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Title: Oh no - another project
Post by: Gaffers on 07 September 2010, 17:59:44
Well been looking to upgrade the Express as she's not that suited to Cruising.  Plus if I am going to get the wife interested in sailing I need a boat that is comfortable so I have just bagged this little beauty for very little money:

(http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll138/mrgaffney/B1ObBjQBGkKGrHqEOKjEETZLuKFBMdoWVhI5Q_12.jpg)

She will need some work but it would seem not that much to get her on the water  :y
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 07 September 2010, 18:02:14
She looks a beaut Gaffers!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Nothing better than sailing.  Very peaceful and relaxing, especially with a craft like that :y :y
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Gaffers on 07 September 2010, 18:05:45
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She looks a beaut Gaffers!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Nothing better than sailing.  Very peaceful and relaxing, especially with a craft like that :y :y

Well if you have your own sailing boots and oilies I will be sailing up and down the south and east coast next summer
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: TheBoy on 07 September 2010, 18:08:13
Sailing boats? Now why did the good Lord invent engines?


;D ;D ;D
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Post by: jonnycool on 07 September 2010, 18:12:13
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Sailing boats? Now why did the good Lord invent engines?


;D ;D ;D
Never struck me as a creationist TB  ::)
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Gaffers on 07 September 2010, 18:13:58
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Sailing boats? Now why did the good Lord invent engines?


;D ;D ;D

Dont worry, it's getting an inboard as soon as I find a suitable one.  For now my trusty seagull will fit on the bracket at the back :y
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: omegod on 07 September 2010, 18:55:49
There is no way you would get me on that, scared sh*tless of open water :-[
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: CaptainZok on 07 September 2010, 18:56:06
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Sailing boats? Now why did the good Lord invent engines?


;D ;D ;D

Dont worry, it's getting an inboard as soon as I find a suitable one.  For now my trusty seagull will fit on the bracket at the back :y
Seen to remember there's one of those in bits in my shed, dumped there by a mate years ago.
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Gaffers on 07 September 2010, 18:58:24
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Sailing boats? Now why did the good Lord invent engines?


;D ;D ;D

Dont worry, it's getting an inboard as soon as I find a suitable one.  For now my trusty seagull will fit on the bracket at the back :y
Seen to remember there's one of those in bits in my shed, dumped there by a mate years ago.

Should have brought it down to Newent, I'd have had it off you for a tenner  :y
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: CaptainZok on 07 September 2010, 19:04:17
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Sailing boats? Now why did the good Lord invent engines?


;D ;D ;D

Dont worry, it's getting an inboard as soon as I find a suitable one.  For now my trusty seagull will fit on the bracket at the back :y
Seen to remember there's one of those in bits in my shed, dumped there by a mate years ago.

Should have brought it down to Newent, I'd have had it off you for a tenner  :y
Have to see about dumping it at Pinky's till you're visiting the rellys in those parts Matt.
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Auto Addict on 07 September 2010, 19:06:10
That looks great :y
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Gaffers on 07 September 2010, 19:07:36
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Sailing boats? Now why did the good Lord invent engines?


;D ;D ;D

Dont worry, it's getting an inboard as soon as I find a suitable one.  For now my trusty seagull will fit on the bracket at the back :y
Seen to remember there's one of those in bits in my shed, dumped there by a mate years ago.

Should have brought it down to Newent, I'd have had it off you for a tenner  :y
Have to see about dumping it at Pinky's till you're visiting the rellys in those parts Matt.

I'm passing by Pinkie's the end of Oct  :y
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 07 September 2010, 19:11:47
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She looks a beaut Gaffers!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Nothing better than sailing.  Very peaceful and relaxing, especially with a craft like that :y :y

Well if you have your own sailing boots and oilies I will be sailing up and down the south and east coast next summer


Wow! :o :o  What an offer!! 8-) 8-) 8-)  Tell us nearer the time Gaffers please. 

Been around boats (ex-Royal Naval family) most of my life one way or another, but haven't sailed a dingy (Mirror and Graduate) since the 70s!!, although my ex and I had a sea dingy with outboard right into the 1990s motoring around places like Poole harbour and off Hastings.

Love the chance to do it again! :D :D :D ;)
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 07 September 2010, 19:15:38
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There is no way you would get me on that, scared sh*tless of open water :-[

me too.. after watching numerous JAWS films ;D ;D

ps: the boat looks nice.. :y
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Gaffers on 07 September 2010, 19:16:57
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She looks a beaut Gaffers!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Nothing better than sailing.  Very peaceful and relaxing, especially with a craft like that :y :y

Well if you have your own sailing boots and oilies I will be sailing up and down the south and east coast next summer


Wow! :o :o  What an offer!! 8-) 8-) 8-)  Tell us nearer the time Gaffers please. 

Been around boats (ex-Royal Naval family) most of my life one way or another, but haven't sailed a dingy (Mirror and Graduate) since the 70s!!, although my ex and I had a sea dingy with outboard right into the 1990s motoring around places like Poole harbour and off Hastings.

Love the chance to do it again! :D :D :D ;)

I'm always on the lookout for ballast crew  ;D

Seriously though, I do a lot around poole, solent and chichester but I am looking to go further afield, around dover and into the Thames.  I would love to take the wife right up to and beyond Kew  :y
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: CaptainZok on 07 September 2010, 19:22:42
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She looks a beaut Gaffers!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Nothing better than sailing.  Very peaceful and relaxing, especially with a craft like that :y :y

Well if you have your own sailing boots and oilies I will be sailing up and down the south and east coast next summer


Wow! :o :o  What an offer!! 8-) 8-) 8-)  Tell us nearer the time Gaffers please. 

Been around boats (ex-Royal Naval family) most of my life one way or another, but haven't sailed a dingy (Mirror and Graduate) since the 70s!!, although my ex and I had a sea dingy with outboard right into the 1990s motoring around places like Poole harbour and off Hastings.

Love the chance to do it again! :D :D :D ;)

I'm always on the lookout for ballast crew  ;D

Seriously though, I do a lot around poole, solent and chichester but I am looking to go further afield, around dover and into the Thames.  I would love to take the wife right up to and beyond Kew  :y
Nautical euphamism?  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 07 September 2010, 19:22:46
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Well been looking to upgrade the Express as she's not that suited to Cruising.  Plus if I am going to get the wife interested in sailing I need a boat that is comfortable so I have just bagged this little beauty for very little money:

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll138/mrgaffney/B1ObBjQBGkKGrHqEOKjEETZLuKFBMdoWVhI5Q_12.jpg

She will need some work but it would seem not that much to get her on the water  :y

That's great news G 8-) 8-) - I'll look forward to reading about your progress. :y :y
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Gaffers on 07 September 2010, 19:33:59
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She looks a beaut Gaffers!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Nothing better than sailing.  Very peaceful and relaxing, especially with a craft like that :y :y

Well if you have your own sailing boots and oilies I will be sailing up and down the south and east coast next summer


Wow! :o :o  What an offer!! 8-) 8-) 8-)  Tell us nearer the time Gaffers please. 

Been around boats (ex-Royal Naval family) most of my life one way or another, but haven't sailed a dingy (Mirror and Graduate) since the 70s!!, although my ex and I had a sea dingy with outboard right into the 1990s motoring around places like Poole harbour and off Hastings.

Love the chance to do it again! :D :D :D ;)

I'm always on the lookout for ballast crew  ;D

Seriously though, I do a lot around poole, solent and chichester but I am looking to go further afield, around dover and into the Thames.  I would love to take the wife right up to and beyond Kew  :y
Nautical euphamism?  ;D ;D

No yer pervert  ;D ;D

She used to live there  :y
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 07 September 2010, 22:08:51
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She looks a beaut Gaffers!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Nothing better than sailing.  Very peaceful and relaxing, especially with a craft like that :y :y

Are you sure Lizzie? :-/ :-/


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=975_1283799588
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Gaffers on 07 September 2010, 22:17:36
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She looks a beaut Gaffers!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Nothing better than sailing.  Very peaceful and relaxing, especially with a craft like that :y :y

Are you sure Lizzie? :-/ :-/


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=975_1283799588

 :o  Officer of the watch breaked up there, got the swell abeam instead of on the nose, not a nice place to be in a big ship.
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Andy B on 07 September 2010, 22:23:25
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 :o  Officer of the watch breaked up there, got the swell abeam instead of on the nose, not a nice place to be in a big ship.

First bit looked like the galley/canteen on the Fearless in a swell ...... flat bottomed so it rolled a bit! :-? :-?
 :y :y :y
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: hotel21 on 07 September 2010, 22:27:09
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She looks a beaut Gaffers!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Nothing better than sailing.  Very peaceful and relaxing, especially with a craft like that :y :y

Are you sure Lizzie? :-/ :-/


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=975_1283799588

 :o  Officer of the watch breaked up there, got the swell abeam instead of on the nose, not a nice place to be in a big ship.

Was involved in changing a cylinder head of a large Sulzer 800mm bore two stroke diesel in a heavy beam sea once upon a while ago.  Not fun trying to ensure several tonne of cast steel stays in the correct place when being manouevered into/out of place, hanging from a 30 foot length of engine room crane wire...   :o   :o   :o
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Gaffers on 07 September 2010, 22:28:30
This is better

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhumbt3ZHwI[/media]
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Gaffers on 07 September 2010, 22:29:42
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She looks a beaut Gaffers!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Nothing better than sailing.  Very peaceful and relaxing, especially with a craft like that :y :y

Are you sure Lizzie? :-/ :-/


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=975_1283799588

 :o  Officer of the watch breaked up there, got the swell abeam instead of on the nose, not a nice place to be in a big ship.

Was involved in changing a cylinder head of a large Sulzer 800mm bore two stroke diesel in a heavy beam sea once upon a while ago.  Not fun trying to ensure several tonne of cast steel stays in the correct place when being manouevered into/out of place, hanging from a 30 foot length of engine room crane wire...   :o   :o   :o

That would not be an experience that I would ever forget  :o
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 07 September 2010, 22:34:16
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This is better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhumbt3ZHwI

Even for a landlubber like myself - that looks the business 8-) :-* :y :y
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Gaffers on 07 September 2010, 22:35:24
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This is better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhumbt3ZHwI

Even for a landlubber like myself - that looks the business 8-) :-* :y :y

It's a dream I keep having, sell up and sail away till the money runs out :y
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 07 September 2010, 22:44:13
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This is better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhumbt3ZHwI

Even for a landlubber like myself - that looks the business 8-) :-* :y :y

It's a dream I keep having, sell up and sail away till the money runs out :y

It's a tempting notion G but a tremendously big step.

On a more modest scale, the inclination to follow a desire when one has youth and fitness on side should be seriously considered as, when you're old and crusty (like me), and stuck in a God-forsaken hole in the ass-end of the Kingdom, it's too bloody late. :( :(
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Gaffers on 07 September 2010, 22:48:56
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This is better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhumbt3ZHwI

Even for a landlubber like myself - that looks the business 8-) :-* :y :y

It's a dream I keep having, sell up and sail away till the money runs out :y

It's a tempting notion G but a tremendously big step.

On a more modest scale, the inclination to follow a desire when one has youth and fitness on side should be seriously considered as, when you're old and crusty (like me), and stuck in a God-forsaken hole in the ass-end of the Kingdom, it's too bloody late. :( :(

That is why I plan to do it in 11/12 years time, sorry to hear about your condition but hopefully you'll get more mobility soon.  Everything is possible remember my dad was Stage 4 and terminal nearly 4 years ago. 3 years free from the big C now :y
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 07 September 2010, 22:53:28
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Sailing boats? Now why did the good Lord invent engines?


;D ;D ;D

Dont worry, it's getting an inboard as soon as I find a suitable one.  For now my trusty seagull will fit on the bracket at the back :y


Allways some miggysbeing pulled apart, maybe a nice V6, might need some strengthenging doing 1st though.  ::)
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Gaffers on 07 September 2010, 22:55:42
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Sailing boats? Now why did the good Lord invent engines?


;D ;D ;D

Dont worry, it's getting an inboard as soon as I find a suitable one.  For now my trusty seagull will fit on the bracket at the back :y


Allways some miggysbeing pulled apart, maybe a nice V6, might need some strengthenging doing 1st though.  ::)

Miggy lump will deliver too much power for the hull.  I have had an idea for a miggy lump... for another day though  :y
Title: Re: Oh no - another project
Post by: Vamps on 08 September 2010, 00:07:03
November 5th 1973 sailed out of Portsmouth in a Schooner, force 10, got as far as Alderney, an experience I will never forget, I was 16 at the time.... :) and the only one who knew Morse Code, AA AA AA there was a big ship heading our way, and out came the signal lamp....Happy days.... ;D ;D ;D