If Money Were No Object

[BroadScot]

19 minutes ago, deebee29 said:

something older with character nicely fitted out but not too flash and don't need all the electric mod cons

Yes David, you have described me to a T.!  Especially the last bit, now that I am retired! 

[ExMemberBobdog]

One of Colin Buttifant's beautiful sailing yachts for me please.  Not greedy, a Bure Classic would do just fine.

[ScrumpyCheddar]

Well if money was no object... There's only one Boat I would buy.. 

She was built in 1966 by AB Oresundvarvet, Landskrona, Sweden,

Back in the late 1970s when I was a small boy I use to watch her come in and out of weymouth and use to wish I could sail on her.. Then in the 1980s I did on many of times.. and I still felt the same even tho they painted her after a few years .. then she was sold on then painted in an awful paint job.. after all these years she is laid up in Genoa..

I love this boat .. Sorry guys...

[BroadScot]

Oh I remember that boat at Weymouth. The Caledonian Princess and the Maid of Kent were also there then! Maid of Kent did the daily Cherbourg run, awful boat with very iffy stablisers!

Iain

[ScrumpyCheddar]

1 minute ago, BroadScot said:

Oh I remember that boat at Weymouth. The Caledonian Princess and the Maid of Kent were also there then! Maid of Kent did the daily Cherbourg run, awful boat with very iffy stablisers!

Iain

Awwww Iain The Cally P .. was the first ever ferry I ever went on .. another beautiful boat.. she had a sad ending in the end..

Don't forget Sarnia .. Earl Granville, Earl William, and  Alsa Princess, what they renamed Earl Harold.... I mean who would change a princess into a Harold.. 

[BroadScot]

The Cally P used to do the Stranraer to Larne run before moved south. I spent six hours on her out in Larne Bay bobbing up n down in a force 8/9 couldn't berth. The bar was very quiet! Great boat though in rough weather. 

Iain

[JanetAnne]

Well, if money was no object, a new set of blades for the thicknesser would be nice, a couple of spare batteries for the screwdriver would help and we have seen some rather dashing fenders that would look really smart. 

Outside of that it would be nice to buy a tree or two cut and planked ready rather than keep being held to ransom every time we need a bit of oak!

What else....? Nothing really, once you have wooden boats in your life it don't get much better 

[ScrumpyCheddar]

19 minutes ago, BroadScot said:

The Cally P used to do the Stranraer to Larne run before moved south. I spent six hours on her out in Larne Bay bobbing up n down in a force 8/9 couldn't berth. The bar was very quiet! Great boat though in rough weather. 

Iain

The engine room with her steam turbines.. was a beautiful sight and the big black smoke use to bellow out her funnel when she use to leave weymouth harbour stern on to weymouth bay then it was full power off she went with the big black cloud behind her .. 

[ScrumpyCheddar]

Here you go Iain the beginning and the very sad end ...

[BroadScot]

That is sad. One ferry that should have been scrapped from new was the Darnia. Worst boat I have ever sailed on by a mile ! They had great difficulty getting up a full crew at Stranraer for it. It wobbled about in a flat calm!!!

Deffo not one to buy!

Iain

[grendel]

1 hour ago, ScrumpyCheddar said:

Awwww Iain The Cally P .. was the first ever ferry I ever went on .. another beautiful boat.. she had a sad ending in the end..

Don't forget Sarnia .. Earl Granville, Earl William, and  Alsa Princess, what they renamed Earl Harold.... I mean who would change a princess into a Harold.. 

hengist, horsa , pride of Kent, Pride of Canterbury, if you need any information at all on any sealink ferries, just ask, and I will ask the worlds leading expert on sealink ferries, my dad - he has more of his pictures in books on ferries, than I care to name.

[ScrumpyCheddar]

12 minutes ago, grendel said:

hengist, horsa , pride of Kent, Pride of Canterbury, if you need any information at all on any sealink ferries, just ask, and I will ask the worlds leading expert on sealink ferries, my dad - he has more of his pictures in books on ferries, than I care to name.

Nice one Grendel... il take you up on your offer.. I've been big fan of sealink since I was a nipper..  i have a few books on them ..it was a sad day in 1984 when it was sold off.. I do have an idea when you've finished building BA the model you could always build a sealink ferry.. 

[grendel]

if you have the books, look for photo credits to Jim Ashby, thats my dad - Port manager for Sealink for many years

[grendel]

well I do have copies of the plans for a few of them

[BroadAmbition]

If money was not object, and I mean seriously no object:-

1)    I would just have to have a riverside property with a wet shed big enough for 'B.A' plus TWO brooms woody Admirals. (Need three woodies for our annual Lads Week) In the grounds to the rear of the humans kennel would be a humongus boat shed for me to tinker away in restoring yet more woodies.

2) Confident skippers who are members of the NBN would be able to borrow FOC any of the two Admirals

3) Over in Brundall would be an immaculate Brooms Ocean 42

4)  Potter Heigham bride would be raised up to give the same airdraft clearance and the neighbouring bypass bridge and a footpath bridge constructed slightly up river of it

5)  The Dilham canal would be completed, fully reopened to navigation with a staithe / visitor centre on Antingham Ponds

6)  The river Bure would be fully reopened to navigation all the way to Aylsham

7)  The canal from Geldeston lock to Bungay would be fully reopened to navigation

8)  There would be plentiful refuse sites around the rivers for boaters

9)  I would fight tooth and nail to get navigation re-instated to Broads such as Great Hoveton

10) That god awful Marina Keys area would be smartened up and have an off river berthing area for visitors and the like

11)  More Windpumps would be fully restored back to working order with visitor moorings made available

12) The Albion would not longer have to pay their own river tolls

14)  I would dredge the Lower Bure good and proper from Stracey Arms to Haven Bridge, then send the invoice to the Ba, then take them to the highest court in the land for non-payment of said invoice

13)  Wroxham would have a lap dancing club with an annual season ticket discounted for NBN members

There that's enough to be getting on with for now

Griff

[ScrumpyCheddar]

20 minutes ago, grendel said:

well I do have copies of the plans for a few of them

Awesome what plans have you got.. I'm getting carried away now sorry..

[ChrisB]

4 hours ago, ScrumpyCheddar said:

Well if money was no object... There's only one Boat I would buy.. 

She was built in 1966 by AB Oresundvarvet, Landskrona, Sweden,

Back in the late 1970s when I was a small boy I use to watch her come in and out of weymouth and use to wish I could sail on her.. Then in the 1980s I did on many of times.. and I still felt the same even tho they painted her after a few years .. then she was sold on then painted in an awful paint job.. after all these years she is laid up in Genoa..

I love this boat .. Sorry guys...

I hope it comes your way. Because look what can be done:

For my money Christina O is still one of the most beautiful motor yachts in the world. Onassis took a Stormont Class Frigate ex HMCS and built a legend.

[grendel]

Duke of Lancaster, Lord Warden

Speedlink Vanguard, ship 1717, Tss Holyhead and Tss Dover and TSS avalon

some have had modifications as the boats were refitted too.

[tjg1677]

3 hours ago, BroadAmbition said:

If money was not object, and I mean seriously no object:-

1)    I would just have to have a riverside property with a wet shed big enough for 'B.A' plus TWO brooms woody Admirals. (Need three woodies for our annual Lads Week) In the grounds to the rear of the humans kennel would be a humongus boat shed for me to tinker away in restoring yet more woodies.

2) Confident skippers who are members of the NBN would be able to borrow FOC any of the two Admirals

3) Over in Brundall would be an immaculate Brooms Ocean 42

4)  Potter Heigham bride would be raised up to give the same airdraft clearance and the neighbouring bypass bridge and a footpath bridge constructed slightly up river of it

5)  The Dilham canal would be completed, fully reopened to navigation with a staithe / visitor centre on Antingham Ponds

6)  The river Bure would be fully reopened to navigation all the way to Aylsham

7)  The canal from Geldeston lock to Bungay would be fully reopened to navigation

8)  There would be plentiful refuse sites around the rivers for boaters

9)  I would fight tooth and nail to get navigation re-instated to Broads such as Great Hoveton

10) That god awful Marina Keys area would be smartened up and have an off river berthing area for visitors and the like

11)  More Windpumps would be fully restored back to working order with visitor moorings made available

12) The Albion would not longer have to pay their own river tolls

14)  I would dredge the Lower Bure good and proper from Stracey Arms to Haven Bridge, then send the invoice to the Ba, then take them to the highest court in the land for non-payment of said invoice

13)  Wroxham would have a lap dancing club with an annual season ticket discounted for NBN members

There that's enough to be getting on with for now

Griff

Certainly dont think we can argue with any of that !

[deebee29]

9 hours ago, BroadAmbition said:

 

4)  Potter Heigham bride would be raised up to give the same airdraft clearance and the neighbouring bypass bridge and a footpath bridge constructed slightly up river of it

Would the current Mrs G be ok with this bride in Potter Higham?

[Bound2Please]

11 hours ago, ScrumpyCheddar said:

Awwww Iain The Cally P .. was the first ever ferry I ever went on .. another beautiful boat.. she had a sad ending in the end..

Don't forget Sarnia .. Earl Granville, Earl William, and  Alsa Princess, what they renamed Earl Harold.... I mean who would change a princess into a Harold.. 

Ceaserea (not sure spelt right) St Patric ...then before those the SS Isle of Jersey, SS Isle of Guernsey and the SS Isle of Sark, but the later 3 ended up running from Southampton

Charlie

[Gracie]

What with a bride in Potter and a lap dancing club in Wroxham, I reckon Griff won't have the 'equipment' to qualify for a lads week when Mrs G reads this

Grace

[teadaemon]

Well, one of my favourite "if I won the lottery" topics for daydreaming.

Like some on here, I'd have to go for several boats rather than just one.

The party boat/comfortable accommodation would be a new build motor wherry yacht. Welded aluminium hull (I did think of steel, but aluminium lapstrake construction allows the interior to be mostly free of frames and keeps more of the traditional lines). Counter stern like Sundog, wheel steering, serial hybrid diesel electric propulsion, twin screw (probably ducted or using Kort nozzles with variable-pitch props for maximum control and efficiency), and bow and stern thrusters. All-electric galley, diesel heating, and air con (with all that electricity on board, makes sense to use it). Varnished wood interior, although probably not up to Hathor's standards (I prefer something a little more understated).

The serious sailor would be a new build River Cruiser style yacht (only 'style' because I want some features that aren't currently class legal, like a bulb keel). Probably with two carbon fibre rigs, one for reaching the limits of performance and one for easy handling. Better accommodation than the extreme racer river cruisers (given my size and lack of flexibility, I have no intention of crawling to the heads when required), but still not weighed down with camping gear.

For pottering about on the water, a lugsail half-decker of some kind would fit the bill. I'm torn between an old woodie, or a new build in cold-moulded ply with vacuum bagged glass/epoxy skin, carbon fibre rig, and modern keel/rudder design.

Oh, if money really were no object, then a 50-100 metre LOA, ice-strengthened motor sailor with a moon pool, mini sub, ROV, decompression chamber, and a large hold reconfigurable for carrying equipment or people would be a good fourth vessel. I'd make it available to scientific researchers and schools as required to advance learning and education, and fly out whenever it was going to be somewhere interesting to tag along for the ride.

[JawsOrca]

Griff for BA CEO... 

[Timbo]

If money were no object? It would be several more vintage woodies, I've enough bits of tupperware in the kitchen cupboard as it is!  But there would be one woodie in particular. Captain XII. Because it was the first boat I can remember being on, around six years old singing 'we shall not be moved' with my younger brother on the last morning of our hire.

As money was no object I would of course take the courses at the IBTC, make a substantial donation to the Broads Museum, Albion, and pay for the bins to be emptied on the Broads for five years. I would then proceed to buy up moorings and provide them for free to the public and buy up any boatyards that come on the market and keep them as boatyards. Finally I'd pass a bung to some chinless wonder in Westminster to pass Dr Doom a knighthood and have him escorted to a home for the bewildered.