Concerto
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So when are youn going to view?
Would you buy a Twister?
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PhillM
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Just window shopping ATM. I need to see how my partners treatment goes before buying. Sadly, this year is likly to be one where I dont get much water time. However, if all goes well, then perhaps I'll do a few courses and mile-builders, etc.
Poignard
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Well I hope 2022 brings you a Twister to sail and, most important, a fully recovered partner to share the enjoyment.
doug748
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Don't let potential spending put you off, you will have it pretty much whatever you buy, especially before you set off long distance. The cheap boat with everything done for you probably only exists in forum mythology, unless you buy new. What most people settle for is a good boat that can be sailed now and improved as you go.
In the olden days I looked at a couple of Vindo's and came to the conclusion that I would prefer to have a wooden hull with a GRP lid rather than the other way around. Persistent leaks and freshwater rot most often come from the top down, I think you would be buying trouble with that boat, especially standing unused as long as it has. There is some evidence of topside leaks in general and it's worth looking carefully at the snap showing the battery charger.
Sandy posted a video of his mate doing a Jester, a well found boat but he still his share of misery with deck leaks.
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Blueboatman
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Sure
It would certainly do all that
But - I have owned 4 hands on boats , ok?) it would take me a year , one whole year , starting NOW, to bring that beautiful Twister round to Bomb Proof , N Atlantic round trip status .
thats me, my experience ( or not haha ) my tools, my time, 6 days a week work ethic and time to strip out , buy new, fit, check, sail test , everything
Because everything there has to be good enough plus..
Lovely boat , lovely project . Your partners shared time with you sounds even lovelier ??
Poignard
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Unless a survey finds something major wrong with her, I don't see what you would need to spend £10k on.
Like her, my Twister was also built in 1967, by Uphams and I can't think of anything she might need that would cost £10k.
One can, of course, always spend money on replacing things that are working pefectly well just for the sake of it but I can't see the point.
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steveeasy
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Well she is presented too well to be left sitting on the hard for too long. I personally feel Twisters are very much a niche market and rely on a niche buyer. Still I remember looking in Deacons at a whole host of boats and the only one that took my eye was a Twister. It had sat there for a very long time. The salesman told me not to bother with it. So pleased I never listened to him.
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DanTribe
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I have just added a post in "Possibly the prettiest Holman ever" thread, which may be of some interest to the Twister fraternity.
I could add it here but don't want to be accused of cross posting.
I could add it here but don't want to be accused of cross posting.
JRCO26
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I have come from a Contessa 26 to a Twister, and let me tell yuh for me the Twister is absolutely enormous below in comparison, so much so I need a road map to find my way around.
Guess it is what you are used to....
steve yates
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steve yates
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Deleted, realised i answered back in 2021 and was just repeating myself 
Poignard
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I've often impressed onlookers by reversing my Twister into a marina berth.Simply this. I watched john mcinnes at ardferns yard reverse my mates twister at speed and it was astonishing to watch, he turned her on a sixpence and slotted her exactly where he wanted her. He gave me a couple of tips and after practising a bit in the open loch a few days later, I reversed her onto the pontoon at ballahulish slate quarry, slotting her perfectly behind the boat tied up and the rocks at the end, and the pontoon is in a narrow slot. I couldnt believe it had worked. But yes, practise is the thing, as I only sail her once a year and I couldnt do it now
Re the twister, my mates is called selkie and is a thing of beauty, she’s a composite and sails like a witch. Its a boat you can really trust and a stunner to row away from. But I wouldnt buy one, theres just not enough room for me inside for the price, even single handing I would find her cramped. ( I know, I also sail a bradwell 18 for weeks, but that makes me appreciate having space and comfort in bigger boats
He paid 10k, and another 8k to reengine plus another 6k or so on electrics and electronics. This winter she goes in the shed to sort out some areas of rot in the cockpit lockers and a slight leak into the saloon, thats prob going to be another 4-6k.
He’s keeping her forever so hes investing in his own comfort, but I wouldn’t like to be spending that much on one.
If you are happy with the interior space, buy one, its a bloody fabulous little ship. You will always smile whenever you see her.
Never into the one I intended, but they weren't to know that.
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steve yates
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Hah, i was too slow deleting then
steveeasy
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Could not agree more. Very good headroom and one can almost stand in the Vee Berth. Always felt totally at home on Mine. Ive something a little longer now but there is no more room inside. I installed one of those fancy table legs in the Twister that you can swing out the way. really made life easier. May Break the mould and fit one in the Contessa.
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Blueboatman
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My version of yore :
I have never failed to get into a berth
And then with ropes to get into another berth
mullet
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The advertisement seems to have disappeared, which boat was it?
LittleSister
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Praxinoscope
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Going astern with a long keeler such as the twister, needs patience and gentle persuasion, It took me a couple of seasons to really manage my Invicta 26 when going astern, but once mastered found I it easily manoeuvrable.
I then had to re-learn my going astern technique when I changed from the long keel to a bilge keel.
As for would I buy a Twister? Long keel boats are great to sail, I haven’t sailed a Twister, but would expect it to be a great sail, but not so good in areas where many of the harbours dry out, so no, in the area that I sail.
I then had to re-learn my going astern technique when I changed from the long keel to a bilge keel.
As for would I buy a Twister? Long keel boats are great to sail, I haven’t sailed a Twister, but would expect it to be a great sail, but not so good in areas where many of the harbours dry out, so no, in the area that I sail.
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