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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Gaffers on 07 September 2010, 17:59:44
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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
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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
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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
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Sailing boats? Now why did the good Lord invent engines?
;D ;D ;D
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Sailing boats? Now why did the good Lord invent engines?
;D ;D ;D
Never struck me as a creationist TB ::)
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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
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There is no way you would get me on that, scared sh*tless of open water :-[
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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.
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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
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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.
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That looks great :y
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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
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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 ;)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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This is better
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhumbt3ZHwI[/media]
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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
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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
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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
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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. :( :(
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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
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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. ::)
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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
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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