When does an AWB become a MAB?

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Is there a certain point at which age/state of cleanliness/anchor type/any other defining factor pushes a boat from one category to another. I used to pass a certain Bav on the show pontoon at Kip whenever I was there that clearly fitted the latter category better from a descriptive point of view, yet would be automatically be counted in the former. The Westerly further along could be put in either. Or are there sub-categories for boats in transition from one to the other?

And should any move from one category to another be marked with a ceremony of some sort? Perhaps a plaque on the bulkhead "This ship, on 20th October 2009, was accepted into the esteemed register of MABs by the Honorary Secretary of the MAB Society, Mr Crustacean Perriwinkle."?
 
When it is no longer white?

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Came across a MAB in La Coruña : Snapdragon 747,No visible original gel coat,all painted..badly,Star crazing around stanchions..well nealy evertwhere.Original sails ,rigging,mast and spars.Really messy inside and a n old engine withlots of loose wires and an oily film swimming inthe bilge....owner asking 10,000 euros!
 
As a self confessed MAB owner I can point to several signs, some of which I can still own up to:
Twelve fenders and no two the same.
At least one electrical device that doesn't work, although it is usually a different one on each sailing trip.
A disused Decca antenna on the pushpit.
and finally, that unmistakable "eau de bilge", a heady mix of diesel, mildew and slightly sulphurous anaerobic bacteria that hits you when you open the hatch on a Friday evening.
 
MAB = when she is due her first major refit - of pretty much everything.

A "Classic" is a MAB that actually had her first major refit completed :eek:...........and is due (or overdue :rolleyes:) her second.......often identified by a "For Sale" sign ;)

A "Project" is a MAB that would be due it's 3rd major refit - if it had ever had the first 2 :p Often first sighted on.........Ebay :D
 
MAB's normally have a generic, not-specifically-for-any-particular-boat fuseboard, and randomly placed defunct toggle switches with dyna-tape labels next to them saying things like "COMPASS LIGHT" and "PORT SALOON".
 
NEVER!
MAB's can get mankier and mature
AWB's will always be average and
Twister_Ken said:
One criterion: when you take off an obsolete piece of electrickery and the woodwork behind it is still the original colour, while the rest of the panel has 'mellowed'.
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It will never happen, as AWB's have fittings screwed direct into the plastic! :D

On second thoughts, it could happen if an AWB had a major refit, added lots of wood and doubled it's displacement :)
 
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LadyInBed said:
On second thoughts, it could happen if an AWB had a major refit, added lots of wood and doubled it's displacement :)
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Well this season we replaced lots of broken bits, acquired some interesting new fragrances along the way, there was definitely some new wood and having started a list of how many van-loads of gear will have to come off next weekend, it's must be twice as heavy as designed to be.

Does that count? :)
 
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