PBO project boat

[Judders]

Looks like the best thing for that would be to do the merciful thing and sink it somewhere deep.

Mark my words, they'll get it looking fantastic in the end. Okay so it'll still 'only' be a Snappy 23 at the end of it, but many's the good passage been made in such craft. I'm not sure I'd have one myself but they have a strong following and it wouldnt be bottom of the list.

I think it makes a change from going for day sails on £50,000 lozenges
Dylan

I think PBO have a relatively low (still tens of thousands) upper limit on boats they are allowed to review now, to keep a point of difference from YM etc.

This is why ....

"A boat is something more than an ingenious arrangement of wood, copper and iron. It has a soul, a personality and eccentricities of behavior that are enduring. It becomes part of a person, coloring his whole life with a romance that is unknown to those not connected with the way of boats. The older the boat becomes, the stronger the power. "

Yeah, but some more than others I feel.

[dylanwinter]

well I for one think that they can look pretty good

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SNAPDRAGON...iling_Boats_ET

I am sure that they are pretty stiff and sail well

the layout down below is sensible

your could imagine four people sleeping down below

each berth none has a place to stow gear and no-one has to sleep with anyone's feet in their face

the bog is in the right place

the galley is in the wrong place

but under the water .... not form em

having a centre plate and not being able to take the ground means that for my sort of sailing it is neither one thing nor the other


wooden one here

http://www.lettow-hendrich.de/snapdragon23.jpg

as a camerman I think Ben came across really well on the film - he knows a lot about sailing and has lots of energy. He comes from a family with impeccable sailing credentials and is a prolific writer.


Dylan

[Judders]

five hacks scraping a boat is a pretty funny idea though

SWMBO is keen to point out that Ben is more of a practical boaty sort who can write than a hack who messes around with boats.

[Puggy]

well I for one think that they can look pretty good

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SNAPDRAGON...iling_Boats_ET

But look at the photos. Dirty coffee cups, baby wipes, loose tea bags, half empty water bottles - a study in how to knock 20% off the value of your boat when trying to sell it.

[Twister_Ken]

well I will folllow the project with interest

I am not sure I would have chosen that particular boat....

but it will be intersting to see how it turns out

five hacks scraping a boat is a pretty funny idea though

work out the hourly rate for the labour

but I think it is a great project

resurrecting an old engine, electronics, fitting windows, riggings, the bog, electrics

all potentially interesting projects

Dylan

They're sailing journalists. They'll be on a lot less than boat yardies.

[Twister_Ken]

I think PBO have a relatively low (still tens of thousands) upper limit on boats they are allowed to review now, to keep a point of difference from YM etc.

Well, PBO's David Harding reviewed the model I have (I know, he thumbed a ride when I test sailed it) and that breached your tens rule.

[Ex-SolentBoy]

Well, PBO's David Harding reviewed the model I have (I know, he thumbed a ride when I test sailed it) and that breached your tens rule.

Clearly it is a habit on his. He did my nearly new Rustler 36 as well.

[dylanwinter]

Clearly it is a habit on his. He did my nearly new Rustler 36 as well.

you are a sailing hack.... would you rather spend a day sailing a Rustler 36

valued at......no idea

or scraping congealed bird poop out of a horrible old boat

hacks are human too

Dylan

[Judders]

Well, PBO's David Harding reviewed the model I have (I know, he thumbed a ride when I test sailed it) and that breached your tens rule.

Interesting, maybe my contact there has got the wrong end of the stick and it's only HIM who is not allowed to review expensive boats; yeah that would figure actually. •smirk

[dylanwinter]

They're sailing journalists. They'll be on a lot less than boat yardies.

most of the specialist hacks I have enountered have been enthusiats who can write to a dealine.

I think that like most sailors they are prepared to pile into the practical stuff

Dylan