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boatmanckp
PostPosted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 8:42 am 
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ouple.html

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:08 am 
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I am not sure if I like the outward appearance but I am impressed with the interior. I am not saying it is not worth it but I definitely don't like the price. Maybe one of our members may be tempted. :D

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Graham and Jo
PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:50 pm 
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I'd buy it but they don't seem to have fitted any adequate defense systems. Surface to air missiles are a must for any 007 boat.

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Thumper
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Agree about the interior, but why design something ... so ugly? It looks more like a submarine than a cruising home-from-home. I also smiled wryly when I read that "it is not being sold with the mooring so the new buyer can find their own mooring anywhere in the country or travel in comfort like the Masons have." Oh yes, anywhere. The inland waterways network is your oyster ... except this behemoth is 11 foot wide.

Why 11 foot? If you'd decided to go beyond the 7 foot, and thereby restrict your cruising so significantly, why stop at 11? Perhaps I'm missing something? (OK, don't answer that!) Was the sinister outward shape a deliberate attempt to make the vessel more seaworthy, so that it could cross the channel and explore the continental waterways? If so, then crack on, and at least spread to nearer 14.

Interesting though.
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glencairn
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Like the inside.

As it is a 'Stealth Boat' would anyone see it coming? :D

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