[Closed] Boats

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

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I like the Viking Ship though.

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And the Ark:

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gotta love a lifeboat:

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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.....

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Soon to be 450,000 washing machines.

Me & my coracle on low tide manouveres last Wednesday...

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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...

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

Mirror dinghy

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

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

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😯

Does he think I'm mad???

I often operate these in summer, got a Level 2 power boat certificate.
Conver weed cutter
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Berky weed harvester (me in the passenger seat on this one)
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Other than using them at work i've not got to much interest in boats.

Same rules as for bikes - red is faster

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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!

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OMG... if only I could afford such a thing...

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[url= http://www.elmarine.com/maltese-falcon-yacht-charter.html ]Many more pics here...[/url]

I'd have one of these
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I've sailed a topper and have a Sportique ski boat (poor mans Mastercraft)

My Boat with Pedals!

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

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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.

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

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+ 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.
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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.

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Sold it to Sweeden last October 🙁

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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 [i]Gojira[/i]
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J class anyone?

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tonyg, was just getting ready to post this...
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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

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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

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

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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 😀

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

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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
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Used to sail these with my Dad
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Always fancied one of these
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Always liked this pic of USS Reagan undergoing rudder checks..
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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

nearly forgot this one:

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Carbon - I always wanted a Melges!

Raced these as a kid:
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More recently, this little puppy (we're in at front of shot, I'm trimming in this pic). Topped out at 17.5kts on a very windy last day of Cowes about five years ago. We survived and thrived, but the kicker blew up on the delivery back to Royal Southern and when we lifted her, the rudder had a nice big crack down the leading edge. 😳

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And finally (before banking implosion and parenthood stopped the race programme and my sailing career), one of these:
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A mite oversailed - very high aspect ratio rig meant a hugemungus kite. Rumour has it the Dutch would can racing for these if it blew over 26 kts. Our first sail was in 45kts apparent. A couple of us delivered GBR3569 from Dartmouth to Hamble in ten hours flat with just the main up at the end of the racing season. Shame she had to go.

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I sometimes race one of these
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though find I tend to get rather wetter when paddling one of these
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aracer, you're a mighty athletic lass.... 😉

Coxed one of these last night. I only wish the hand heights had been somewhere near the picture:
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they look very tame, but boy do they get the heart racing, running full tilt, desperately trying to bleed off speed with very little room to maneuver.

aracer - Member
I sometimes race one of these...

Where can you get a surfski in UK?

Used to have a gaff rig ketch in Oz, but ended up doing more time on my surf ski. Makes a kayak look like a penny farthing IMO.

Where can you get a surfski in UK?

Makes a kayak look like a penny farthing IMO

I paddle a Think Evo ski and have a couple of AR doubles both JKK - Hypernova and 1/3 share in a Quasar which is basically a modified K2.

Beaten by dd, but getting one of these to sit is close to perfection.
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I thought coxes had to be nice and light dd?
dd being a cox shocker!!! 😯

psychle - Member
If we're talking reality though, 99% sure something like this will be back in my life before too long... gotta love a Nacra!

Love my Nacra Infusion!

(not mine.. but same model)
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Too many to list but sold one of these couple of years ago as I ran out of money - bonkers boat
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Now got a Finn and looking forward to learning some new stuff:
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Bent_Udder: you sailed a Europe? Underated boats I've heard. I raced an X35 for a couple of years too (mainsheet trimmer) - great boats but I know what you're saying about them being a little 'trippy'!

One of my best mates has just bought one of these (Fairline 78)!
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looking forward to a week on board in the Med this summer 😆

That's St Katherine's Dock in that there pic, isn't it? The Dickens on the left hand side....!

Love that Musto Skiff pic. Crazy fast boats.

Had a play in one of these in Cornwall a while ago. Insane.
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CFH: Not sure... stock photo, mates boat is in Antibes.
The feeling when you're out on the wire with the kite up on the Musto Skiff is amazing - it always ended up with me getting very wet though. Apart from needing the money out of it I also simply didn't spend enough time on the boat to sail it properly 🙁
here's another which shows just how [s]frightening[/s] fast they can get:
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I am currently part way through renovating one of these
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I also have just picked up this which is to ultimately take and leave at my mother in laws place in the med.
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I have yet to take her but she's ment to be fun and fast for her size.

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Sharkbait - there is a bigish fleet on the NE and I nearly bought one after I sold the melges but to be competitive you really need to commit to sailing it a few times a week at least.

Yep, I did some training weekends at Rutland but I'm in the NW which is not a good location for these boats really and I just didn't get out enough. Fantastic boats, glad I tried it at least.
I've now got the Finn and a double Masters World champion living 3 miles away getting me up to speed.

Finns are ace - not cheap though.

You got all that complicated mast bend right then - and using Norths?

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I wish I was old enough to stop doing this. It makes me terribly tired. That was quite a big wave welling up behind me.
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I am currently part way through renovating one of these

(EDIT: owenfackrell, I've just realized that you're renevating a Miracle Dinghy & not a Mirror)

I restored our 1968 Mirror Dinghy. After sheathing it in epoxy and varnishing and painting it it would've been cheaper to buy a slightly less older one in better shape, but it was fun....

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One day, I might even get around to sailing it instead of mainly using it with an outboard on the back (note log at front of boat to keep the boat levelish in the water after dropping two passengers off further down the estuary. One bad bit of wash from a larger vessel and I'd be in trouble!)

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I've just finished renevating a Thames Turtle that I'm going to leave with the rigging up for the summer so I've got no excuse not to go sailing....

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Previous owners photo...

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Finns are ace - not cheap though.

You got all that complicated mast bend right then - and using Norths?

The are a bit pricey (had to work hard on MrsSB to get clearance) even for used boats, but they do seem to hold their value very well.
Masts are the single most important factor really as you have a mast built for your weight (softer for lighter, stiffer for fat boys) plus they are fairly complicated to construct. These factors combine to create a new mast price of about £3k 🙁
We carried out some mast deflection measurements at the 3 main leech tensions a couple of nights ago on my mast and a stiffer one, [url= http://www.tedmount1.demon.co.uk/MastDeflections.pdf ]chart here[/url]
My boat came with 2 x Norths which are OK, but my mate/guru is working with Ullmans to create a new 'tape-drive' type sail - and I may get one of these if the price is right. Below, on the left, is a pic of the first prototype - it has just 3 seams [in white] compared to the multiple panels in the North on the right. Will be interesting to see how it turns out, but at the moment Norths are still the fastest sails out there.
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I thought coxes had to be nice and light dd?
dd being a cox shocker !!!

Smartarse 😀

Agreed about the eight though. Balanced and firm pressure is a thing of beauty. Fours seem like a lot more hard work sometimes but again, when sat, wonderful.

I wish I was old enough to stop doing this. It makes me terribly tired. That was quite a big wave welling up behind me.

Nice pic.... I must dig my Mistral Screamer out again - it's been in hibernation since becoming a dad ..... 11 years ago 🙁

My old schools boat: http://www.dauntseys.org/page.aspx?id=272

Loved the boat and help with the refit and overhall when I was there, unfortunatly I get v.sea sick so have only sailed on her properly a couple of times.

Always thought you were a cox, DD....

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LoCo, Dauntsey's, eh? Edge of the Plain, cold as hell rugby pitches....!

Not as cold as some of the Welsh pitches 😀

Agreed about the eight though. Balanced and firm pressure is a thing of beauty. Fours seem like a lot more hard work sometimes but again, when sat, wonderful.

Always thought you were a cox, DD....

hammering an eight for 25-30 mins for bow was about the best fun you can have with your clothes on

Bow monkey too eh?

*high fives the don*

I row at Bristol Ariel...we're the slightly, ahem, less competitive of the two Bristol clubs. But hey, we've got the prettier water...which it's all about for me. Was training for Vets Head in April but we've had to scratch because of boat availabiity (we're quite poor too) 🙁

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Jack of all trades, mate. Spent most of my time at either stroke or bow! Work that one out! And have done stints at every seat in-between and more sometime cox and a bit of novice coaching.
Get a crew together as the spring heads are ace, enjoy it while you still can as it can get serious later and if ever you get the chance get across to London for the Head of the River Race.
Shame there's no decent rowing here, 😥 I'd have to go to Sevilla for that... Now there's a thought. 😀

I used to be able to see this from the house....did'nt miss too many good days for 5 years.Landlocked now 😥
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Yeah, was always cold when we went to play Monmouth...

Better have a lot of available credit on your gasoline credit card

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aracer - Member
'Where can you get a surfski in UK?'
I thought we'd done this one before?..

Yes, but I lost the info and forgot where I got it. Blame it on senility.

Here's my Hadyn Kenny ski sitting at a mate's house in Oz - I'll be on it in a couple of weeks if all goes well 🙂

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For those who enjoyed reading Arthur Ransome as kids:
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(and there is a connection to the lady at the tiller).

My fave boat not because it was the best ( only a Janousek ) but because it was named after a brilliant bloke at our club and he was speechless when the name was revealed
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That said a rowing a fast crew in an Empacher eight down the Henley course at prime time on Saturday in a Thames vs London race is the closest I'll ever come to experiencing what footballers and the like do. A truly fantastic experience.

Or brilliant in a different way, racing the eights head with a crew full of ex-worldchamps (not me unfortunately 😉 ) is something pretty special.

This I would love to be able to own:
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TS [i]Pelican[/i], a French-built former Arctic trawler re-rigged as a Barbary Xebec, or Corsair. Apparently amazingly fast and manoeuvrable, which is why pirates loved them.

(and there is a connection to the lady at the tiller).

Bought one of these last year (Laser SB3). Great fun, but tough to race as the fleet are very competitive. Doing the World Champs in May (which happens to be in the UK this year) - should be fun!
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