"Papillon" is a Robert Tucker designed 'Fantasie 19' and my first boat.. I've been sailing since the age of 15 (when I did my RYA Part 1 and 2 at Emsworth Sailing School) so I've been on the water (but more in it) for going on 30+ years now... this blog is about our adventures together - they may be small one's (because despite the years I have little experience in boats - I was mostly windsurfing!), but they are adventures none the less..

Thursday, 25 November 2010

Thursday, 18 November 2010

A nice Fantasie 19 on eBay..

By 08:44 1 comment
This looks like a nice example that Phil Brook has just found on eBay... Just down the road from me, so I'll see if I can get a bigger picture for the register on the owners website..It's also the first Fantasie I've seen with a spray hood - very plush!Only £1300 as well, which I think is reasonable...

Monday, 15 November 2010

Job Update #2

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Two new items added to the job list... not major but they need doing:13. Replace bolts holding tiller - not stainless steel and beginning to rust..14. Replace nuts & bolts for the sliding hatch with s/s; currently galvanised and beginning to r...

Monday, 8 November 2010

Job update... #1

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First jobs completed... loads more to do..My mother-in-law has offered to sew me up some new cushions for the cabin to replace the current one's which I think must be original...having slept on the boat on at least two occasions I can confirm you may as well lie on newspaper!Find the material - needs...

Sunday, 7 November 2010

Monday, 1 November 2010

Soo that was 2010....

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Just a review in brief of my 2010 the format of which I have shamelessly ripped off from Julian's Daisy Grace website... (hey, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right??! )Like a spider dipped in blue ink and left to wander all over Google Earth - here's where Papillon went this year - click...

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