mawm
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VW Beetle 1100. Old and slow but will get you there. There are many still around and are often the first boat for young couples with small kids. The Compass yachts Herreshoff 28 is the Volksboot.
What car is your boat?
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Tomahawk
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The Froggies don't make decent sports cars so I have to choose an English marque.
Tomahawk would be a Jenson Intercepter
Slightly heavy,
cramped and not too comfortable with minimum usable space
somewhat impratical
but goes like the clappers
and looks very pretty.
Tomahawk would be a Jenson Intercepter
Slightly heavy,
cramped and not too comfortable with minimum usable space
somewhat impratical
but goes like the clappers
and looks very pretty.
underdog
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ceproof87
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Well my boat is look like Panther.
Just_sayin'
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Apologies for my initial reaction, this has turned out to be a great thread. I have a genuine reason for reacting the way I did but won't hijack further.
Friends for ever? :encouragement:
Friends for ever? :encouragement:
Bobc
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judith
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This is a funny thread! We have an Etap 26 - Belgian. Don't know that many Belgian cars, but a Volvo 340 springs to mind. Slow, small, rather ugly but quite reliable and safe. My husband is suggesting a DAF, which is just as fast in reverse as going forwards, which is rather apt here in the Bristol Channel on days with no wind... 
Alan_B
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My boat (Hunter 701) reminds me of my first car, a 1995 VW Polo 1.0L.
Built like a brick shit house, and only quick with a strong tail wind.
Built like a brick shit house, and only quick with a strong tail wind.
seumask
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Do bilge Keelers count as Land rovers? You can park them pretty much anywhere, good for exploring the margins of the fin keel's world, and some of them have fairly powerful engine's but most don't!
westhinder
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This is a funny thread! We have an Etap 26 - Belgian. Don't know that many Belgian cars, but a Volvo 340 springs to mind. Slow, small, rather ugly but quite reliable and safe. My husband is suggesting a DAF, which is just as fast in reverse as going forwards, which is rather apt here in the Bristol Channel on days with no wind...
IIRC DAF was taken over by Volvo and the last DAF model was rebadged as a Volvo
Pagetslady
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My Westerly Corsair I like the ford cortina mk 2 estate plenty of room fast enough in its time looked good as the Corsair still does.
pagoda
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Mine is French also, but I think they make better boats than cars (thank goodness). Japanese engine, so a French kit car then
?Elder son had a Xsara for a while, nightmare material. I've driven German cars for 37years, with few regrets.
Melleman
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I like this one more:encouragement:
pagoda
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colhel
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Milkfloat. Does about 6 mph and is full of bottles.
Melleman
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With laminate sails?, close to Citroen SM
sorry ,we only have baggy knickers kind of a furling stuff....
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Resolution
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Brilliant!
Resolution
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This is a funny thread! We have an Etap 26 - Belgian. Don't know that many Belgian cars, but a Volvo 340 springs to mind. Slow, small, rather ugly but quite reliable and safe. My husband is suggesting a DAF, which is just as fast in reverse as going forwards, which is rather apt here in the Bristol Channel on days with no wind...
I had a Volvo 340 for a few weeks - it was the WORST handling car I have ever owned. And my teenage son refused to be seen in it. So yes, v similar to an Etap.........
ronsurf
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I was given a 340 - it had flames painted on it down one side. Luckily it was the passenger side. GF was NOT impressed. Apart from that it was a POS.
I have a Corribee. Must be the nautical equivalent of a Fiat 500 from 1976. Small slow and cramped, but everyone has a soft spot for it.
sailorman
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Very good, do you have a year planner available