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clan chieftain

Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 2041 Location: Motherwell
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:26 pm Post subject: Ever had a boat. |
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I have never owned a boat probably because I cant swim. I just wondered if anyone on the forum has ever had a boat.( Toy ones dont count ) _________________ The Clan Chieftain |
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Roger-hatchy

Joined: 07 Dec 2007 Posts: 2135 Location: Tiptree, Essex
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: Ever had a boat. |
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marina estate wrote: | .( Toy ones dont count ) |
Dangly things  |
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Churchill Johnson
Joined: 11 Jan 2011 Posts: 359 Location: Rayleigh Essex
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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Yes i had one many year's ago marine ply speedboat type with a modified ford e93a engine and gearbox purchased on a trailer but i never put it on the water and sold it after about a year for a small profit still got a spare lucas vertex mag for it. |
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Ellis
Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 1386 Location: Betws y Coed, North Wales
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Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:05 am Post subject: |
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Not myself, but my late father who was a pharmaceutical chemist came from a maritime family and his DNA needs were satisfied by a Dauntless class, clinker built gaff rigged yacht built new at Canvey Island on the Thames.
It had the most unreliable Stewart Turner petrol engine.
I don't have the same interest - I'm a country boy who can't even swim.  _________________ Starting Handle Expert
1964 Jaguar Mark 2 3.4 litre
1962 Land Rover Series 2a 88"
2002 BMW M3 E46 Cabriolet |
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stuchamp

Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 546 Location: Iowa, USA
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Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:30 am Post subject: |
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I've had a few over the years. Everything from small fishing boats to fast power boats. Now days, I prefer older boats to work on and play with.
Currently have a 50's 3-point hydro outboard race boat and an 8' runabout race boat that I built in the 80's.
I plan on bringing home a 1957 Lone Star Skipper 16' with a '57 Johnson Javelin 35hp this coming June from Texas.
My Dad is 78 and is still in the boat business so I have easy access to most anything.
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52classic
Joined: 02 Oct 2008 Posts: 493 Location: Cardiff.
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Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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Amongst my 'round tuits' there's a Moonfleet Silver Shaddow. Early 60's.
Next step is to find a period trailer for it and then a Ford straight 6 that I can marinise. |
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47p2

Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 2009 Location: Glasgow
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Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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I managed to talk my father into buying a boat when I was a teenager. He never had the foggiest about boats and I wanted something that we could go out sea fishing in. Then when I was in my mid 20s I bought my first boat A Dejon 14' day boat at a cost of £600 and spent a couple of months renovating it before launching it on Loch Lomond, I kept it for the remainder of that season and then sold it for £1500 and bought my second boat a 22' cabin cruiser which I kept on the loch for 9 years before selling. I then decided to let others foot the bill for boating and helped crew for a mate who had a yacht at Inverkip where we were very successful racing on the Clyde _________________ ROVER
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Ironhead
Joined: 28 Mar 2010 Posts: 458 Location: Leicestershire
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Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:07 am Post subject: |
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i'd love a little cabin cruiser so i could nip over to the I.O.W.,but it would be a bit scary as i've no mariner skills  |
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rjt10/4
Joined: 26 Nov 2012 Posts: 214 Location: Minions Cornwall
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:04 am Post subject: |
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on top of all my classics i have just purchased a hurley 20 yacht and have just booked some sailing lessons for next month |
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Riley Blue
Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 1751 Location: Derbyshire
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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To me boats are like horses - dodgy steering, no suspension and subject to wind. |
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peter scott

Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7211 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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My father (on the right) had a boat. He wasn't very pleased when I put a hole in it on Loch Morar. Looking at my big sister I guess I was about 10 or 11 at the time. Linking with the cameras thread my camera that I used to take the photo would have been a Zeiss Ikon folding camera that took 8 shots on a roll of 120 film.
A few years later I used to borrow it now and then when I had my Hillman Minx and later still Sunbeam Rapier.
You can just see it behind the black Minx outside the Portsonachan Hotel.
I still have the outboard but it hasn't been started for more than 40 years.
I also have a windsurfer but that hasn't been out for about 10 years due to the effects of heavy use on my carpal tunnels.
Peter _________________ https://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
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D4B

Joined: 28 Dec 2010 Posts: 2083 Location: Hampshire UK
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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Fab pics  |
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4850 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
rjt10/4 wrote: | on top of all my classics i have just purchased a hurley 20 yacht and have just booked some sailing lessons for next month |
I have heard that it would be easier and cheaper to stand under a cold shower and tear up £10 notes. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
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peter scott

Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7211 Location: Edinburgh
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pigtin
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1879 Location: Herne Bay
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