Norman_E
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Re: The Annual \"Which boat did you like best at LIBS\" post..
Veneered ply? You're lucky, some makers seem to be using veneered MDF.
Veneered ply? You're lucky, some makers seem to be using veneered MDF.
The Annual "Which boat did you like best at LIBS" post..
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Phoenix of Hamble
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Re: The Annual \"Which boat did you like best at LIBS\" post..
As long as its marine grade MDF, then i'd be OK with that.......
What suprised me the most was how much more solid the interior felt than the equivalent Beneteau....
As long as its marine grade MDF, then i'd be OK with that.......
What suprised me the most was how much more solid the interior felt than the equivalent Beneteau....
bedouin
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Re: The Annual \"Which boat did you like best at LIBS\" post..
Even so I would be very surprised to see a solid wood cupboard door on any boat - too expensive, to difficult to mass produce and it does not really have any benefit over veneered ply
Even so I would be very surprised to see a solid wood cupboard door on any boat - too expensive, to difficult to mass produce and it does not really have any benefit over veneered ply
Phoenix of Hamble
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Re: The Annual \"Which boat did you like best at LIBS\" post..
Well they were definitely solid wood..... either that or they'd cleverly put end grain veneer on in all the right places, complete with fake tenon joints for the trim pieces...../forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
The big advantage I would see over veneered ply is the lack of peeling trim on 5 year old boats!
Well they were definitely solid wood..... either that or they'd cleverly put end grain veneer on in all the right places, complete with fake tenon joints for the trim pieces...../forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
The big advantage I would see over veneered ply is the lack of peeling trim on 5 year old boats!
beancounter
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Re: The Annual \"Which boat did you like best at LIBS\" post..
Oi!
I didn't intend this to be another "let's argue about AWB build quality post" /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Call it forum conditioning, but the first thing I did on the bav 37 was open the cupboards and lift the floor to look at the woodwork.....
It's a lotta boat for the money. I didn't think it was too bad at all (ooops, I'm probably damned now...)
Oi!
I didn't intend this to be another "let's argue about AWB build quality post" /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Call it forum conditioning, but the first thing I did on the bav 37 was open the cupboards and lift the floor to look at the woodwork.....
It's a lotta boat for the money. I didn't think it was too bad at all (ooops, I'm probably damned now...)
Twister_Ken
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Wot I liked.
Helming position on the Duffer 34. Big wheel, extending out almost to the coaming, so when you sit out the wheel's at your finger tips. Add in a mainsheet and traveller coming up by your thigh, and the genny sheet winch at your hip and it's a solution for complete control without dashing around a girt big cockpit. Quite taken by that I was. And two thirds the price of a J109. Gonna have to get ride on one of them.
Helming position on the Duffer 34. Big wheel, extending out almost to the coaming, so when you sit out the wheel's at your finger tips. Add in a mainsheet and traveller coming up by your thigh, and the genny sheet winch at your hip and it's a solution for complete control without dashing around a girt big cockpit. Quite taken by that I was. And two thirds the price of a J109. Gonna have to get ride on one of them.
SQUIRRELS
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Re: The Annual \"Which boat did you like best at LIBS\" post..
Understand completely what you mean about the Najad 440, it just wasn't inviting. For me the HR342, although I'm not convinced about the under water profile. Much preferred the older HRs' with much more below the water, makes them wonderfully stable, but perhaps I'm biased /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Didn't look on the IP mobo/sailor, but in retrospect, I should have, even if it was just for a nosey.
Understand completely what you mean about the Najad 440, it just wasn't inviting. For me the HR342, although I'm not convinced about the under water profile. Much preferred the older HRs' with much more below the water, makes them wonderfully stable, but perhaps I'm biased /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Didn't look on the IP mobo/sailor, but in retrospect, I should have, even if it was just for a nosey.
Twister_Ken
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Re: The Annual \"Which boat did you like best at LIBS\" post..
Thought the HR 342 was just a bit too much 'plain vanilla' for the money. A smidgin more 'style' down below wouldn't have gone amiss. Shame there wasn't a baby Malo or Najad there, to compare and contrast.
Thought the HR 342 was just a bit too much 'plain vanilla' for the money. A smidgin more 'style' down below wouldn't have gone amiss. Shame there wasn't a baby Malo or Najad there, to compare and contrast.
jonic
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Re: Wot I liked.
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Helming position on the Duffer 34. Big wheel, extending out almost to the coaming, so when you sit out the wheel's at your finger tips. Add in a mainsheet and traveller coming up by your thigh, and the genny sheet winch at your hip and it's a solution for complete control without dashing around a girt big cockpit. Quite taken by that I was. And two thirds the price of a J109. Gonna have to get ride on one of them.
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Exactly. You have almost quoted the design brief. I'll take you out on one Ken, just PM me.
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Helming position on the Duffer 34. Big wheel, extending out almost to the coaming, so when you sit out the wheel's at your finger tips. Add in a mainsheet and traveller coming up by your thigh, and the genny sheet winch at your hip and it's a solution for complete control without dashing around a girt big cockpit. Quite taken by that I was. And two thirds the price of a J109. Gonna have to get ride on one of them.
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Exactly. You have almost quoted the design brief. I'll take you out on one Ken, just PM me.
yoda
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Re: The Annual \"Which boat did you like best at LIBS\" post..
I'd like to say St Albans too (I know her well from some recent work!) however she is a ship and not a boat so my vote has to go to the Sweden - it left everything else in the shade and the sales men were interesting to talk to.
Yoda
I'd like to say St Albans too (I know her well from some recent work!) however she is a ship and not a boat so my vote has to go to the Sweden - it left everything else in the shade and the sales men were interesting to talk to.
Yoda
SQUIRRELS
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Re: The Annual \"Which boat did you like best at LIBS\" post..
A 37' malo, ain't no baby! She's a beauty!
As for my HR, well I'll have 'plain vanilla' any day - thank you. Love her to bits, so roll on the season /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
A 37' malo, ain't no baby! She's a beauty!
As for my HR, well I'll have 'plain vanilla' any day - thank you. Love her to bits, so roll on the season /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
PaulR
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Re: The Annual \"Which boat did you like best at LIBS\" post..
for us the ovni - the lifting keel appealed as, with 3 children did the 3 cabins ex saloon - for probably strange reasons even like the exposed ali topsides ,
mind you if money was not such an issue have always admired the "small" oysters so no doubt would have been struck by the 46
for us the ovni - the lifting keel appealed as, with 3 children did the 3 cabins ex saloon - for probably strange reasons even like the exposed ali topsides ,
mind you if money was not such an issue have always admired the "small" oysters so no doubt would have been struck by the 46
Phildorset
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Re: The Annual \"Which boat did you like best at LIBS\" post..
Ovnis - They're the Landrover Discovery of the sea - the French take them all round the world as live aboard boats, and they sail well too.... not everybody's cup of tea, but we enjoy the attention!
Phil (of Tintin)
Ovnis - They're the Landrover Discovery of the sea - the French take them all round the world as live aboard boats, and they sail well too.... not everybody's cup of tea, but we enjoy the attention!
Phil (of Tintin)
Twister_Ken
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Re: The Annual \"Which boat did you like best at LIBS\" post..
Phil
Loved the name!
Not sure you should associate yourself with gas guzzling 4x4s though - they're being blamed for drowning polar bears.
Phil
Loved the name!
Not sure you should associate yourself with gas guzzling 4x4s though - they're being blamed for drowning polar bears.
FullCircle
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Re: The Annual \"Which boat did you like best at LIBS\" post..
Ken,
you must realise that a Landrover is not a gas guzzling 4x4. Only the things covered in plastic with styling excrescences, which could include Freelander. Genuine Landie is not much sought after by the Chelsea Tractor set. Wot no A/C?
So comparison is roughly hewn out of solid billet work machines, rather than Tart Tank & some sort of Sporty Soap dish.
Hope this clears it up for you.
Ken,
you must realise that a Landrover is not a gas guzzling 4x4. Only the things covered in plastic with styling excrescences, which could include Freelander. Genuine Landie is not much sought after by the Chelsea Tractor set. Wot no A/C?
So comparison is roughly hewn out of solid billet work machines, rather than Tart Tank & some sort of Sporty Soap dish.
Hope this clears it up for you.