What is your dream boat?

OR4751 said:
Hinckley SW42

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Very nice, have you seen the 70ft ?

The 42 daysailer is something special too.
 
Saltram Saga for me, 36 or 40, not fussy which.:cool: I know, dream on! To be honest though, my Seal 22 will do.
 
Searush said:
Right, and where would you get the crew for those then? :confused:
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As this is a dream Searush, it's blindingly obvious where I'd get my crew;

'Pans People' circa 1977 ! :):)

I did know someone who was a friend of a Pans' People member, I said "tell her, thankyou ! " She didn't get it, but the lady from Pans' People did...:)
 
Seajet said:
As this is a dream Searush, it's blindingly obvious where I'd get my crew;

'Pans People' circa 1977 ! :):)

I did know someone who was a friend of a Pans' People member, I said "tell her, thankyou ! " She didn't get it, but the lady from Pans' People did...:)
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I hadn't thought about them for years!...........Now I wish I hadn't, I gone all wobbly at the knees!:D
 
I'm a new member here on the forums and new to sailing (having wanted to start learning for many years!) so I don't really possess any great knowledge as to the boats and yachts "available" but if I were to be able to choose one yacht I could actually "be given tomorrow" then I would choose the Beneteau Sense 50'.

If the question were "any boat ever real-or-otherwise", then I would love to be able to find my Grandfather's boat. He was a very keen sailor who built his own sailboat in his back garden in 1975 and kept it for years until 1996(ish) when he sold it. I never went onboard as I was very young when he was still sailing regularly (my older brother went aboard once I think) but I do remember looking across the marina and seeing it frequently in all it's glory with it's beautiful pastel yellow hull.

I don't where it ended up (is??) but I would have loved to have owned my grandpa's boat...
 
Reverend Ludd said:
Here's an idea

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Terrible and I thought this thread was about dream boats not crews....

Well as SWMBO (who of course is my dream crew) wants to see Polar Bears :) and I want to see Penguins :rolleyes:...

I guess we would be looking 40-45 Steel Ketch rigged, Pilot House type boat...

SWMBO Would by a Contessa 32.

Me probably something silly with canting keel Water Ballast big asymmetrical etc etc in 35' region.
 
Chrusty 1 said:
I hadn't thought about them for years!...........Now I wish I hadn't, I gone all wobbly at the knees!:D
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In late 1978 Kawasaki Motors UK Ltd had the annual dealer meeting at the Park Lane Hilton. Pans People were the floor show that night. I was involved with laying out the motorcycles, arranged in a pyramid with the then just to be announced Z1300 six cylinder at the top.Bad decision by the marketing boys-but thats another story. After rehearsal a couple of the girls came to look at the bikes and I ended up ripping down park lane a couple of times with said crumpet hanging on tightly to me as the Z1000 laid its power down. One of my best motorcycling experiences by far...................
 
Zagato said:
This from Watercraft Magazine

http://www.cornishcrabbers.co.uk/uploadedfiles/Crabber 26 Watercraft review.pdf

Comes out very well
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Have to say, despite being a Crabber (part-)owner, I don't think much of the new 26 aesthetically. Looking at the photo on the front of your link, that coachroof is a bit too tall and boxy, it's carried way too far forward, and while the portholes and eyebrow disguise the after part to some extent, the front end of it has all the charm and grace of a Stannah invalid-bathing appliance. Obviously a demand for standing headroom throughout, and the designer didn't have the guts to say "no, the boat is too small for that".

The coachroof should have stopped just aft of the mast, and ideally it should have been a bit lower. Since that's probably not practical, the effect can be simulated by keeping the trunk sides low and putting a lot of camber in the roof. That's how the Yawl does it (see eg here and here) - at first glance it looks quite low and sleek, only when you start measuring with your eye do you realise it's probably just as tall as the 26's, but the angles and the different colour non-slip on the top disguise it.

Other than that she's not bad.

Pete
 
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