What car is your boat?

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VW 2.0 TSI Golf.


Dehler 38

Probably subjective but I see both as reasonably well built, nippy yet comfortable but with no serious performance ability.
Actual car is a well worn diesel Meriva.

 

[Laser310]

TR6 - J/92 S

It's quite a sporty boat - a joy to sail in 5kts of wind. Perfect for an evening sail with my wife. Looking for something bigger now...

The problem with finding an automotive analogue is that few cars today are as simple and bare-bones as a boat like this. So, while a BMW 318 might be close.., it's just too refined.

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[Sianna]

Hmmm. I’ve got a Stag and I love it but I don’t think that I’d want to go out sailing in the boat equivalent!!!

Mine was remarkably reliable, wish I still had her now.

 

[Frogmogman]

TR6 - J/92 S

It's quite a sporty boat - a joy to sail in 5kts of wind. Perfect for an evening sail with my wife. Looking for something bigger now...

The problem with finding an automotive analogue is that few cars today are as simple and bare-bones as a boat like this. So, while a BMW 318 might be close.., it's just too refined.

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I’d say a J92 is a bit more like a caterham; quite Spartan, bit cramped, very sporty,
& you can really embarass people on the race course who’ve spent a load more on far more expensive sporting machinery…..

 

[Laser310]

I’d say a J92 is a bit more like a caterham; quite Spartan, bit cramped, very sporty,
& you can really embarass people on the race course who’ve spent a load more on far more expensive sporting machinery…..

mine is the "S" version - a bit sportier than the regular 92

deeper keel with a bigger bulb.., masthead spinnaker vs. fractional on the 92, non overlapping jib and bigger main - so quite a bit more sail area downwind - and the stability to carry it. It also has a much bigger cockpit than the regular 92, as the cabin house does not extend as far aft - a big cockpit makes sense for this boat.

it really is a joy to sail

 

[captainhaddock]

Fast and fun, but a bit of a squeeze, a Lotus Elan would probably be the automotive equivalent of my Corsair trimaran, though that was built in Vietnam not the UK

 

[DownWest]

Suspect my boats are nearer the little cars in France that you can drive without a licence. Though the latest is maybe closer to a Renault 4L . Does the job well and has been on African endurance rallys. Not too much comfort, but long ranging.

 

[Wing Mark]

Umm..
Think 'kit car' from last century, never quite finished before being put on the road?

 

[LittleSister]

LM27 = Saab 95 Estate, perhaps?

Distinctly Scandinavian, a bit out of the ordinary, spacious (for its size), practical, and the sort of thing you could have fun and adventures in. Quirky styling - tall, blunt front end; somewhat agricultural windows; and a big but nicely turned bum! - that somehow just works.

 

[underdog]

Saab 900 = Artekno H323

 

[Laminar Flow]

As above, but with a commercially non-available mag wheels & spoiler package and supercharged engine.


Colvic Watson 32 with hydrodynamic enhancement and twice the SA.

 

[fredrussell]

That’s great LF, love it!

 

[nigelm]

Volkswagen Passat
Bavaria 36

adequate German family transportation

 

[Lightwave395]

Lightwave 395
My recently and reluctantly sold 'Dame Edna' Saab 9-5 Aero estate
Both comfortable, spacious and deceptively fast

 

[westhinder]

Starlight 39 / BMW 525 touring
Best boat and car I have owned. Can’t think of a British equivalent car

 

[Fantasie 19]

Hurley 20 / Morris Minor...

 

[Fascadale]

Rival 34
Land Rover

Both old, both limited in their creature comforts, both able to go almost anywhere, in their element……….icons

 

[wombat88]

Ex GPO Sherpa van.

 

[eddystone]

Sadler 32 - not same decade but Sunbeam Alpine, dropping to Singer Gazelle in very light winds. With a clean hull and cruising chute, Triumph Dolomite Sprint 16v
So what boats are the following cars:
- Austin Maxi
- Austin 1800 (landcrab)
- Rover SD1
- Austin Princess (wedge)
- Morris Marina/Ital (has to be MacWester)

 

[DownWest]

Sadler 32 - not same decade but Sunbeam Alpine, dropping to Singer Gazelle in very light winds. With a clean hull and cruising chute, Triumph Dolomite Sprint 16v
So what boats are the following cars:
- Austin Maxi
- Austin 1800 (landcrab)
- Rover SD1
- Austin Princess (wedge)
- Morris Marina/Ital (has to be MacWester)

You might have to include some tin boats in this, due to BLMCs penchant for rust..