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God that is fugly at first glance but I like it - the nice lines grow on you Never was a huge fan of cats - they always seem really compromised for living accommodation unless they have a really fat mid section and then they look like greenhouses on pontoons Good luck with the rescue it's a worth cause Thank you - it is indeed a strange looking beastie & certainly looks better from some angles than others. Most of the modern cruising ones do look very over bodied, but this is due to the very high bridgedeck. The 1979 Prout Snowgoose 37 in my previous post is full accomodation, but carries the bulk well compared to pretty much all cats of its size & age, and also many later ones due to a lower bridgedeck (with nacelle to break waves), and also due to very good control of the coachroof surfaces to trick the eye. Accommodation is much more limited on this one though, with just five berths down below but the plan is to sort out a deck tent for the cockpit to allow space for two more as it is shared between mine & a relative's family. Whilst definately not as spacious as a modern 31' cruising monohull, it has a much bigger cockpit, vastly more deck space (even if we don't set up an aft trampoline), can also dry out easily & is much faster. Just spotted this. Looking forward to seeing how it progresses, will you be painting or going gelcoat? It will be painted - it has been painted for decades (possibly always) & whilst there aren't that many layers still remaining as most were stripped off during previous repaints, the bridgedeck & front wing are sheathed marine ply (these are the areas that have also needed repair). Regarding the blocks, whilst some of the modern ones are roller bearing, as far as I can tell it was more a case that the Tufnol style went out of fashion / was easier to make usig other methods than the sort of technological advance of drum to disc brakes. They are certainly robust though & my late grandfather's Prout still had most of its Tufnol fittings intact when my brother sold it two years ago & this was on a boat that had been used all year round for the vast majority of its 40 years. I think that some of the blocks on my uncle's boat may be the modern internals with wood casings type that you mentioned however I suspect that they will be much more expensive compared to normal fittings.
Anyhow, I really must start writing some proper updates...
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bstardchild
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1961 hole(s) in the water...bstardchild
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Oi get that fat cat 'orf my river That's but an ickle cat - now this is a fat cat, and in pretty much the same spot (yes, that is me up the mast fixing something electrical...). This was what my late grandfather had next until he passed away the other year & used to be kept just downstream at Ridge Wharf. Hahahaha I've done that - nothing electrical - the mainsail got jammed in the track so we couldn't drop it or reef it so I got sent up the mast on the Jib halyard but we were still making progress as the time - in 5/6 at sea!!!! Frankly it put me off fairground rides for ever as I swear several times I could have easily dipped my hand in the water - the old chap would say I'm talking curse word as he was head to wind............ yeah right!!!
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Ooooohhh boat talk. Just found this thread. We have a one off prototype sailboat too. Her name is Fiona marie and she was built in 1966 by two blokes, Noel Honey and alex Tretheway. They later went on to design another boat and had them built , so starting the company Noelex. Roughly 500 Noelex trailer sailors were built. Ours is a 19' wood with gelcoat over top. I think all the later ones are full grp. We bought it for 250 quid on its little trailer. The fella who sold it us had it restored a decade previous but not used it much. Our plans are to built a new trailer, give her new paint, tidy up the interior - making better for camping inside and just sail her about the Abel Tasman park we live right next to. But for now she just looks so neat parked in the little boat shed we made her... I know bug-ger all about sailing btw. But I can swim well. So we shall just learn as we go Alex
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I know bug-ger all about sailing btw. But I can swim well. So we shall just learn as we go Alex An excellent attitude! I love the idea of sailing, and enjoy being out on a sailboat, but have no clue on how you sail one.
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nel5on
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Aug 23, 2020 19:38:53 GMT
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Ooooohhh boat talk. Just found this thread. We have a one off prototype sailboat too. Her name is Fiona marie and she was built in 1966 by two blokes, Noel Honey and alex Tretheway. They later went on to design another boat and had them built , so starting the company Noelex. Roughly 500 Noelex trailer sailors were built. Ours is a 19' wood with gelcoat over top. I think all the later ones are full grp. We bought it for 250 quid on its little trailer. The fella who sold it us had it restored a decade previous but not used it much. Our plans are to built a new trailer, give her new paint, tidy up the interior - making better for camping inside and just sail her about the Abel Tasman park we live right next to. But for now she just looks so neat parked in the little boat shed we made her... I know bug-ger all about sailing btw. But I can swim well. So we shall just learn as we go Alex I had a Nolex 22 like yours, worst in ALK, entered it into the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Summer Series for under 26ft....Worst boat by far, all we want to do was drink and pull strings...first mark, we forgot to lower the dagger board...and well almost sunk. We won that series that year 2003?, on a boat named to cause maximum embarrassment..."Bue Movie" Cracking Boat!
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Last Edit: Aug 27, 2020 14:48:53 GMT by nel5on
Covin 996.2 Tucson
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jimi
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Aug 28, 2020 19:36:48 GMT
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Regarding the blocks, whilst some of the modern ones are roller bearing, as far as I can tell it was more a case that the Tufnol style went out of fashion / was easier to make usig other methods than the sort of technological advance of drum to disc brakes. Bearing in mind that disc brakes have been around since the early 1900's
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Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour
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Aug 16, 2022 22:58:40 GMT
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There's a load of updates that I need to add to this, however here's a peek to where things are now (pic was taken only five days ago):
But things got a lot worse first...
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