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Found a boat on internet(another one) that’s go everything one could desire,radar,solar panels,wind turbine,dinghy tatty fenders,beautiful round the world patina with a worn paint job,tired sails you don’t have to go anywhere it’s all ready to sit in the marina berth whilst you swap yarns??
 
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Oh you've started something now, that's the first time I've heard the word "patina" used in relation to a boat! Just you wait, soon it'll replace that old chestnut "end of season condition" in brokers descriptions of their offerings everywhere. I predict one of the Boatshed lot will be first, being probably the most guilty of pointlessly waxing lyrical in their adverts...:rolleyes:
 
Wansworth said:
Anchours aweigh?
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Or not, as the case may be
Wansworth said:
... you don’t have to go anywhere it’s all ready to sit in the marina berth whilst you swap yarns??
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In their last few years of ownership, the previous owners of our cat never did more with her than take from her mooring to the club pontoon to sit in the sun, read books and drink Prosecco. I can find nothing to criticise in that once you get a bit old to face the hoards in the Solent, and hope I'll be able to do the same when I get to a similar age
 
Wansworth said:
Found a boat that’s got everything one could desire... you don’t have to go anywhere it’s all ready to sit in the marina berth whilst you swap yarns??
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Your lightness of heart in this thread is very perceptible. Don't forget you'll give all that up when you buy another boat.

Freedom to swap yarns - with your online forum pals - comes at zero cost, commitment or obligation, no work or time required.

I loved my little yacht, but she absorbed all my free time, and the berth alone cost me five quid a day, every day of the year.

I'll buy another cabin-boat some time but until I find the right one, I'm relishing the joyous freedom of not owning one. :D
 
There is nothing quite like a bit of a used patina and it's acceptance to foster a sense of relaxation and drive out the stress.

The owner of the yard where we kept our boat in Friesland used to tell us about the good old days when a neighbouring commercial skipper would bring his still sailing freighter in for it's annual spiffing up. The man was apparently very particular about his ship and every year it was freshly painted, any dings or scrapes were removed from his pride and joy. Upon relaunch the glistening, engineless barge would be poled back to her berth by the Master's grown sons, while he stood proudly on deck surveying his domain. The lady of the house would invariably be at the tiller steering with her foot. At the next bridge she suddenly pushed the helm over so that the boat scraped along the bridge supports, leaving a nasty long rent in the fresh paint work. The skipper absolutely lost it: "What the hell you do that for?" "Shush you old fool, you should be grateful I got that one of the way and so soon," was the helmswoman's cool reply!
 
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Your lightness of heart in this thread is very perceptible. Don't forget you'll give all that up when you buy another boat.

Freedom to swap yarns - with your online forum pals - comes at zero cost, commitment or obligation, no work or time required.

I loved my little yacht, but she absorbed all my free time, and the berth alone cost me five quid a day, every day of the year.

I'll buy another cabin-boat some time but until I find the right one, I'm relishing the joyous freedom of not owning one. :D
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How observant you are?
 
Stemar said:
Or not, as the case may be


In their last few years of ownership, the previous owners of our cat never did more with her than take from her mooring to the club pontoon to sit in the sun, read books and drink Prosecco. I can find nothing to criticise in that once you get a bit old to face the hoards in the Solent, and hope I'll be able to do the same when I get to a similar age
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Have to agree with you. But what about those that no longer go anywhere, just sit on their boat in the marina, but still run the engine the whole time?‍♂️?
 
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