There is a troll in this story

TQA

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What happens if you start with a very pretty little very traditional motor launch like this View attachment 44236


and decide to turn it into something that sails.
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Well after much planning cutting and fitting; toil and trouble you get this.View attachment 44237



EYE BLEACH EYE BLEACH I need to forget I saw that Blehh it is just UGLY.

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.But in the water she is not so ugly.

Still the builder and current owner has a sense of humour to call her Troll.

Troll is for sale.
 
It is not the sails that make it ugly though, it is the desperation to fit in more internal accommodation than the hull can happily carry. See any 1970s cruiser under 30 feet for a further example.

Clearly a huge amount of work went into that, and the finish looks pretty good, if not the finished product.
 
It is not the sails that make it ugly though, it is the desperation to fit in more internal accommodation than the hull can happily carry. See any 1970s cruiser under 30 feet for a further example

... or anything by Maurice Griffiths, of whose coachroofs Troll's reminds me.
 
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