Member Since: 06 Aug 2006
Location: The Gabba - QLD
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The waters not even blue, just grey.
No sun.
Shorts and T-shirt weather?
I guess its fun in GB when its not drizzling. 06 TDV6 SE with many LR and after-market extras. Used only on weekends and trips out west.
Audi TT Roadster (Daily and around town drive)
VW Eos TDI For Sale
Previously 01 TD5 and 94 TDI
Above is one of the launch pictures. She is now much better looking in blue/cream.
I had similar misgivings about the look of the bow, but here is what the builders had to say:
The bow is far more than a styling element alone. Its unconventional shape is designed to slice through the waves and help ****** attain a top speed over 25 knots, an astonishing feat for a yacht of this magnitude. Other speed-related features of the project include the low weight combined with the great strength of a longitudinal-framed steel hull, which was achieved by the most stringent weight-watching program. Four MTU diesels offered a fearsome combined power in excess of 23,000 horsepower.
Standing on the bridge you don't actually notice anything strange out front. Also makes it an easy yacht to find when you get back to the marina after a heavy night at the casino....... 8)The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom
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6th May 2008 7:18 am
Desert Traveller
Member Since: 06 Aug 2006
Location: The Gabba - QLD
Posts: 420
Its moving, taken on Saturday.06 TDV6 SE with many LR and after-market extras. Used only on weekends and trips out west.
Audi TT Roadster (Daily and around town drive)
VW Eos TDI For Sale
Previously 01 TD5 and 94 TDI
The waters not even blue, just grey. No sun. Shorts and T-shirt weather? I guess its fun in GB when its not drizzling.
Firstly, this was a river launch. Also, it's not in GB. Was 25deg and glorious blue sky/water over the week-end. I may post a pic or two later..... The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom
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6th May 2008 7:20 am
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Location: UK
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Desert Traveller wrote:
Its moving, taken on Saturday.
Don't you find it difficult to see out of the windows from the cabin steering position
6th May 2008 7:28 am
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
Where are the outriggers DT?DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
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6th May 2008 7:33 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73082
Nearest thing I can find to a glamorous boat thingis is these beasties near where my brother's boat was moored up in French Polynesia. It's a nice life for some!
6th May 2008 7:39 am
SPOTTER
Member Since: 06 Dec 2006
Location: Adrift........
Posts: 3095
Ah, Tom Perkins boat, she is for sale (the blue one) if you fancy DSL?
As to JMC's beats, there are a few pilots running around in German waters in boats that shape, so well proven end of an era ....... maybe a Defender when it appears.......
6th May 2008 7:59 am
slots
Member Since: 30 Oct 2007
Location: Here
Posts: 333
Having discussed boats over the weekend, it was decided that as we live 1 mile from the Canal but 81 miles from the coast we would get more use out of a River Cruiser thing. Does anyone know anything about these?
6th May 2008 8:08 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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I thought JMC's boat must have rolled over at the shipyard but they just kept building hoping the new owner wouldn't notice!
Maltese Falcon is way out of my price range, mind you this guy is wondering if the repayments would be within budget!
Some of the other yachts I have had to deal with for a few years now. Customers can be very demanding It's a tough life you know....... when they ask you to appear on their floating homes in the med for a spot of 'work'......
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6th May 2008 8:49 am
davesimmons
Member Since: 11 Feb 2006
Location: Alberta
Posts: 733
Spawney so and so....
6th May 2008 9:37 am
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slots wrote:
Having discussed boats over the weekend, it was decided that as we live 1 mile from the Canal but 81 miles from the coast we would get more use out of a River Cruiser thing. Does anyone know anything about these?
Depends on what you want to do, i.e sleep on it, cook on board etc. They sell a lot of my boats for the river with only 10-20hp engines on. You normally are restricted in speed, so it doesn't make sense to have a huge engine, but also you don't want anything too small which will be screaming to push along a boat that is too heavy. They also fit a coarse pitch propellor to keep the rev's down as you are not looking for acceleration onto the plane.
I have no idea on the rules, but on inland waterways I think you might need a safety certificate, which covers the fuel installation, use of gas cookers etc.
6th May 2008 10:57 am
slots
Member Since: 30 Oct 2007
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Thanks for that. I'll do some searching!
6th May 2008 11:05 am
davesimmons
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