I really like this place -
http://www.dunstaffnagemarina.co.uk/
it is clean, tidy, the pontoons are in good nick, the staff are nice, the lekkie works and the boat yard is interesting. I love to speculate about the reasonsd why the summer shore yachts are there - money, health, sentiment, fear of the water, stupidity - who can say
the best thing about the place is the bath
The BEST thing about the place is the bath!! Honestly?
Obviously it’s the extending mirrors (and you can probably use the two of them in tandem to check for ear hair infestations).
Scotland looks like an amazing cruising area. It would be fantastic to sail there one day.
Having experienced Scottish weather on a cycle tour in August 1989, what I can’t quite understand is why every yacht doesn’t have a nicely heated wheelhouse…
The Fisher 25 certainly would do the job. I like the LM24 or LM27 which come with bilge keels more often but only slightly less cost. The fisher does have a solid door for the pilot house though great for heating ( or cooling).
Another Josua slocum type steel Spray , this one looks 40’+ ( next to last photo) I wonder how many were and will be made?
Warren
You wrote.
“I love to speculate about the reasonsd why the summer shore yachts are there ”
If you ever figure it out let us know, everyone says the same thing about every boat in every marina
“I never see these boats go any where , why?”
Warren
OK. I’ll concede on that one. Especially if you’ve got a beer resting on the edge and a steamed up copy of PBO to hand while you wrinkle up.
Just don’t make us think about it ok….
Is that alluding to the Scottish referendum, perhaps?
Sailing ability looks to be slightly compromised on the Fisher 25, but then every boat is a compromise.
Hunter 27 pilot comes with bilge keels, they were a bit dear when I was dreaming of swapping my Centaur though, about the same as a Konsort Duo. When I say about the same I mean £30k ish as opposed to £10k ish.
I’ve compromised draught for comfort with my new boat, and it falls over, but you can’t have everything.
Enjoying the posts, hurry back.
I’ve been looking at a number of stern-cockpit boats with enclosures; but most are bulky, clumsy, with horrible windage-problems and weather-helm if you leave the enclosure up. I’ve been looking at 30-ft to 35-ft semi live-a-boards that I can single-hand on the Bays and along the Coast. I have no interest in serious offshore work, but I do want something large enough for several weeks at a time lazing about with AC/heat, refrigeration and autopilot/chart-plotter. I can work from the boat for some projects as long as I have intermittent WIFI-access and cell-phone service.
While you are more-remote from the water, a center-cockpit with a nice Stratoglass and canvas enclosure makes it a redeeming-feature. And the stern-cabin and dedicated engine room makes the additional size (35-ft to 40-ft) and running-expenses more-palatable for serious multi-day or multi-week sailing….you just have to live with the deeper draft’s limitations.
Wow. You’re all rich!
I’ll make do with my 17ft, minimum wage, get on and go 1960’s Hurley. It only has an outside toilet and an outboard beer cooler but it DOES have a bath if you close the cockpit drain valves long enough.
Hah! Now it’s your turn to have the haunting image.
With the greatest of respect, Dylan’s phrase “…camping under the dining room table” sums-up most smaller boats in my area; lightly-built Chesapeake Bay weekend-sailers. I spent years in my youth and as a younger adult camping both rough, and with a series of VW Wesphalia campers. But being about Dylan’s age now I’d prefer something with a little self-sufficiency as I’m looking at it as a 3-1/2 season roaming second-home-with-sails and less VW campmobile.
Update;
The 30-ft full-keel boat that I really liked — and could afford — has was sold to someone else. So the quiet search continues…maybe next year in-the-water.
Our boats have a life cycle of their own, As the years pass they get launched later and later each season. We spend money and keep them very well equipped in many cases, ready for that big trip.
The fact that every thing is ready gives us a sense of freedom, we don’t have to go. Then something comes up and we miss a year, its OK tho’ because next summer all will be fine.
The yacht stands slowly going green, the owners son comes and checks every once in while.
Dad can not bring himself to sell, we’ll pay the storage another year……………
Boat yards in all corners of the world.
The yacht changes hands and is regenerated by a young enthusiast and the cycle begins again!!