Your boating history!

[chillee]

Topper when a kid
Zodiac 3.8m 18hp Tohatsu 2 stroke
Laser pico same time as zodiac
Ranieri Revolution 15
Mariah FS20
Hardy Seawings 254

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Mine. All sail....

Family boats 1960s/early 70's
GP14
Silhouette
Hurley 24
Finnclipper 35 (I think)

My boats, late 70s'80s
Enterprise 11759
National 12 3072

.... loooooooong gap

Bavaria Vision 42 (now sold)
Slowly deciding what to buy next. Will be the first of several mobos before I expire.

 

[Pinnacle]

Enterprise dinghy - bought for £50 and sold a year later for £250!
Laser
Another Laser
Another Laser
Phantom
Another Phantom
Contender

Big gap....

Four Winn’s 225 - with a lovely V8 petrol inboard, but the hull was such a shallow V, that in a Solent chop you would lose your fillings over 8 knots!
Beneteau 411 - lovely yot, but it had to go after the firm I worked for went bust.

Now boatless.....

 

[Hurricane]

Heron Sailing Dinghy - way back
Mermaid Sailing Dinghy
Mirror Dinghy (sail number 29) - at school
GP 14
Fireball
Firefly
505
Vivacity 24
Laser 2
Optimist for the kids
Dart 15
Dart 18
Laser
Hurricane 5.9
Dart Hawk
Firebird ( the worst boat I've ever owned)
Another Hurricane - whilst being Commodore of Sailing Club
Sealine T51
Princess 67 but still have the Hurricane
And as a toy for the Princess - a Dinghy Go

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Fabulous jump from the hurricane to a T51!

 

[Chamaerops]

First boat - 2013 Merry Fisher 645 single 115HP O/B purchased in 2013
Second boat - 2014 Merry Fisher 855 2x150HP O/B purchased in 2014
Current boat -2015 Bavaria Sport 450 Coupe 2x400HP VP outdrives purchased in 2016.

 

[SeaAndSea]

Learned to sail at school in Laser, Topper, Wayfarer.

Parents boat years later Broom European

Today waiting on transport of Trader 47 to complete... Should be with us on s couple of weeks

 

[TonyR123]

I have a lot of catching up to do (in terms of number of boats):

2015 - beneteau Antares 36
2016 - prestige 500
2020 - one of squadron 68, manhatten 68, pearl 62 or x70 (or anything else I see at Düsseldorf)

 

[Hurricane]

Fabulous jump from the hurricane to a T51!

Yep.
I spent the best part of 20 years driving RIBs (safety boats) at the sailing club.
We also had a couple of single shaft committee boats.
But nothing as big as the T51 and nothing with two shafts.
In fact, even having spent all my life on boats, I took a long time to get used to twin shafts.
We kept the T51 for three years and I still hadn't completely mastered it by the time the Princess came along.
That said, in the leisure world, I don't think we ever completely master things unless you spend a long time doing it.
I'm always more confident at the end of the season that the beginning.

 

[LadyInBed]

Gosh! What a lota lota boats!
I must put a parallel thread on Scuttlebutt for Rag and Stick.

 

[timbad]

It all started with my Dads little Mayland with a Seagul outboard out of Mersea me :-
Avon 3.1
Quicksilver 3.7
Falcon 23 SPC
Regal 245
Fairline Targa 30
Princess V42
Princess V45 (new)
Revenger 23 rib with 150 opimax
Seadoo RXT jet ski
Ribeye 650s
Now Sealine F43

 

[superheat6k]

So the request was boating history, rather than ownership.

Notable sailing listed after entries where relevant ...

1. 27' whaler - Hamoaze Plymouth. Probably my first time in a boat 1977.
2. Bosun dinghy - Royal Clarence Yard Portsmouth
3. Kalisana - Ohlsen 38 - Cherbourg (was seasick - very seasick !)
4. HMS Birmingham - Type 42 Destroyer.- Lots of places but most notable was Acapulco, Mexico - arrived a Boy left a Man !
5. HM Guardboat Gibraltar - Kept Spaniards at bay
6. Gan Canny - MacWester Rowan Crown 26' - East coast ditch-crawling
7. HMS Southampton - Type 42 Destroyer - South Georgia & The Falkland Islands
8. Laser dinghy - from HMS Southampton - Mombassa, Djibouti, plus a few other exotic places
9. HMASTC Cutless - Cutless 27 - Day skipper
10. HMASTC Trumpeter - Contessa 32 - Coastal skipper
11. HMASTC Bugler - Contessa 32 - Yachtmaster
12. Sandpiper of St Helier - Sigma 36 - Lots of racing
13. Electron II - Sigma 36 - Lots more racing
14. Sandra - Hurley 22' - Training others
15. Olympus - Fox Terrier 22 - Training others
16. Proteus - Fox Terrier 22 - Training others
17. HMS Boxer - Type 22 Frigate - NATO Stanaforlant
18. The Guardian - Sigma 36 - Training others
19. British Bulldog - Sigma 36 - Training others
20. Boadicea of Britannia - Sigma 36 - Training others - Fastnet 1991
21. Hard Day's Night - Bavaria 39
22. My first owned boat - Laser dinghy
23. String Quartet - Ballerina 22 - Honeymoon in Weymouth
24. Sabreon - Sabre 27 - Cherbourg
25. Jo - Van De Stadt 22
26. Mobby - Kilkruiser 28 - first stinkpot
27. Ocean Belle - Fairline Turbo 36 - 2nd stinkpot
28. Boadicea - Corvette 32 - current stinkpot

41 years and another 41 planned !

But when looking back at this lot one lucky lucky life so far !

 

[superheat6k]

Scouts boats: Mirror, GP14, Canoe
Windsurfing: Dufour Wing, Sailboard, Alfa 330
Proper boats: Sea Ray 225, Sunbird 25, Sunline 31, Azimut 39, Ribeye 2.6, 2 Bare Feet SUP

What do you reckon to the 2 Bare Feet SUP ?

 

[Gemini]

Aqua 17ft 50hp Johnson Big Twin
Avon 4m Searider 40hp Volvo Penter
Avon 4m Searider 50hp Mercury Blue band
Avon 5.4 Searider 90hp Mercury Gold Band
Gemini 6.5 Rib 150 Mariner 4 stroke
Fairline Targa 28 twin KAD 32
Fairline Targa 39 KAD 42

Current vessel 11.6 ft paddle board
Everyone totally enjoyable

 

[Greg2]

So the request was boating history, rather than ownership.

Notable sailing listed after entries where relevant ...

1. 27' whaler - Hamoaze Plymouth. Probably my first time in a boat 1977.
2. Bosun dinghy - Royal Clarence Yard Portsmouth
3. Kalisana - Ohlsen 38 - Cherbourg (was seasick - very seasick !)
4. HMS Birmingham - Type 42 Destroyer.- Lots of places but most notable was Acapulco, Mexico - arrived a Boy left a Man !
5. HM Guardboat Gibraltar - Kept Spaniards at bay
6. Gan Canny - MacWester Rowan Crown 26' - East coast ditch-crawling
7. HMS Southampton - Type 42 Destroyer - South Georgia & The Falkland Islands
8. Laser dinghy - from HMS Southampton - Mombassa, Djibouti, plus a few other exotic places
9. HMASTC Cutless - Cutless 27 - Day skipper
10. HMASTC Trumpeter - Contessa 32 - Coastal skipper
11. HMASTC Bugler - Contessa 32 - Yachtmaster
12. Sandpiper of St Helier - Sigma 36 - Lots of racing
13. Electron II - Sigma 36 - Lots more racing
14. Sandra - Hurley 22' - Training others
15. Olympus - Fox Terrier 22 - Training others
16. Proteus - Fox Terrier 22 - Training others
17. HMS Boxer - Type 22 Frigate - NATO Stanaforlant
18. The Guardian - Sigma 36 - Training others
19. British Bulldog - Sigma 36 - Training others
20. Boadicea of Britannia - Sigma 36 - Training others - Fastnet 1991
21. Hard Day's Night - Bavaria 39
22. My first owned boat - Laser dinghy
23. String Quartet - Ballerina 22 - Honeymoon in Weymouth
24. Sabreon - Sabre 27 - Cherbourg
25. Jo - Van De Stadt 22
26. Mobby - Kilkruiser 28 - first stinkpot
27. Ocean Belle - Fairline Turbo 36 - 2nd stinkpot
28. Boadicea - Corvette 32 - current stinkpot

41 years and another 41 planned !

But when looking back at this lot one lucky lucky life so far !

Well if I had known that Pussers war canoes were in the mix I would have included:

HMS Bulwark - Commando Carrier (the old one - Rusty B)
HMS Cardiff - Type 42 destroyer (briefly)
HMS Newcastle - Type 42 destroyer - back to back S. Atlantic deployments ‘82 & ‘83 - first circumnavigation of South Georgia. Possibly deployed with you/Southampton one of those years?
HMS Redpole - N. Ireland patrol boat

Not included various seaboats including Whaler, Pacific 22, Gemini and Searider as well as various sailing dinghies (Bosuns, GP14, Scorpion) and Morocco/Spain on an unknown make Yacht from the RN sailing centre in Gib. Oh and Channel Island and France on a Nicholson 55 from Hornet in Gosport. More recently Redbay 11m Stormforce (outdrives), Redbay 12m Stormforce (Hamilton Jets) and Humber 6m RIB

 

[Hurricane]

It all started with my Dads little Mayland with a Seagul outboard out of Mersea me :-
Avon 3.1
Quicksilver 3.7
Falcon 23 SPC
Regal 245
Fairline Targa 30
Princess V42
Princess V45 (new)
Revenger 23 rib with 150 opimax
Seadoo RXT jet ski
Ribeye 650s
Now Sealine F43

Oh yes - a Seadoo RXT Jet Ski
I had one of those

 

[MapisM]

Past tense for the T40 noted J! I hope she brings as much pleasure to the new owner as she did for you.

Wow, did I miss a "farewell T40" thread from JTB? And most importantly, what next?
With apologies for the o/t, but I find reports on boats build/search more interesting than history!

 

[Mr Googler]

Wow, did I miss a "farewell T40" thread from JTB? And most importantly, what next?
With apologies for the o/t, but I find reports on boats build/search more interesting than history!

Yeah....come on JTB.....spill the beans!

 

[Robert Wilson]

So the request was boating history, rather than ownership.

But when looking back at this lot one lucky lucky life so far !

+1 for me :encouragement::encouragement::encouragement:

*Owned/part-owned with family

*1. Inflatable rubber swan (Circa 1951)
*2. Inflatable Li-Lo.
3. St. Mawes-Falmouth Ferries (incl St. Gerrans, St. Mawes Castle, Princess Maude)
4. Pram dinghy (borrowed)
5. Ex oyster dredger Edith (Les Ferris sailing school)
6. Shark-fishing boat(s) out towards The Manacles.
*7. Heron Dinghy. Curlew
*8. Enterprise dinghy. Waterhen
9. St. Mawes OD
10. Merlin Rocket (with very much adored but never attained female owner.....!!)
11. Nicholson 32
12. 50'+ pre-war ketch (Tern)
*13. Gaff cutter (Designed by Richardson/built by S. Bond, Birkenhead 1897 Myfanwy/Benbecula)
14. Tumlare
15. Lion
16. STS Sir Winston Churchill
17. STS Malcolm Miller
18. Invicta (Van der Stadt ). Zeeheks
19. Nicholson 43
20. Sunseeker 31 Offshore. Curlew of Fleet
21. Westerly Corsair
22. Jaguar ?27
23. Javelin30 (current boat, since 2010). Khamsin
24. Gibsea 33

Plus various windsurfers, tenders, run-about/outboard dinghies, and somewhere around #17 a Delta inboard ski boat.
Oh, and a few Cross-Channel Ferries

 

[petem]

Fairline Targa 30 (new)
** School Fees **
Fairline Targa 34 (used)
Pershing 44 (I hope)