(NLC) - with the frog broken... time for a new toy
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It'll be a week or two before I get a chance to sort out the Frog.
My big boat is also broken awaiting a new rig to be built for it.
Time for a new toy methinks!
Spotted one of these little lovelies on the net last night and went up to Winchester to have a snoop.
Now sat in my driveway... Can't wait for the wind to die off a little so I can go play!
woohoo... something that might finally tone up the every-increasing beer-gut!
My big boat is also broken awaiting a new rig to be built for it.
Time for a new toy methinks!
Spotted one of these little lovelies on the net last night and went up to Winchester to have a snoop.
Now sat in my driveway... Can't wait for the wind to die off a little so I can go play!
woohoo... something that might finally tone up the every-increasing beer-gut!
toxic frog said:
It'll be a week or two before I get a chance to sort out the Frog.
My big boat is also broken awaiting a new rig to be built for it.
Time for a new toy methinks!
Spotted one of these little lovelies on the net last night and went up to Winchester to have a snoop.
Now sat in my driveway... Can't wait for the wind to die off a little so I can go play!
woohoo... something that might finally tone up the every-increasing beer-gut!
A new toy for me is a book off Amazon.........My big boat is also broken awaiting a new rig to be built for it.
Time for a new toy methinks!
Spotted one of these little lovelies on the net last night and went up to Winchester to have a snoop.
Now sat in my driveway... Can't wait for the wind to die off a little so I can go play!
woohoo... something that might finally tone up the every-increasing beer-gut!
tricky 100 said:
I trust its the boat in the picture your talking about !
ermmm... yes...not into baldies!
nice little Laser dinghy.... used to have one about 13yrs ago... missed the simplistic fun of it all.
the big boat is great for racing when you have time to get it all sorted and can muster up +/-5 crew... this will sit right outside my office and can be ready to go in minutes after a hard day in the office.
a great stress-buster!
S Works said:
Cracking fun, how much did you get it for Alex?
beat him down to a grand... the sail number is 135...somthing, so she's not too old. the boat came with a good sail, an unused racing sail, top cover and a brand new combi-trailer.all i need now is to do a couple of minor gelcoat repairs, fill in a notch in the daggerboard and then buy the laser XD pack (upgraded control lines) and i'll be ready for the Olympics!
quite chuffed really... just gotta find the time to use it now
cjm said:
Whats your big boat?
It's a 1998 Simon Rogers designed Whitbread 27. Effectively a slightly smaller version of a Mount Gay 30 or Mumm 30. The boat is designed with a water-ballast system but we have disconnected this to avoid being hammered on our IRC rating. The boat has proved very successful in her first season with us (last year was our first season) with a top 100 finish in the 2006 RTI and 2nd in the RLymYC IRC 2 summer series.
Unfortunately, we recently lost the rig over the side (annoying as we were on course to win the RLymYC early summer series), but the new rig has been ordered which should now give us a masthead kite... Couple this to a new suit of Sanders Sails and we should do quite well in the Winter series.
Edited by toxic frog on Tuesday 14th August 12:54
toxic frog said:
S Works said:
Cracking fun, how much did you get it for Alex?
beat him down to a grand... the sail number is 135...somthing, so she's not too old. the boat came with a good sail, an unused racing sail, top cover and a brand new combi-trailer.all i need now is to do a couple of minor gelcoat repairs, fill in a notch in the daggerboard and then buy the laser XD pack (upgraded control lines) and i'll be ready for the Olympics!
quite chuffed really... just gotta find the time to use it now
Edited by Gooby on Tuesday 14th August 19:08
Gooby said:
toxic frog said:
S Works said:
Cracking fun, how much did you get it for Alex?
beat him down to a grand... the sail number is 135...somthing, so she's not too old. the boat came with a good sail, an unused racing sail, top cover and a brand new combi-trailer.all i need now is to do a couple of minor gelcoat repairs, fill in a notch in the daggerboard and then buy the laser XD pack (upgraded control lines) and i'll be ready for the Olympics!
quite chuffed really... just gotta find the time to use it now
Edited by Gooby on Tuesday 14th August 19:08
tbh... if the boat in question was a Bayliner, alarm bells would be ringing over the quality of the 'merchandise' aboard...!
Ooooh. Lasers. Now you'll have to start eating Meusli, stay off the beer and bed to bed early!
Alternatively get the proper boat fixed pronto. Funnily, the piccy you had of that boat of Seloc had me thinking it was a J Boat of some sort. Nice boat anyway Alex. Incidently I'm eyeing up Beneteau 27.7s with a view to poss purchase. Any view on these. Any racing in your part of the world?
Alternatively get the proper boat fixed pronto. Funnily, the piccy you had of that boat of Seloc had me thinking it was a J Boat of some sort. Nice boat anyway Alex. Incidently I'm eyeing up Beneteau 27.7s with a view to poss purchase. Any view on these. Any racing in your part of the world?
Gooby said:
toxic frog said:
tbh... if the boat in question was a Bayliner, alarm bells would be ringing over the quality of the 'merchandise' aboard...!
Boat snob and a pimp - God, you are sooooo cool it hurts. Bet you are upset you didnt think of that one!...So no, whoring the missus out from a boat off Studland was never really on the cards.
...As for being a boat-snob... this is a 'Bin-liner' we're talking about!
TIPPER said:
Ooooh. Lasers. Now you'll have to start eating Meusli, stay off the beer and bed to bed early!
Alternatively get the proper boat fixed pronto. Funnily, the piccy you had of that boat of Seloc had me thinking it was a J Boat of some sort. Nice boat anyway Alex. Incidently I'm eyeing up Beneteau 27.7s with a view to poss purchase. Any view on these. Any racing in your part of the world?
27.7's are a good laugh, but a bit pants as a racing yacht... they are quite heavily built for their length and very under-rigged. There are a couple which venture out in Lymington (very active racing circuit here from the Royal Lymington YC), but they never really do much in the way of results... Great little cruising yacht though.Alternatively get the proper boat fixed pronto. Funnily, the piccy you had of that boat of Seloc had me thinking it was a J Boat of some sort. Nice boat anyway Alex. Incidently I'm eyeing up Beneteau 27.7s with a view to poss purchase. Any view on these. Any racing in your part of the world?
If it was my money, I would look to go a little older and a little larger to around 31ft or so... They feel much more of a 'yacht' than the 27.7 and will have the legs to go further afield...
Just my 2p's worth of course... Our next yacht (when we finally tire of the Rogers) will be an original S&S Swan 36... should be able to get into a fairly tired one for under £40k, and hey presto, you have bought into one of the most exclusive marques around (think Ferrari of the sailing world), and all the ra-ra race circuits that go with it... also due to the way in which IRC-ratings work, you will probably beat any new yacht (costing up to 10x more) on corrected time.
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