Feeling Dirty.. (Contender Content)

Originally posted by Do Different Ah . I missed the sarcasm from davidyacht, naturally assumed such a fan of the classics would have a Contender in his quiver.

Not my business to tell anyone what to do but I also wondered about Musto suitability, Farr 3.7 is short and twitchy. 

Have you got any pictures to post up of this Contender?  

Edited by mongrel - 04 Jan 22 at 12:16pm

Originally posted by iGRF So finally I've given in and conformed, you even get a certificate, like a logbook, telling you not to f**k about with it. First thing happens, I couldn't hide it down the boat park cos they're digging it up and resurfacing, so red handed it's in the drive, the Mrs now figuring on what she wants next as compensation after the tongue lashing (Why do you need ANOTHER boat!.) A Contender FFS, well I guess at least I'll be able to walk under the boom, if that is I mange to launch it without getting a hernia. And I'm going to get such a thrashing when its windy, probably wether they like it or not, I'll have to get a smaller rag at the end of the day, what's worse, not going out, or being chucked out for not being class legal?

 

Originally posted by Grumpycat Any update on how the new contender is shaping up ?

Ask me about the new kitchen makeover I've had to cough up as penance, that's doing fine thanks, as to the Contender it's exactly where I parked it up on the drive last year, whilst the torrent of grand people, their parents, their parents dogs, their xmas gifts, their vehicles and all the other detritus of modern xmas passed through.

Then the beach replenishment started, every year they wait for the perfect time (just before the winter storms that come along and remove their efforts) giant tonka toy articulated monster dumpster trucks carry shingle the length of Princes Parade (about two miles), we longingly look on from the coffee shack we visit, wishing we could be monster truck drivers and plotting to put in a bid for the contract just for the joy.

Meanwhile forget launching new Contenders over the ruts they create and contemplate designing a revolutionary Contender launching sled with a block and tackle device attached to the promenade wall. Rig Contender on the sled, sail it down the beach, as Contender floats off, a rope attached to the rear of the boat engages and pulls the sled back up the beach. The rope being continuous attached to weighted buoy drop below low water mark and on return, reverse process.

I wish...