By the way, my interior is hand signed by Starck.


Now *there's* something to brag about!

SBV

By the way, my interior is hand signed by Starck.
Now *there's* something to brag about!


Thanks, Scotty, you're right. It's kinda cool knowing that Starck
signed these interiors, which were featured even in the NY Times Arts
and Liesure section in 1990. Showed her off to some friends
today...nothing but ooo's and ahhhhhs. Sailing tomorrow at around 3:00
with a few Ghost girls, Thomas and Suzanne!

RB
35s5
NY

I sailed a Stone Horse Saturday evening....neat little boat for the
older set.


"The older set"?? The Stone Horse is a great sailing little
boat. It's not necessarily for "the older set" but for those
who have an appreciation for a classic and value sailing
characteristics besides straight-line speed.

I had a good friend with a Stone Horse and sailed it many
times, on one occasion we beat a J-24 boat-for-boat in a
club race.


Maxprop wrote:
THAT, too, is unique.


I bet there are fewer Stone Horses than there are Beneteau
35s5es around.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

In article , OzOne wrote:

On 15 Apr 2006 03:20:24 -0700, "Capt. Rob"
scribbled thusly:
I have a plenty of non-sailing friends and the 35s5 has won them over
hugely as compared to the more conventional C&C 32...and this on looks
alone. There are a ton of boats that looked like my C&C. My
ex-girlfriend saw the 35s5 for the first time last month (She's owned a
Catalina 27, J24 and now a late model Catalina 30) and was utterly
wowed by the 35s5. She wants to buy one!


RB
35s5
NY

Bob, I have non boating friends who've been won over by my 1950's putt
putt and can't wait for an invitation to chug up the river in her so
they ring and suggest they bring over a couple of bottles of
chardonnay an a few kilos of prawns knowing full well that the best
place to consume them is out on the river.
Oh, she cost all of $4000 incl the trailer though I'm sorely tempted
to update to this beauty
http://tinyurl.com/nkqda

Heh, neat boat, Oz. I almost convinced myself to buy one of the ex
Derwent Sailing Squadron putt putts whan they flogged them off. 21'
LOD, 8 HP Yanmar engines, solid f/g hulls. Thought it was going to be
one toy too many right ATM, tho.

PDW

I bet there are fewer Stone Horses than there are Beneteau
35s5es around.


We have at least 2 Stone Horses on City Island. In fact I sold a nice
one a few years back. We have the only 35s5 on the Island and as near
as I can tell there are only a few on the entire sound.


"The older set"?? The Stone Horse is a great sailing little
boat. It's not necessarily for "the older set"

It's not an ideal family boat, which is what I meant. It's hard to
imagine a well sailed J24 losing to a Stone Horse, but I guess
anything's possible.

RB
35s5
NY

Oh, she cost all of $4000 incl the trailer though I'm sorely tempted
to update to this beauty
http://tinyurl.com/nkqda


Wow, that is a cool boat. If you "update" it you should put
in a steam engine.

Peter Wiley wrote:
Heh, neat boat, Oz. I almost convinced myself to buy one of the ex
Derwent Sailing Squadron putt putts whan they flogged them off. 21'
LOD, 8 HP Yanmar engines, solid f/g hulls. Thought it was going to be
one toy too many right ATM, tho.


Is that possible?

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
. ..
Peter Wiley wrote:
Heh, neat boat, Oz. I almost convinced myself to buy one of the ex
Derwent Sailing Squadron putt putts whan they flogged them off. 21'
LOD, 8 HP Yanmar engines, solid f/g hulls. Thought it was going to be
one toy too many right ATM, tho.


Is that possible?

DSK

Some of my family and friends say so. I have ten boats at the moment and am
resisting suggestions that this is too many for one person and his wife. But
they are mostly small although the range is from 38' down to 8'. But the
smaller ones are irreplaceable wooden boats and I just like having them even
if some of them go several years without hitting the water...

Edgar wrote:
.... I have ten boats at the moment and am
resisting suggestions that this is too many for one person and his wife. But
they are mostly small although the range is from 38' down to 8'. But the
smaller ones are irreplaceable wooden boats and I just like having them even
if some of them go several years without hitting the water...


Are they those wonderful lapstrake Scandinavian working boat
types? It's different if they're collectors items.
Definitely not a toy!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

In article , DSK
wrote:

Oh, she cost all of $4000 incl the trailer though I'm sorely tempted
to update to this beauty
http://tinyurl.com/nkqda


Wow, that is a cool boat. If you "update" it you should put
in a steam engine.

Peter Wiley wrote:
Heh, neat boat, Oz. I almost convinced myself to buy one of the ex
Derwent Sailing Squadron putt putts whan they flogged them off. 21'
LOD, 8 HP Yanmar engines, solid f/g hulls. Thought it was going to be
one toy too many right ATM, tho.


Is that possible?

It is when you're working on the concrete formwork for a 16m x 13m x
4.2m high barn/workshop. So far I've used 1000 linear metres of 150x50
timber and have yet to pour the concrete footings. Another couple
weeks, maybe. Then the fun really starts. First, carefully stripping
off all the formwork I carefully built, then backfilling, pouring the
slab, erecting the framework etc etc. A real winter project...... no
time for another toy boat that'd sit on one of my moorings until spring
or more likely summer, at which time I'd be heading south again.

Next year, maybe.

PDW

No, I have only been in Norway just under 3 years. Mine are English built in
mahogany and English elm with oak timbering. I keep them because they were
built by my father who was a boat builder and they range in age from 50 to
88 years and I keep them looking good and ready for use.
English lapstrake boats have narrower planks and more of them than
Scandinavian and the narrow planks allow more complex shapes to be built
than the wide planked Scandinavian lapstrake boats. Also most Scandinavian
boats are built of softwood which is harder to keep looking good although
there are some beautifully maintained wooden boats around here.
So my tally is seven wooden boats, a GRP yacht and one small GRP dinghy plus
one rubber dinghy.

"DSK" wrote in message
...
Edgar wrote:
.... I have ten boats at the moment and am
resisting suggestions that this is too many for one person and his wife.
But
they are mostly small although the range is from 38' down to 8'. But
the
smaller ones are irreplaceable wooden boats and I just like having them
even
if some of them go several years without hitting the water...


Are they those wonderful lapstrake Scandinavian working boat
types? It's different if they're collectors items.
Definitely not a toy!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King