[Closed] Boats, boats, and more boats

scruff - yep, lovely spot isn't it - the colour of the water at the jetty always amazes me !

I spent a bit of time playing in these till my shoulder popped:

She's not as pretty or impressive as most of the boats here, but she's mine built by my fair hand and has taken me to some special places with great memories:

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I'd disagree.

Looks lovely.

Canvas?

Anyone doing the Gp14 world champs at the end of July?

I’m getting all excited/nervous; it’ll be the biggest event I’ve ever done - 140 boats and gate starts! Eeeek!

Joshvegas - thank you. plywood stitch and tape. Great way to build boats if you are not a skilled carpenter!

Blob, I think my mate is doing it.  As a few sail maker chums will be no doubt.  I owned a beautiful harper built series 2 GP a fair few years back now.  Bought to sail with my wife!  She struggled with the Genoa loads and could reach the spinny Pole mast eye to clip pole on!  We actually led our first open to the windward mark but she couldn’t get the bloody pole on!  Boat sold shortly after for an rs200 which was also sold as she became pregnant!

Supersessions that's lovely.

Some corking boats on here. I still have crewing an Int 14 on my bucket list and I have huge affection for the 505. I remember sailing one as a teenager a couple of times and it blew me away. I loved sailing and racing ISOs and Laser 4000s but the 505 was something special.

There's some fantastic new classes out there but there's something about the more ''traditional" classes that still appeals.

Most of all though I love seeing the kids enjoying boats - kayaks and dinghies - and learning new skills.

I am an avowed landlubber and live pretty much as far from the coast of blighty as is possible, however, I do have an interest in a boat company and have been getting more involved in the construction side over the last year.

The craft are all made using a resin infusion technique (no hand lay glass fibre here me ol' duck) which means we are getting brilliant consistency in strength and weight.

C-Fury make this 4.2m ish catamaran rib with a hydrofoil (goes like a spanked weasel)

http://c-fury.com/patrol/

and recently developed and produce this deep-V for SIT

http://sitltd.co.uk/products/rigid-inflatable-boats-ribs/

Here's me actually laying up the hull for that SIT Vulcan

There's a load of other secret squirrel stuff going on as well which is taking up a bit of time and we should be pushing some marketing again soon after the lull in the marine markets as well as developing a shorter 3.5m C-fury aimed at the yacht tender market with smaller size limitations, but it's a fantastic little company making amazing quality craft. And it's a giant leap from spreadsheet wrangling.