Any 'shoestring' sailors?
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Some fantastic memories there C n C!
My heart would be in the hustler personally but then the Hurley will almost match it for accommodation but will be mo match performance wise. The invicta is also a great boat which I can’t help but admire.
Work still progressing as fast as life will allow, I’ll do a proper update at the weekend.
felixflyer said:
Great thread,
I'm in the same position and about to buy my first boat. Looking at 3 possibilities, a Hustler 30, Hurley 24/70 or an invicta 26. All have pros and cons but I'll be following this thread with interest.
Oh and I've never sailed so will be doing my RYA quals and joined a club to get experience while doing it up.
Oh interesting, are they all similarly priced?I'm in the same position and about to buy my first boat. Looking at 3 possibilities, a Hustler 30, Hurley 24/70 or an invicta 26. All have pros and cons but I'll be following this thread with interest.
Oh and I've never sailed so will be doing my RYA quals and joined a club to get experience while doing it up.
My heart would be in the hustler personally but then the Hurley will almost match it for accommodation but will be mo match performance wise. The invicta is also a great boat which I can’t help but admire.
Work still progressing as fast as life will allow, I’ll do a proper update at the weekend.
Long time, no update...
I'm not dead and the boat is now afloat! As this picture of us approaching the Newcastle City Marina demonstrates
It hasn't all been plain sailing, there have been a few setbacks and ultimately it took us a month longer than expected to get her home. My budget is now blown and she's still far from finished.
We're getting there though and she is at least a sailing project, well she will be once I can solve a fueling issue...
I will provide some chronological updates once I have time, including our experience of being taken under tow by a trawler
I'm not dead and the boat is now afloat! As this picture of us approaching the Newcastle City Marina demonstrates
It hasn't all been plain sailing, there have been a few setbacks and ultimately it took us a month longer than expected to get her home. My budget is now blown and she's still far from finished.
We're getting there though and she is at least a sailing project, well she will be once I can solve a fueling issue...
I will provide some chronological updates once I have time, including our experience of being taken under tow by a trawler
SpeckledJim said:
Excellent stuff, congratulations. Bet that felt great pottering along the Tyne?
Glad you're taking the time to actually enjoy it as a boat, rather than just work on it as a project.
It was great, would have been even better had I not had to bleed the engine every twenty minutes!Glad you're taking the time to actually enjoy it as a boat, rather than just work on it as a project.
The City Marina is a fantastic facility, we moored up, met my brother and a friend then went out for drinks... stumbling back to the boat later in the evening.
As we both don't have much leave this year we decided we would buy a season pass to it, we can be up there and moored in 4 hours then use the boat as a weekend crash pad. We're off to see Sam Fender on Friday night at St James Park so doing exactly that then.
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