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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2020 11:39:00 GMT
If money was available in suitable amounts have you seen a boat in a poorly state you would like to throw money at? Thinking about that big old motoryacht down at Burnham on Crouch. The one I would like is this rather pleasing old tug boat down near Brentford. I'm not sure if it will survive or be scrapped but it would make a great boat to convert to a luxury expedition yacht It's a wicked boat. Needs a lot of money spending on it but I bet that would be a great project. That particular boat I believe is abandoned as the council turfed people off the moorings and claimed possession of boats left behind. That's as I understand it anyway may be wrong. At low tide you can see under the back. The stern gear on it is incredible. A proper ship that is and not unreasonably large.
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Post by patty on Oct 5, 2020 11:52:14 GMT
Thats a lovely looking boat..in Estate agent terms 'has real potential'
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2020 12:36:49 GMT
I thought all boats were intended to have money thrown at them ... certainly been my experience That is a handome shape though. Rog
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2020 13:24:08 GMT
I sometimes think that's why men in particular tend to 'fall in love' with boats, especially ones in need of lots of TLC - the shape is pleasing and it has lots of interesting features. I'm sure my description is terribly Freudian, but men also most-often refer to boats in feminine terms.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2020 13:30:39 GMT
I sometimes think that's why men in particular tend to 'fall in love' with boats, especially ones in need of lots of TLC - the shape is pleasing and it has lots of interesting features. I'm sure my description is terribly Freudian, but men also most-often refer to boats in feminine terms. I usually try to call a boat "it" rather than assign a gender. I do call Dulcinea she as it is actually a female name but usually boats are non gender specific. I did once meet a bloke who was selling a nice clinker dinghy and he kept referring to it as "he" not sure if it was a humour thing or possibly regional. He did have a strong regional accent I can't remember where from though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2020 13:37:28 GMT
Actually the name has a lot to do with it - I would hard to think of a boat called 'Stentor' (example only) as feminine. I don't suppose anybody ever referred to the 'Queen Elizabeth' in the masculine.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2020 13:41:33 GMT
I was wondering if that tug I like is called LIS or is that part of a longer name or a code of some sort.
I think it's a really cool boat. Always nice to have a HI-AB on a boat.
And the stern gantry looks like it might enable carrying a tender out of water for rapid deployment.
All good features now where did I put that £200k?
Plus the other £200k for that little bit of diesel.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2020 14:01:46 GMT
A lot of the time it depends on the inside. If that's generally ok doing something with the rest is more of a realistic proposition.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 5, 2020 15:01:35 GMT
Why do you want more boats when you have a collection already? it's a bit like me looking at rucksacks on Ebay when I already have five. And bicycles when I already have four. It's the lure of adventure. But isn't it better to be doing adventures rather than just thinking about them?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2020 15:17:30 GMT
I have a few boats yes but ultimately I would like just one or two. I have no intention of ever having any land property and also planning to get away from the cut. A decent expedition yacht which could be taken to warmer climes during winter does seem quite a nice idea once the kids are out of my hair.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2020 15:27:22 GMT
I have a few boats yes but ultimately I would like just one or two. I have no intention of ever having any land property and also planning to get away from the cut. A decent expedition yacht which could be taken to warmer climes during winter does seem quite a nice idea once the kids are out of my hair. And your current boat (the blue thing), which is so well designed the original owner deserves a Nobel, and which laughs in the face of force 9 gales, is not that boat?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2020 15:31:53 GMT
I have a few boats yes but ultimately I would like just one or two. I have no intention of ever having any land property and also planning to get away from the cut. A decent expedition yacht which could be taken to warmer climes during winter does seem quite a nice idea once the kids are out of my hair. And your current boat (the blue thing), which is so well designed the original owner deserves a Nobel, and which laughs in the face of force 9 gales, is not that boat? Yes it is. But it's not blue it is black and grey I still like thinking about other boats though. It's a bit like women. You get a perfect one but you still like thinking about others.. Maybe it's just me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2020 15:35:23 GMT
I like the idea of Tombstone Ted getting a Nobel prize for boat building. I might put that on the brass plaque actually. Thanks for the idea Dulcinea Built 1985 by Edward Corbett "Tombstone Ted" Winner of the Nobel prize for boat building 1987. That works !
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Post by bodger on Oct 5, 2020 16:12:08 GMT
Actually the name has a lot to do with it - I would hard to think of a boat called 'Stentor' (example only) as feminine. I don't suppose anybody ever referred to the 'Queen Elizabeth' in the masculine. I've never heard British battleships called 'he'.
Prince of Wales, Hood (after Admiral Hood), King George V .................. all referred to as 'she'.
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Post by bodger on Oct 5, 2020 16:16:40 GMT
Thats a lovely looking boat..in Estate agent terms 'has real potential' or 'in need of TLC'.
who was that London estate agent who advertised in the Evening Standard classified section many years ago? All his properties were described in the most pessimistic and sometime humorous terms.
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