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Monday, 18 March 2013
New boat!!
Purchased....!!
FOR SALE. HURLEY 20
This Hurley 20ft GRP bilge keel, 4-berth sailing cruiser has been refurbished and is in excellent condition. R/reefing, new forestay, genoa in good condition, mainsail & spinnaker pole. Steering compass, nav lights, new windows, self...
Saturday, 10 November 2012
That was the boat that was... "Papillon"
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Now that Papillon is sold; what could be more natural than a summary of the period of my ownership..
So... it all started when I bought Papillon in March 2009 from Wilson's Boatyard on Hayling Island [clicky].
I remember distinctly offering the asking price immediately... I'd
been looking...
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
"Papillon" is .. sold.....
End of an era...
Papillon is sold - looks like she'll be heading west along the coast to Lee on Solent at some point in time.. probably next spring as the new owner would like to keep her at the club yard for the time being..
I'm happy she sold of course.... just not sure if I'm happy or sad at losing her!&nbs...
Thursday, 1 November 2012
"Papillon" is for sale..
For Sale - Fantasie 19 "Papillon" - (sail no. 199) [clicky]
LOA 19ft. LWL 16ft, Beam 6.25ft, Draft (twin) 2ft, Displacement 1568lb, Ballast 545lb, Sail area 150sqft, Construction GRP, Headroom 4.4ft.
The Fantasie 19 was designed by Robert Tucker and is a 19ft triple keel GRP constructed...
Sunday, 28 October 2012
That was the year that was... 2012
Time for what is now my traditional review of the year past; I really enjoy putting it
together as it's a good
excuse to review and read all the posts, video and pictures from this
years logs.... I would say that it's been a good year because of a few memorable events, but it's not been a classic...
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Not so much a bang as a whimper...
...so how did the weekend go? Well the title kind of gives it away....
I'd taken Friday afternoon off expecting it to be grey but with a little wind to allow some last minute perambulations round my little corner of the harbour, in the end it was grey, raining, and almost windless... not a...
