What makes a 'Classic'

[Kristal]

Family Boat

Interesting concept, the "family boat"... my family have never had one, so they seem to have adopted mine. Every now and then I am shown holiday pictures of family members whom I hardly know inexplicably sitting at the tiller of (a thankfully stationary) Crystal. When they stop lending me money for diesel I shall put my foot down and make them pack it in.

/<

 

[adelaidem]

Re: Family Boat

well she started of being my fathers boat, since the age of six weeks old i have been sailing on her and at the age of forteen i was sailing her up and down the gulf with out my father, now at 30yrs old i have kinda claimed half share.

 

[Lakesailor]

Re: What makes a \'Classic\'

Yes southace. Your family's boat does look a beauty and most people would agree it was a classic. Where I would still argue is that the age alone does not make a boat a classic. Just having survived is not a qualification.
Near to where I live is Walney Island at BArrow in Furness. Many of the old boats in the channel there are over 50 years old. Hardly a classic boat amongst them.
On the lake (Windermere) is a thriving racing class of Windermere 17ft Class . Some go back to the turn of the last century.
They are classic.

 

[Casey]

Re: What makes a \'Classic\'

Kala Sona was built in 1967 at Chandler and Smith's yard in Great Wakering, Mahogany over Oak. I bought her in 2001 and she was suffering from rot in the beam shelf and after deck which was cured professionally. Since then I have replaced the fuel tanks, the bulkhead adjoining them, the galley which was in the way of the bulkhead, rebuilt the chart table and associated lockers which were affected by the removal of the tanks and were heading due south anyway: replaced the water tank, chain plates and removed the centre plate for shot blasting and repainting. Replaced all running and standing rigging. Spent countless hours on burning off paint and varnish, curing odd bits of rot and scarphed new wood into cracks in the cabin top. The amount of money involved has never been (and never will in case swmbo reads this) assessed.

On the plus side I have sailed her every season and gained enormous amounts of satisfaction from the work I have done. Many methods have been gleaned from this forum and I hope that I have passed a few on; I have also learned much from just doing the work.

Is she a classic - don't know and don't care. She is a very pretty boat which I have thoroughly enjoyed and I hope to continue to do so for some time to come!