Favourite pic of your boat

Clyde_Wanderer · Post by **Clyde_Wanderer** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:17 pm

Shuggy wrote:Here's my old girl with the engine off for a change!

Thats a fine motorsailor Shuggy, what is she/ my mate in Ireland is looking to buy a good ms around the 33-35ft to take to Cyprus

Shuggy · Post by **Shuggy** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:34 pm

Hi C_W

She's a 1960 larch on oak Miller Fifer 33. There were a few around, although I think Wooden Ships may have sold a couple in the last month or so.

More info here:

http://www.yachtsnet.co.uk/archives/mil ... ifer33.htm

A great boat but she's a bit rolly when there's a beam sea. She will, however, take pretty much anything nose-on thanks to those high bows & having 12 tons displacement.

Sailing performance is not great, but we're on our first season with brand-new sails and they have made a massive difference. So much so that we were almost tempted to enter Crinan Classic as a sailing boat but opted at the 11th hour to become a motor boat!

If your friend wants more info, let me know & we can swap email addresses via PM.

Rgds,

Shuggy

Post by **Silkie** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:47 pm

Clyde_Wanderer wrote:A cracking looking boat Silkie, with quite a large sail area, what is she?
C_W

Sorry Eammon, I don't know how I missed your question first time through.

She's a long fin Hurley 22. She does carry quite a lot of sail for her size and needs reefing early. The reefs are quite small and I could really do with a deep third but current tactics are to drop the main altogether when required (like last Saturday!) and sail under reefed genoa, which works well as long as ultimate pointing ability is not required.

You must have been more pssed than you looked in the Bon Accord!

Olivepage · Post by **Olivepage** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:40 pm

That Miller is a lovely looking boat.

Nice to see someone else with sufficient good taste to buy a proper boat. And whats a bit of a roll anyway.

As someone from The Other Place says:

"Enlightenment is mororsailing"

Daveanmucker · Post by **Daveanmucker** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:39 am

http://s332.photobucket.com/albums/m341 ... G_0165.jpg

Daveanmucker · Post by **Daveanmucker** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:41 am

No its not all the lots come over. Oh blimey it for now

Post by **Silkie** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:04 pm

You've nearly got it. You just need to click the box labelled IMG code on that page you've linked to instead of copying the url of the complete page.

Daveanmucker · Post by **Daveanmucker** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:11 pm

Cheers Silkie, by the way anyone know where we are?

Post by **Silkie** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:53 pm

Anywhere near here?

Apologies for the picture quality.

ljs · Post by **ljs** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:01 pm

Well that looks like Loch Craignish.
Tho it may look like other places too..

Post by **Silkie** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:18 pm

Mine is in Kerrera Sound with the eponymous island in the background - not too sure about t'other.

Shuggy · Post by **Shuggy** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:54 pm

Olivepage - thanks for the kind words about 'mororsailing' but buying Tafna was more about finding a cheap(ish) boat that was child- and weather-friendly! She's great but I do wish she sailed a bit better. Fun though.

If we're posting multiple pics

here's another favourite. Please excuse the mast transplant. There's a slim possibility it may belong to a non-MAB behind us with some very nice people on board.

Scotland or Caribbean? You decide...

Daveanmucker · Post by **Daveanmucker** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:24 am

By gum Silkie I'm chuffed with that picture of Dark Island in't sound o Kerra, your right mine is not far away, Kerrerra in the background taken from Heather Island.

Olivepage · Post by **Olivepage** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:20 pm

Sorry about that

Can spell

Can't type

tom26 · Post by **tom26** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:30 pm

took a few edits but at last, a photo of us under sail added to the list of great photos, geographically quite close to some of the other pictures on here

BLUEMOMENT

Favourite pic of your boat

wonder if this worked, by the way where am I

mororsailing