Favourite pic of your boat

Post by **Silkie** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:11 pm

Sadly, that was the weekend I discovered a bug in my camera's software.

I think you're missing the point of the thread though; favourite pics of your (own) boat. Five pages in and you pop up to complain that I haven't posted one of your boat! You must have one to post surely.

Windfinder · Post by **Windfinder** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:37 pm

Silkie wrote:

It's really sweet of you to let your Granddad help out on the boat!

Booby Trapper · Post by **Booby Trapper** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:59 pm

Picture credit to Sahona, thanks Bill

Clyde_Wanderer · Post by **Clyde_Wanderer** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:21 pm

Silkie wrote:
Clyde_Wanderer wrote:A cracking looking boat Silkie, with quite a large sail area, what is she?
C_W
Sorry Eammon, I don't know how I missed your question first time through.

She's a long fin Hurley 22. She does carry quite a lot of sail for her size and needs reefing early. The reefs are quite small and I could really do with a deep third but current tactics are to drop the main altogether when required (like last Saturday!) and sail under reefed genoa, which works well as long as ultimate pointing ability is not required.

You must have been more pssed than you looked in the Bon Accord!

Why do you say that? actually I had only 1 cider as I was driving that night, regrettably.

Post by **Silkie** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:59 pm

Clyde_Wanderer wrote:Why do you say that?

We had quite a long chat IIRC and I certainly came away knowing a bit about your boat. I assumed I'd told you how wonderful Silkie is too.

Post by **Silkie** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:01 pm

Thanks for the pics Julian. You must have good insulation if you had the central heating on in the last one.

Post by **Silkie** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:47 pm

Sad to see this has now been well eclipsed as BM's longest thread by the centenarian burgee announcement and even the vaguely boaty tidal turbine one.

puddock · Post by **puddock** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:21 pm

ROSALLY

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Sorry, no pic of her under sail yet as I have only recently become her owner. Hopefully, come Spring I will manage to cast the wife adrift with a camera for a while.

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Fingal · Post by **Fingal** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:48 pm

Here she is:

Despite the sail number, one of the first Folkboats built in the UK, still looking good at 60 and threequarters.

Post by **Silkie** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:10 am

Beautiful, but is the doghouse original? I had thought that early FBs were not so extravagantly equipped.

Love the ensign.

Post by **Nick** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:58 pm

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What particular model of Island Packet is she?

Post by **Silkie** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:58 pm

Wildbird wrote:oohh can i join in?

The more, the merrier - and Wild Bird is a real beauty. What is she?

Post by **Nick** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:59 pm

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Some obscure kind of LakeSailoring I think . . .

Post by **Silkie** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:01 pm

A simultaneous lakesailor perhaps?

Post by **Silkie** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:16 pm

Hence the logo on the main, for anyone who bothered to look, I suppose.

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Favourite pic of your boat

Re: and Silkie - again

Lovely looking boat

Ha ha