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oh FFS, can someone please explain how to embed a picture??? We have a boat, honest, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to show it off! The link is showing to me in the thread, but no sign of it or the picture when I submit......
ETA - wowee, what a gorgeous boat Fergal!!!
ETA again - great idea for a thread! I'd happily look at boats all day long.
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martin46585 wrote: »This is my first home built boat called SEAN-NÓS "old style" and is the boat I'm using at the moment.
"SHOW OFF"
How does one top that, with my humble, mass produced grp
dinghy......:(
Boats are funny little things it doesn't matter what size shape or style it is they are mostly loved by their owner and thats all that counts. This is an O'sullivan I had for years she broke my heart and the engine broke my fingers trying to pull start it but I had so much fun on this boat to me she was priceless and it was a sad day when I had to sell her:( "Boats make memories and memories are what make the boat"
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Great boat alan, I have been looking at these for a few years now and hope to get one someday and convert to a wheelchair friendly boat as the upper level is the same from the rear deck into the wheelhouse I need a boat that can take two wheelchairs and with a bit of chopping and changing I think the powles 33 will be perfect. When she gets old and tatty give me a call 0 -
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Your boats are really nice fergal,
I have a half share in this one:
http://falmouthquaypunt.blogspot.ie/
She will be ready for water next spring
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Your boats are really nice fergal,
I have a half share in this one:
http://falmouthquaypunt.blogspot.ie/
She will be ready for water next spring
Very Very nice I love to see these old girls getting the love they deserve fair play to you, keep us posted on her. " bet you love sanding":D
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Cheers Fergal, she is a beauty alright. The sanding is ok, it's the scraping off 100 year old lead based paint I like the most!!
Adrian, the fella who is the other owner (and who does most of the work ) keeps the blog up to date religiously so it's worth a look every now and again. 0 -
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Cheers Fergal, she is a beauty alright. The sanding is ok, it's the scraping off 100 year old lead based paint I like the most!!
Adrian, the fella who is the other owner (and who does most of the work ) keeps the blog up to date religiously so it's worth a look every now and again.
Reading through the blog at the moment, I could be here for a while
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Is that one of the older GPs Conchir?
I've been crewing in one that is 44 years old!
Yep, it was built between 1963 and 65 afaik
She's in fairly decent condition too, though definitely not a racer. Slightly overweight But I love her anyway.
There's a very good number of old ones still sailing regularly, that's for sure. How are you finding it?0 -
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Yep, it was built between 1963 and 65 afaik
She's in fairly decent condition too, though definitely not a racer. Slightly overweight But I love her anyway.
There's a very good number of old ones still sailing regularly, that's for sure. How are you finding it?
FUN Myself and another relative newbie are helm/crew, he owns it, and we are slowly getting to know the boat, and trust it and are learning to work together
Plan is to get the spinny up and running for next year, but it's a lovely boat to be in. I initially hated the way the kicker got in my way, but have adapted. I like the solidity of it if that makes any sense? Kinda like being on a squib? No sense that you will be in for a swim at the slightest gust?
We are half hoping to aim for the nationals next year in the classic section I think?0 -
Plan is to get the spinny up and running for next year, but it's a lovely boat to be in. I initially hated the way the kicker got in my way, but have adapted. I like the solidity of it if that makes any sense? Kinda like being on a squib? No sense that you will be in for a swim at the slightest gust?
We are half hoping to aim for the nationals next year in the classic section I think?
They're great fun to sail I think. As you say, they're quite stable, but they can be challenging too, I've been out a few times and spent the whole time hiking hard, helm and crew fully out.
It's the largest boat I've ever sailed, except one race crewing a Puppeteer. I find the crew space on a GP to be pretty comfortable and spacious in dinghy terms
The Nationals would definitely be do-able. The Classic Fleets are a great idea, there is such a big difference between the classics and the modern ones. The GP circuit is very friendly too!0 -
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They're great fun to sail I think. As you say, they're quite stable, but they can be challenging too, I've been out a few times and spent the whole time hiking hard, helm and crew fully out.
It's the largest boat I've ever sailed, except one race crewing a Puppeteer. I find the crew space on a GP to be pretty comfortable and spacious in dinghy terms
The Nationals would definitely be do-able. The Classic Fleets are a great idea, there is such a big difference between the classics and the modern ones. The GP circuit is very friendly too!
Sounds good Being new to sailing and getting used to the boats, we are losing time to other more experienced crews in terms of lines we take (dunno if that makes sense) but as well we are not hiking as much as other crews so not getting that advantage of keeping the boat flat.
The two of us get on great though, and spend ages on mail after a day out discussing what we can do better/different and we tend to be very good about acknowledging where we went wrong and what we can do differently.
I've been out a few times in a squib, and in a 28 footer, so to me it's a small boat, but I really really like it :)Possibly as much due to the helm I crew for as we work really well together? Just a good partnership or perhaps two idiots at the same level?
We've also sailed together in a laser vago (evil, ready to tip over for any reason boats) and enjoyed it.0 -
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