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    Posted: 08 Mar 10 at 10:12am
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Yes, nice, that reminds me I must remember to get my dining room chairs
down to the restorer ..


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WIng wang your deluded..

Forgetting for a moment the driving skills of bearded sandal wearing
fireflyers, it's bad enough fifties boat kits are still being promoted as
modern sailing, but for grown men to be whiling away their lives, hand,
yes hand riveting, what? There must be thousands of the little bits of
copper when there are perfectly good glues these days, is well just
impossible for the modern mind to comprehend..

Then again I guess it's a bit like basket weaving, you have to give them
something to do when they're out of the jacket and under medication..

It takes all types..

And you do see them all at that show..

Dignitas should definitely take a stand.

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and thank you Ed, that was lovely


the same, but different...

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Grumpf, I know it will be a futile task to try and tell you this but wood has a whole different raison d'etre.

Wood is about having put your boat together, mostly by yourself, and actully enjoying putting something of yourself into it, more than just bimbling.  Wood is combining two hobbies - wanting to sail, but also wanting to make something lovely that you can take pride in for how it looks, as well as for how it sails (which is mostly down to what you have done yourself, not some other bloke)

Wood is really about combining two hobbies - sailing and boat building, which I reckon gives you the best of both worlds.

I know you'll tell me I'm deluded and need the men in white coats, but you won't be the first, besides, they carried me off long ago and I've never looked back!
the same, but different...

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Originally posted by Presuming Ed

Originally posted by G.R.F.


Wood is not good, wood is a sign you're well overdue a trip
to Switzerland..


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Originally posted by G.R.F.


Wood is not good, wood is a sign you're well overdue a trip
to Switzerland..


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Hi PeterG

Well it is each to his own of course and whilst the world has moved on
wether we like it or not, clearly for some it hasn't or it won't or their luddite
nature refuses to amongst other things permit them to learn how and when
to disconnect the trailor when reversing into tight spots and allow folk to
get on with the task of dismantling their stands and go home..

Wood is not good, wood is a sign you're well overdue a trip to Switzerland..

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Originally posted by G.R.F.

Er the same as what's wrong with a wooden
automobile?

Fine in it's day, but the worlds moved on.


Find me a plastic boat as good looking as this. (OK, so
Carl makes composite plastic/veneer boats, but
wow, they're pretty.)

ARGHEREREE£Ee £"%$$%£"%$"£% forum.

Go here:
http://www.carldouglas.co.uk/images/gallery/rosewood.jpg

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Originally posted by G.R.F.

Fine in it's day, but the worlds moved on.



Hi GRF,

You're right, of course, the world's moved on and most of
us on the forum probably wouldn't buy a wooden boat. I
certainly wouldn't. I'd love to own a Bonezzi Contender,
but for a clumsy oaf like myself to sail it off a shingle
beach would be nothing short or sacrilege - I'd have to
keep it on the mantlepiece to admire in the evenings,
though I might have a little difficulty getting it to
fit.

So I wouldn't buy one, but that doesn't stop me going all
weak kneed and ooh and aargh when I see a beautiful
wooden boat somewhere like the Dinghy Show. There were a
couple of very nice plastic Contenders at the show, I'd
love either of them, but they don't make it as boat of
the show for me.

I was more interested in the 50's Firefly, the hull was
probably made about the same time as the ones I used to
sail. It looked great, though I'm not sure how you fit
two in there anymore, and it probably losses out on being
boat of the show by being much too comfortable having had
the new deck fitted. Terrible thing progress!
Peter
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