New Posts New Posts RSS Feed: My boat list - next boat thread
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Register Register  Login Login

My boat list - next boat thread
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  123 4>
Author
  Share Topic Share Topic  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
Jack Sparrow View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 08 Feb 05
Location: United Kingdom
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2965 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Jack Sparrow Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: My boat list - next boat thread
    Posted: 16 Sep 19 at 12:38pm
Originally posted by ian.r.mcdonald

Originally posted by Jack Sparrow


Scandinavian cruiser 20



A thing of beauty! Gimballed glass holder for the G&T and wicker picnic basket strapped to after deck?

Absolutely - it has a trapeze as well. So when you are a little full after lunch, you don't have to stress your stomach ;-) 
Farr 3.7 Class Website
Farr 3.7 Building - Facebook Group
Back to Top
Sam.Spoons View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more


Joined: 07 Mar 12
Location: Manchester UK
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3400 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Sam.Spoons Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Sep 19 at 12:07pm
Beautiful boat  Thumbs Up
Spice 346 "Flat Broke"
Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish"
Back to Top
ian.r.mcdonald View Drop Down
Far too distracted from work
Far too distracted from work


Joined: 24 Feb 06
Location: United Kingdom
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 440 		Post Options Post Options   Quote ian.r.mcdonald Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Sep 19 at 11:34am
Originally posted by Jack Sparrow


Scandinavian cruiser 20



A thing of beauty! Gimballed glass holder for the G&T and wicker picnic basket strapped to after deck?
Back to Top
Jack Sparrow View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 08 Feb 05
Location: United Kingdom
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2965 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Jack Sparrow Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Sep 19 at 11:26am
Scandinavian cruiser 20
Farr 3.7 Class Website
Farr 3.7 Building - Facebook Group
Back to Top
Medway Maniac View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 13 May 05
Location: United Kingdom
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2788 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Medway Maniac Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Sep 19 at 7:32am
Originally posted by The Moo

Quite fancy the idea of an old tunnel Hull scow Int Moth.....Failing that perhaps a Vortex, probably easier to source and a lot less hassle.
...and a lot heavier to lug up the beach than the Moth.

One of the attractions of the tunnel hull Moth for me is that in light airs you can heel them over to reduce the wetted area, and indeed downwind, heeling them to windward.  You can also dial in as much risk as you like just by how you heel/sail it.

The Vortex, by contrast, is just a small cat, and in the light stuff you just sit or stand by the mast, going slowly, while in a blow you come off the wire very painfully when the boat nose-dives under kite.  The antics of the scow Moth, on the other hand are just harmless fun - plus it's easier to right.
Wilsonian SC
3000 Class
Back to Top
tink View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more


Joined: 23 Jan 16
Location: North Hants
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 789 		Post Options Post Options   Quote tink Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Sep 19 at 8:51pm
Originally posted by Sam.Spoons


I have (but maybe I'm easily satisfied) I love the Blaze, it does nearly everything I could wish (comfy for a float around in a drifter, exciting but not 'too exciting' in F6, fun to race and great to just blast around in). The Spice is sufficiently challenging to be something I'll never master (I know it's pretty tame by skiff standards but two wiring is enough a challenge in itself for me and it does still have a little bit of 'beach cred' up here in the wilds of North Wales) and I've had a ball with it in the last ten years, it's 'my boat' and am not yet ready to sell it.

I wax and wane over the Blaze as my next boat, I sail on an inland shifty light wind lake with a good Blaze fleet. Like the boat but the sailors seam to spend a lot of their time in their knees (knee pads appear to be the norm) and there seam to be many variations, same hull but lots of upgrades which just sounds expensive to me.
Tink
https://tinkboats.com

http://proasail.blogspot.com
Back to Top
Sam.Spoons View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more


Joined: 07 Mar 12
Location: Manchester UK
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3400 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Sam.Spoons Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Sep 19 at 8:32pm
I have (but maybe I'm easily satisfied) I love the Blaze, it does nearly everything I could wish (comfy for a float around in a drifter, exciting but not 'too exciting' in F6, fun to race and great to just blast around in). The Spice is sufficiently challenging to be something I'll never master (I know it's pretty tame by skiff standards but two wiring is enough a challenge in itself for me and it does still have a little bit of 'beach cred' up here in the wilds of North Wales) and I've had a ball with it in the last ten years, it's 'my boat' and am not yet ready to sell it.

Edited by Sam.Spoons - 15 Sep 19 at 8:35pm
Spice 346 "Flat Broke"
Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish"
Back to Top
tink View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more


Joined: 23 Jan 16
Location: North Hants
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 789 		Post Options Post Options   Quote tink Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Sep 19 at 7:22pm
Originally posted by ian.r.mcdonald

The best thing about sailing is that every day is slightly different.

I know there are people who's food bill is paid by us changing constantly.

Staying in the same class can be good too, if you have chosen the right one.


“you have chosen the right on” and that is the conundrum 
Tink
https://tinkboats.com

http://proasail.blogspot.com
Back to Top
ian.r.mcdonald View Drop Down
Far too distracted from work
Far too distracted from work


Joined: 24 Feb 06
Location: United Kingdom
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 440 		Post Options Post Options   Quote ian.r.mcdonald Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Sep 19 at 7:06pm
The best thing about sailing is that every day is slightly different.

I know there are people who's food bill is paid by us changing constantly.

Staying in the same class can be good too, if you have chosen the right one.
Back to Top
tink View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more


Joined: 23 Jan 16
Location: North Hants
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 789 		Post Options Post Options   Quote tink Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Sep 19 at 5:49am
The short list 
Solution 
Supernova 
Laser

Longer list
RS300 
Blaze 
Aero
IC

Or
Goat Island Skiff
Echo bay dory 
Old fix up Gull
Viola
Tacking outrigger
Another Proa



Probably will have made my mind up by the time I have the cash together influenced by what is looks good at the time. 


Edited by tink - 15 Sep 19 at 6:11am
Tink
https://tinkboats.com

http://proasail.blogspot.com
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  123 4>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Bulletin Board Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 9.665y
Copyright ©2001-2010 Web Wiz
Change your personal settings, or read our privacy policy