Riva Aquarama

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If you like your woodwork shiny and have 530,000 foreign thingies to spare...

http://www.classic-yachts.de/sales/details/241/

Not quite sure how the 'V-shaped berth inside the forepeak' works though.

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aeropilot said:

Such a shame it's been modernised though......I'd have those original engines 'hot rodded' and back where they belong in a heart-beat if I had the half a mil in spare down the back of the sofa.

Odd that the fitted engines are not named - but a close examination of the photo shows them to be Mercury.

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Speedboats of the 20s-40s were fantastic shapes.

Found an outfit building reproductions: http://www.vintageraceboatshop.com/ReproductionBoa...

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Huntsman said:

Trubble with the Kral is that when you see it on the water its fugly.

Aquarama is pretty, but its a lake boat, not a tough sea going boat.

From the same site: http://solentmotoryachts.com/boat/smy1_1415/Fairey...

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Huntsman said:

Chum of mine, good boat, drove it last summer, well sorted, good value. Treat yourself.

It looks lovely (though if I was selling a £70K boat I might take some photos of the inside). However I think 450hp is a bit excessive for the inland waterways. How far would I get if I said 'How much off if you keep the engines'?

NB 'electric induction hob... electric oven/grill'. He'll have to keep those as well; no mains in a field!

Reckon I've got it down to half price now...

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maser_spyder said:

Not on here much any more, got fed up with the vitriol. :-)

? I thought everyone loved it and was awaiting their invitations to the launch party...

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maser_spyder said:

So, in all, fk 'em. I'm oot (mostly).

It's best not to argue with idiots on the internet. If you're right, you're right. That's all that matters. There is life beyond the keyboard