Would you buy Mr Frith's boat?

Re: Would you buy Mr Frith\'s boat?

At least he is being honest in his photo. It is the owner after who may get something they hadn't bargained on.
 
Re: Would you buy Mr Frith\'s boat?

what's wrong with having a boat on a half tide mooring?

nice hard surface on which to do all the hull maintenance, plus guarantee of having dried out the GRP for half of the year... I'd go frit if I were you! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
 
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Told me it was careened for anti fouling, and I believed him. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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Shoulda bought a BILGE keeler! A good 'un will take that no probs, although some models might have ended up with retracted keels. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
Re: Would you buy Mr Frith\'s boat?

I guess the implications from this photo and thread is that the boat may be structurally damaged by going aground on the beach.
Fibreglass boats tend to be pretty strong in the hull area for stiffness as much as strength so my guess is that it is probably quite sounnd in the hull and keel attachment area. It certainly would deserve a thorough inspection however.
A lot seems to depend on the size and weight of the boat. A small boat being able to take a lot of abuse while bigger heavier ones are more susceptible to damage. I suspect at 25 ft heavy that this one is somewhere between the two.
So even if is damaged F/G is not that hard to reinforce and repair.

olewill (ever the optimist)
 
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Have none of you ever been to France,,they leave there boats like that all the time on drying moorings.
 
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I thought he had been cornering very fast and just failed to see the beach in time.

Tim
 
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I owned a Tomahawk for many years and it was about the same year. They are very strong boats. I know someone who bought one which went to a similar angle and position when it went over in a gale when it was laid up. He is still sailing it very contentedly as far as I know. So if the boat is of interest you should not be put off simply because she is/has been on her side like that. But a good surveyor, if you can find one, should be able to advise.
 
Re: Would you buy Mr Frith\'s boat?

1) Yes, buy it. It's about the cheapest Tomahawk in the country and it's not a bad one.
2) What has gone wrong with the world when a grown man cannot lay his boat ashore on a soft surface in sheltered weather to give the hull and prop a scrape off, without inspiring accusations of shipwreck and some kind of clandestine cover up of associated structural damage!
3) 4Sail, William H, Dyflin: Have you any idea how much load the keel, hull, rudder of a small yacht beating to windward in a force 9 in the English Channel has to endure compared with the minor forces at work when a boat is deliberately gently laid over in supervised circumstances, in settled weather on a yielding, supportive surface? Suggest you guys look to buy a boat that has never been sailed if you think the photographed scenario would have the remotest impact on her structural integrity.
4) I did change the photo on the Boats and Outboards advert, but forgot I had also placed it on ApolloDuck. At the time of placing the adverts it was the only shot of the boat I could find. I did not imagine for one second that the sort of person who would buy my boat would be remotely bothered by the fact that it had been dried out at one point, well within its structural capabilities. Otherwise I would have not placed a photo on the site.
5) Will attempt to change the photo on Apollo duck as I have subsequently taken some better (floating) shots.
6) Boat is still for sale, lying Netley, though there are a couple of parties interested. £5000 cash (YBW readers' special offer price!) Any survey/ inspection welcome.
7) Thanks for the click-throughs.

Jake Frith
 
Re: Would you buy Mr Frith\'s boat?

Jake,

Now that makes a lot of sense now you explain it. Maybe I didn't read the advert right but I didn't catch that explanation in the advert. If it wasn't there it was a crazy photo to put on the advert as I, and I presume the other posters, misinterpreted the whole advert and thought the yacht had ben blown ashore, damaged and that is why it was so cheap.

It does look a very good value example of a lovely yacht.
 
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