Shed of the week - boat style

[Simpo Two]

Anyone fancy half a Morgan Giles Monaco?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266000131916

[Louis Balfour]

Simpo Two said:

Anyone fancy half a Morgan Giles Monaco?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266000131916

No, not really.

[Simpo Two]

Louis Balfour said:

No, not really.

Cheaper than a Merry Fisher though...

I hope you managed to get some nice sunny boating in after your winter trials

[Gretchen]

Always looking. Found a bargain cabin cruiser last week! 23’ Buckingham. Sent link to other half’s mate and it was delivered and launched today I’ll not share this one. Running out of river.

[Louis Balfour]

Simpo Two said:

Louis Balfour said:

No, not really.

Cheaper than a Merry Fisher though...

I hope you managed to get some nice sunny boating in after your winter trials

My Merry Fisher was free, actually. I sold it for what we paid retail, after a year of use.

Yes, we had a summer of use on the Trent after lockdowns. In "normal" times I would not want to repeat the experience, but it was nevertheless good fun in the circumstances.

[hairy v]

That's a good start to a thread, you need to work on the sales pitch though .

[Simpo Two]

Louis Balfour said:

My Merry Fisher was free, actually. I sold it for what we paid retail, after a year of use.

The Covid Effect possibly. We'll brush the other costs under the carpet of man maths; yeah I have a boat too

Louis Balfour said:

Yes, we had a summer of use on the Trent after lockdowns. In "normal" times I would not want to repeat the experience, but it was nevertheless good fun in the circumstances.

Good on you. And good experience for your next boat in the Med etc!

[Simpo Two]

hairy v said:

That's a good start to a thread, you need to work on the sales pitch though .

Damn, rumbled

[Louis Balfour]

Simpo Two said:

Louis Balfour said:

My Merry Fisher was free, actually. I sold it for what we paid retail, after a year of use.

The Covid Effect possibly. We'll brush the other costs under the carpet of man maths; yeah I have a boat too

Louis Balfour said:

Yes, we had a summer of use on the Trent after lockdowns. In "normal" times I would not want to repeat the experience, but it was nevertheless good fun in the circumstances.

Good on you. And good experience for your next boat in the Med etc!

I wouldn't want another plastic day boat on a UK inland waterway, But in sunnier climes I would look at something else.

[Simpo Two]

Louis Balfour said:

I wouldn't want another plastic day boat on a UK inland waterway, But in sunnier climes I would look at something else.

Plastic (GRP) makes an infinite deal of sense, but wherever it is, get something you can sensibly sleep on; it opens up so many more possibilities.

[Louis Balfour]

Simpo Two said:

Louis Balfour said:

I wouldn't want another plastic day boat on a UK inland waterway, But in sunnier climes I would look at something else.

Plastic (GRP) makes an infinite deal of sense, but wherever it is, get something you can sensibly sleep on; it opens up so many more possibilities.

The MF slept 4 allegedly.

[Simpo Two]

Louis Balfour said:

The MF slept 4 allegedly.

Always divide the quoted number by two. Nobody wants to sleep on the dining table or in a cupboard next to the engine...!

[Louis Balfour]

Simpo Two said:

Louis Balfour said:

The MF slept 4 allegedly.

Always divide the quoted number by two. Nobody wants to sleep on the dining table or in a cupboard next to the engine...!

Sounds right.

[Simpo Two]

Louis Balfour said:

Sounds right.

The best example of bedding optimism is the Shetland 27, with which I'm very familiar... officially the 'dinette drops down to form double berth'. In fact it makes a bed barely 3' wide which, as supplied by the factory, collapses the moment you sit on it. It was quite a DIY challenge to address, but is still only a single.

[Louis Balfour]

Simpo Two said:

Louis Balfour said:

Sounds right.

The best example of bedding optimism is the Shetland 27, with which I'm very familiar... officially the 'dinette drops down to form double berth'. In fact it makes a bed barely 3' wide which, as supplied by the factory, collapses the moment you sit on it. It was quite a DIY challenge to address, but is still only a single.

I think the MF would have slept four, if three had been dwarves and the fourth triangular.