Well, after trains and planes, why not another boat thread?

So, boats you’ve seen, sailed or lusted after if you please!

The utterly awesome Topper;

Mine was blue, with the blue/yellow/pink sail and I loved it!

This used to belong to some friends of the family. Glamour from a bygone age, IMO;

Not a fan of boats I must say. I get sea-sick on the Woolwich Ferry. 😳

I like the Viking Ship though.

And the Ark:

gotta love a lifeboat:

luckily, never had to be rescued by one….. it was a spanish lifeboat we had to call 😳

I’ve have also always found a large man in a boat strangely intriguing…..

Soon to be 450,000 washing machines.

Me & my coracle on low tide manouveres last Wednesday…

German plastic sea-kayak meets Brtish Steel. Been piped aboard the famous yacht although never managed to sail on it mainly due to the (ex) ‘skipper’s’ Rizla related distractions…

Built one of these when I was 13 with my sister.

Mirror dinghy

WCA wanted me to get in one of these with him:

To have a spin around Southampton Harbour, with things like this mooching abahyt:

😯

Does he think I’m mad???

I often operate these in summer, got a Level 2 power boat certificate.
Conver weed cutter

Berky weed harvester (me in the passenger seat on this one)

Other than using them at work i’ve not got to much interest in boats.

Same rules as for bikes – red is faster

Pentalina by Michael (ffcnimmo), on Flickr

Pentalina by Michael (ffcnimmo), on Flickr

We’ve got a Hunter 245 in the family, and it’s awesome.

Plus, my dad built it from just a bare fibreglass hull as a retirement project. Respect!

OMG… if only I could afford such a thing…

Many more pics here…

I’d have one of these

I’ve sailed a topper and have a Sportique ski boat (poor mans Mastercraft)

My Boat with Pedals!

The Maltese Falcon, Mastercraft and a fast cat! Me like…!

this became the ady gil, an anti-whaling vessel operated by Sea Shepherd, and sadly is now dead after being rammed by a japanese whaling ship.
the video contains naughty words, so please exercise relevant caution when viewing.

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If we’re talking reality though, 99% sure something like this will be back in my life before too long… gotta love a Nacra!

+ 1 for the ady gil!

That weed harvester cost £120,000 when it was new, cost nearly £200,000 to replace now.

This is our old work boat that we gave away to another area.

Owned one of these for 5 years, competed around the UK with my best pals, until we all had families and ran out of disposable income.

Brilliant boats, fast, responsive but very hard to be competitive in.

Sold it to Sweeden last October 🙁

Its not grand, but its mine

this became the ady gil, an anti-whaling vessel operated by Sea Shepherd, and sadly is now dead after being rammed by a japanese whaling ship.

Sad indeed, but not a bad replacement in the Gojira

J class anyone?

tonyg, was just getting ready to post this…

That weed harvester cost £120,000 when it was new, cost nearly £200,000 to replace now.

Forgive my ignorance, but why does such a thing cost so much money? 😯

give me a net, a scuba mask and a pair of hedge cutters and i’ll do it for £10 and hour with a bacon sarnie

Not to sure myself, they are all made to order in Germany and are a bit of a specialist bit of plant. Also a lot of steel involved in them, that one above weighs just over 12 tons dry weight and loads of hydraulics involved, also big old Perkins diesel engine slapped in the rear. I know a new front weed belt on the bed cost £5000, the rear belt is twice as big but doesn’t get the abuse like the front. They also don’t handle like a normal boat and can get a bit of getting use to and horrible to use if its windy as the wind pushes it to the side.

LOL fourcrossjohn 🙂

Built a plywood canoe a few years ago, gonna try a canvas skinned kayak this year.

Open 60

Had the Zapcat racing come to this area a few years ago, mental little things.

Also had this turn up and set some speed record, can’t remember what though. We also get the Round Britain Powerboat race come belting past here. Last year I was in a fishing boat with a mate offshore when they came past, insanely fast 😀

When working in Spain got chatting to a team who did the inshore F1 powerboat racing

They offered me a blast around the bay in the 2 seater they had but the weather was crap making the sea too rough to do it before they headed to Barcelona for a race and then out of the country.

Sailed these in pre-foil days

Used to sail these with my Dad

Always fancied one of these

Always liked this pic of USS Reagan undergoing rudder checks..

as a 10 year old I got a stoved wood 10ft rowing boat (and dad knew an old codger boat builder) since then done canoe, punt, topper, topaz, lazer, dart 16 and 18, but really was a windsurfer, mind you 7 days of blazing sun round Crinan, Firth of Clyde, Sound of Bute on this bring back some damn good memories
http://www.savethepuffer.co.uk/images/cctrip2b.jpg

nearly forgot this one: