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Well, it wasnt me. Though tempted, the older wooden one is more attractive.

And I am very glad that you did. Thank you.

Different boats, different tactics. i should think that a a major and overriding influences on tactics would be the need to maintain boatspeed by staying up on the foils and to avoid pitchpoles when...

I like 5.5s. They point higher and slice to windward better than anything I have ever sailed. And that's a very nice looking 5.5 on Woodenboat. Maybe it will fit in a container...
As Mickey knows, I...

I'm surprised no-one has not already commented on this story. This would be a scary scenario - 40m burning trawler running around a marina without a person on board:

Blazing boat rams into nearby...

In Shanghai for a couple of days, arrived last night. Opened the hotel room curtains this morning and apart from what they call "a light haze" here i looked down and saw a couple of unusual looking...

I really thought that by now someone would have pointed out that she isnt wearing a PFD, and hence setting a bad example. ;)

This one isn’t nearly as big as the $600M behemoth that got Duncan riled up, but for a kayak (their description, not mine) it does seem a bit over the top. From their website a bit of the marketing...

Hats off to John, but it begs the question: Why? Granted, mighty fine workmanship - but on a boat?? Fine cabinetry, guitar, sure, but i subscribe to the form follows function philosophy and cant see...

Yep, sail angle is adjusted independently by sheets at head as well as from the normal clew position. The sheets/tweakers/whatever at head lead to cleats port and starboard for shhethamd to adjust....

OK, its Friday afternoon browse-the-classifieds time. Always good to play boat-voyeur and look at other peoples boats/dreams/dreams gone bad.

Stumbled upon this one, a biggie. Marco Polo, 55 ft....

Those schooners in that video sure have some power don't they? But it shows the benefit of a low COE in a Force 6 breeze - powering along without a lot of lean.

Whooee, they really take off as they round that first mark.

Not a lot of wood in this one, so will keep it in Misc. Boat.
This photo is of one of the top local (Sydney harbour) 18 ft skiffs..
Apart from the square-top main having a very deep head (gaff)...

That site is the old Kemp's yard. It's very close to the blingy Peppermint Bay development. The vendors are probably hopeful that someone else will want to do some large-scale despoilation of the...

Now I know why I kept all those magazines. Just blew the dust off my copy and read the article - the story is a great complement to the drool-inducing photos on the websites.
Good start to a rainy...

All I can say is WOW! What a beautiful looking boat - that it was listed for $900,000 is totally believable once you take in all the detail that the photos show. That they got a buyer for a price...

Thanks all. had an interesting one - I am in Seoul with Cisco for the week, to be convinced of how brilliant their latest regional strategies are. It is bloody cold out (-4C I think), there is snow...

Plumbing suppliers also sell a high pressure solvent cement which I have used successfully on my Zodiac. The cement is not the standard blue coloured one, it's green in colour and has a diabolical...

Doing my weekly perusal of boats on ebay and came across this one. Interesting looking boat and a lightweight construction.
The listing is HERE, summary as follows:

A hand crafted 18ft sailboat -...

Mike,
I saw it on Foxtel here, History channel IIRC, Guy Martin's Industrial Wonder: Brixham Trawler. Other episodes to follow, next one is about trains.
Anyway, I thought it was great, with the...

With that hull shape I can see that oars are a viable power option, wouldnt take much to get a couple of knots. But with the crowded Sydney mooring fields I reckon it could be difficult getting on or...

Dunc you were technically correct - Rozinante is a ketch by the strictest definition - mizzen afore the rudder post.
http://www.canoeyawl.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Rozinante-001.jpg

I have...

H28 keel on eBay.
Link HERE. Its at Umina in NSW.
$2150 for a ready cast keel is not bad, pretty much at scrap price.
Wasnt there an H28 up for sale at Umina few weeks ago? Possibly from that...

For the rowers,this is a thread off Misc Boat http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?156671-Rowing-in-rough-water

I just picked up an interesting factoid in the current issue of Seahorse magazine.

For the last race series for the AC45s, the declared value for insurance of the media and broadcast equipment...

You know, I don't really think that Larry is going to feel the pain of this expensive rebuild very much at all; from today's news:

" Oracle says it will pay dividends for its next three quarters...

That was a great run, wind strength and timing with gusts seemed to have really worked in their favour.
Noticed in an earlier vid that they hit a 64 point something knots maximum. Will be...

Hey, now I think about it, maybe we should be thankful that Clive Palmer doesnt live in Sydney. A bunch of dinosaurs around the harbour would be even worse. A T-rex on Sow and Pigs, A diplodon on...

I hadn't wanted to bring politics into the conversation and this isnt the place for it, but this decision seems simply to be a short-term, move to rip as much as possible out of existing resources as...

Well the harbour is not as big used to be. Or so it seems most weekends.
If you look at the map at this link HERE - which is just for the RSYS, (and SASC, RPEYC, RANSA, SFS etc will have their own)...

I only read this article this morning, and nearly choked on my coffee. Does anyone else think this is an incredibly stupid idea? Below is a cut and paste from the announcement(full article HERE)
As...

From the above website:

"There it is 59.23 knot average fresh off the Trimble. 62.53 peak.

Records subject to WSSRC ratification. "

SO the initial title of this thread was actually...

I'm with you Mickey.
But I like the bleeding-edge engineering and design of the new multis - especially the AC ones. And I guess wringing the most out of a class/design rule is just as difficult -...

very impressive, thats damn fast. And I am impressed that it didnt pitch-pole either :D However< i do recall that they did a huge loop and ended up wrong way up a year or two ago.
But I am still...

Wow, that is a hell of a mess now. Not much they can do with that wing now.

This would be worth seeing:

Hull of huge Navy ship arrives in MelbournePosted 1 hour 55 minutes ago
MAP: Williamstown 3016

One of the largest ships ever built for the Royal Australian Navy...

One has to wonder; it has been on the market since the beginning of the year with a slowly decreasing price (started at $40,000 i think).
It might be as described or there may some fault. Given the...

Well, just to distract you from the weather and The Saga of Mr Stumpy, there are a couple more rowing shells on ebay. HERE and THERE.

Looking at the first picture of the first one, I can well...

On ebay there's a Joel White Shellback for sale HERE.
Looks a bit used, but nothing a weekend of sanding and painting wouldnt fix.

CM

Last I looked (couple of years now) the entry fees were ridiculous for the average boatowner and the conditions attached very restrictive. I would think that for an institution which was raising...

Great footage.
It reminds me of the chariot race scene from Ben Hur.

Thanks Alan, a great way to spend the first 15 minutes of a working Monday.

the bit that intrigues me is how they maintain rig tension and keep the mast in column while the end-points for the shrouds keep moving around with the hull twist.

AC rules dictate that no moveable appendages are allowed (except from the rudders). So the foils on the daggerboards and the rudders are fixed pitch, which adds to the uncertainty/excitement of...

That is a very beautiful boat.
And the owner must be asking only a fraction of what it cost to get it into that condition.

Chris.

An interesting looking boat - well engine actually - for sale on eBay HERE.
I have never heard of a Ruston engine, but this boat has one, along with original documentation. Looks like a massive...

Have you checked out the potential for red tape with quarantine? Apart from inspection and fumigation, do they ask for much more?

Chris.

Phil, if you need someone to eyeball it for you or take extra photos, i am not that far from Northbridge.

May not be a dealer but probably not a rower either.... 'skull' instead of 'scull'? Rowers I have met tend to be rather more literate types.

I didnt think it was contact on the deck, but some kind...