, they seem to sail other peoples!

(pot calling kettle black)

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[LadyInBed]

Re: Pots and Kettles

My thoughts exactly /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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[Mirelle]

Re: Pots and Kettles

I'm not a pundit yet, but I'm working on it! Only four articles so far, two in YW and two in CB

18ft centreboard dayboat - 3 years
Tired old Dragon - 1 year
2 - 1/2 tonner similar to smallest Hillyard or Blackwater Sloop - 12 years
12 ton gaff cutter - 20 years and counting.

When I've learned some more I'll write some more...

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[charon]

Re: Pots and Kettles

A lovely outlook. Every day's a day at school and nobody knows everything. A refreshing pundit. Seriously, and not taking the p***.

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[Mirelle]

Re: Pots and Kettles

I could probably offer a really good article on Going Aground...and perhaps one on Over-Confidence...

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[charon]

Re: Pots and Kettles

I could do one on running backwards off a pontoon. Funny now but very embarassing at the time.

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[powerskipper]

Re: Pots and Kettles

I could on "most commonest mistakes made" again and again /forums/images/icons/frown.gif

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Julie

 

[kimhollamby]

Do I count?

Grew up with boating when my famiy owned (in succession):

Mermaid
Mirror Miracle
Mayland Minstrel
Dufour T7
Westerly Konsort
Moody Eclipse 33

When I started spending:

Pedro 30 (single engine steel displacement cruiser)
Pedro 33 (twin engine steel displacement cruiser)

Sold up in the end to run the MBM magazine boats as genuinely couldn't find the time to run both and also budget was so tight in those days I had to use a lot of my own kit on the mag boat -- sadly some of my boat money then disappeared like the wind in the stock market mess so should probably have mothballed her -- the wisdom of hindsight eh?

Still have a Tinker folding RIB to my name with sail rig -- if you can get that to point better than a broad reach you are sailing well so keeps my hand in! Otherwise indeed found camping out on various boats these days. Still managed to get about five weeks in this year despite the fact that all three of my jobs are pretty desk based (note to self: how the hell did I manage to get myself put in a position of so comprehensively swallowing the anchor?)

Often the staff here (journos plus ad and marketing types) will do a lot of boating on other peeps craft but in some respects the demands of the job mean that there is precious little time left for 'private' boating anyhow. That said I think there's quite a fleet among our staff and regular contribs. Would be quite fun to add it all up one day.

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[BlueSkyNick]

In November's YM, you will find that JJ has written about the Dufour 34 as a possible replacement for his own boat, a Scanmar 33. We looked at an identical boat last year, and James was most helpful in providing information about them.

Unfortunately it had knackered teak decks so we went elsewhere.

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[IanPoole2]

Going Aground

All of us on the East Coast could!
The difference between going aground on the East Coast & the South Coast

We pretend we meant it

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[Cantata]

Re: Going Aground

Sailed on my E.Coast patch recently with 2 south coast boat owners. One was dead worried for 2 hours because we 'only' had 2 metres under the keel. I ran the other one aground in the Swale heading through an hour after LWS. He didn't understand my nonchalance when I went below to get out the fruit cake and the beer. Afloat again after eating one slice and drinking one bottle, what's the problem?!

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[dk]

A Nic 35 - when I get the chance to use her!
Duncan

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[Oldhand]

Our esteemd YW editor has his own 40' one off which, after the first year or two, hardly gets used at all. So I guess he is too busy sailing other peoples' boats too. However, I wish he would tie his halyards out... one of the rattle and bang brigade.

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