Boat of the Show?

I'm worried about Mark (Jardine) I think the stress of running this online
gem and facing the barrage of complaints about all your bad behaviour
is getting to him.

He's completely lost the plot, if indeed it was totally his decision and he
hasn't been brow beaten into it by the 'wood is good' brigade.

Seriously why would you waste a complete bit of your life hand riveting
some clinker built replica fishing boat from 1732 together and fitting it
with sails. Redwood it was called or some similar red sounding
descriptor.
It would make a good fireship to be buried at sea in is about it's only
point as far as I an make out.

And the lunacy doesn't end there, not that I was in any hurry to see it,
but 2nd place was a GP14 ffs, God knows what they must have done to
that to put them in the running, probably found a way to make
cardboard and mdf look shiny, knowing your typical GPer, the lunatics
have most definitely taken over the asylum.

Boat of the show for me, other than my chosen ride for this year, was a
really tastily sorted foiler followed by a really well sorted Blaze, had to
photograph every bit of it, and I like that canoe but still don't get how
they make them go without a wiggle stick thing at the back.

As for people who like wooden boats, for a starter they shouldn't be
issued with driving licenses and 2nd not allowed near trailors, watching
them try and get clear during the breakdown... Doh like Crown green
bowls when it starts raining..

Switzerland anyone?

Well, it illustrates the point, my opinion of Boat of the show, is equally out
of kilter to Marks..

Personal taste..

and Mark's totally lost it..

I dont agree with the whole anti wood bit... however I do
agree that this year there was enough innovation at the
show to warrant something else. Personally I liked both the
12's, the 14 with all the funky string on it was pretty
impressive and of course the most impressive new mass
production boat in years and years, the RS100.

So i'd have picked one of those!

Ian

Brass rivets? ITYM copper.

And what's wrong with a wooden boat. It's a renewable
resource, and carbon negative (until you burn it). It's not
built using solvent filled epoxies. And when you're
finished with it, it's not going to hang around in landfill
for 5000 years.

Originally posted by Presuming Ed And what's wrong with a wooden boat.

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


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

Do they still make coffins out of wood even?