I have a PWC in the garage...

*awaits the hail of incoming spit*

 

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And the coordinates of that gargage with PWC are...?

Just typing into my little lorry thingy...

 

A slightly better photo ( rudder at home)

 

Nice car Hodge.

dpb - any timescales on the restoration?

 

We bought a speedboat a couple of years back with the intention of using it most weekends during the summer. Launched it at Rock (once) and never took it out again. Sold it the following year

Only a little Plancraft Stingray but it did have a 80hp Mariner on the **** end





Would like to have one moored up permanently tho. Too much hassle towing the bloody thing round these Cornish roads, especially with emmetts everywhere, lol.

 

oh i dunno - plus or minus 5 years ( its been 15 years sofar )

- Scouting for a 2nd hand 10 metre ali mast


- ill be ready for the season ..!!! - sailing anyway ( )

 

We've got (well, it's Rose's actually) a little 24ft Shark sailboat. Sailing is in her blood. Her father used to race Sharks and she learnt to sail on one and has been sailing and racing them, and other boats, for quite some time, so it was natural for us to get a Shark.

We do mainly cruise around in it, but the past sailing season saw us actually race her, albeit in club races. We didn't win, but we didn't come last either, which is something. I'm learning all the time, being a complete newbie to this, but Rose is a good teacher, plus one of our friends handles tactics on another boat, so he comes out with us to offer invaluable advice on racing.

I have to say I do rather enjoy sailing/racing. I am still getting used to the boat heeling over, and hoisting the genoa and main when it's choppy are also somewhat nerve wracking for a land lubber, but it's all good fun.

 

Markus - went on a stag do with a sailing mate of mine (sailed all his life and raced all sorts). It was on a rather pretty 54ft 1917 Bristol Clipper.

All was fun until we got into the Channel (Hamble to Cherbourg) - wind picked up to Force 9-10, all sailing craft were warned out of the water and the swell got up to about 15ft.
12 hours of being very, very sick and the boat set it's all time speed record. It was built for it but it was MINGING.

Two of the most sick (me being one) got the fast ferry back as soon as we arrived! Put me off open water sailing a bit!!

Boro - where in Cornwall are you? Nice looking house! Love mullion windows.
Wife was brought up in Rock - and was a waterski instructor for a year there - she lived just by the golf course from the age of 5. Know it really well.

 

That story reminds me a little of when a friend came over with us to the Isle of Wight. He was so scared that he got the ferry back, and so distracted that he left his lifejacket on for the return crossing. The other passengers must have found it hilarious - we certainly did.

 

My first racing experience was on a 41ft C&C, Rose was handling foredeck and I was just rail meat Thankfully it wasn't an overly rough day, but boy did I ache the next day. Rose got up and did it all again.

First race on the Shark was a club "see the island" race. It was a tad windy, about 30 - 25 kph, so was a bit rough, but Sharks love the chop. It did nearly put me off racing, but thankfully it did not.

 

with the risk of having a "blond" moment whats a PWC

 

I used to have a Stingray, with a Suzuki 65 on the back. Managed to turn it over in the solent, riding ferry wash. Imagine a few 20 foot half pipes side by side, and flipping from one to the other, etc... OK until you meet another ferry coming the other way. Massive wall of water ahead Cap'n!
Had a Phantom 16 after that, with a Mercury straight 6 115hp outboard. Lovely smooth engine, but no torque. Get a fat boy on th end of the rope, and it would struggle to get them up, unless they were a good skiier. That too is at the bottom of the sea, somewhere off Croatia.
Phantom 20 after that, with 200hp V6 mercury. Pulled like a train, topping out the other side of 70, and very quick in even fairly rough seas. Didn't manage to sink that one, so ran out of cash, and sold it.
Oh happy days!

 

Personal Water Craft.. more commonly called a Jetski, loved by all the best sailors!!

 

Fair weather sailors ..!

 

oh f*ck -- i see, yes thats serious because it will get to the water towed behind either a mk3 Escort XR3i or a Vauxhall Frontera -- shocking stuff even on a adult orientated forum

 

Yer sadly the majority of owners are a little piky.

 

We got a big notion for boats about 4 years back (against the advice of Scoobynet - they all said it got very boring and very expensive very quickly), so we bought a little Fletcher for pocket change. It go a bit boring after a couple of months, so we traded it for a bigger faster rib, which got boring after a couple of months, so we traded it, and traded it and traded it. We ended up with an 8.6 Cobra Nautique with twin 350 V8 Yamaha outboards. It went like ****, (remember the feeling you had the first time you sat in a sorted scoob and the turbo kicked in.............. times 10) GPS showed 86 MPH, but you could empty the 260l fuel tank in about 4 hours. After a couple of months it got boring again. You could only be flat out if it was dead calm, and it still made your fillings fall out. At the end of the day, you are only doing reasonable motorway speeds. Tried boarding, skiing etc etc behind most of the boats, but these are only fun for the person being towed,and again, it gets very boring very quickly. There might be a bit of interest to be had in a million quid cruiser parked in St Tropez or Monaco, but other than that I just don't get it.

 

Fb..!

Youre quite clearly in dire requirement of a sail-boat - any idiot can point and squirt the throttle on a motorboat/scooby

 

Mines a Seadoo Speedster - about as much fun as you can have - the performance and agility jet ski with the practicality of a boat

 

try windsurfing -- 20 knots on a piece of plastic the size of an ironing board feels pretty fast -- and in silence --- bliss

 

Fast bloke - just "going fast" on water will always get boring after a while.
As would driving ANY car around a massive airfield for hours on end, whatever speed it was.

We use ours as a different form of transport to get to secret coves, to Falmouth for fish and chips, to waterside pubs and for the odd ski or wakeboard session. It offers total freedom away from overcrowded roads - especially in the summer when it's rammed down here.
It's also light enough (in fact the power/weight ratio is about 180-200bhp/tonne!) to drag down a beach - so you can leave it for a few hours and go and explore/have a meal/get beered up without stranding yourself.

Boating isn't about going fast - even a 1.2 Corsa will outdo the most speedy of powerboats. It's about freedom - be that by sail or engine.

Alistair - is that your actual boat? Who is the wakeboarder? Looks pretty cool!

 

Chuck in a few waves and im with you

 

Mateeboy i hope your not condoning driving around pissed up at 50 mph , more than possibly 'worrying' every yachtie on your way home,

this is why ALL water users will have to sit an exam one day

 

No mate - just a stock picture from Google Images - I only dream of wakeboarding that well....

 

done -- El Medano a couple of years ago

 

Me and my brother's RIB and our dad's Fleming... A couple of you in this thread might recognise the locations...

 

Frenzied - Nice! And yep - I recognise all the locations! We live just up the river a bit.

Dpb - no I do not drive the boat flat out after too many beers. Mrs Matt was a waterski intructor so is well qualified and I've grown up around boats - we are very careful. None of this foolhardy looning around in the middle of moorings for us. Only go for it when there's plenty of space.

 

not short of a few bob then

 

Bloke on the wsurfing forum i go on has emigrated from Shoreham beach to live there

-lucky barsteward