tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072454631867406822009-10-13T20:15:37.992-07:00Take one Northern Irish man , take one small boat , add a hell of a lot of water , sound like a recepie for disaster ?Philiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07385661694873045257noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207245463186740682.post-55799950945348614832007-06-21T10:27:00.000-07:002007-06-21T10:37:13.697-07:00<div><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /></div><br /><br /><div>Here is what my boat looked like when i bought it !</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_go6db4134rI/Rnq13E7-rwI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bxbzmJj_x6w/s1600-h/3b_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078571487636401922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_go6db4134rI/Rnq13E7-rwI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bxbzmJj_x6w/s400/3b_1.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="left">And the inside ...<br /><br /></p><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_go6db4134rI/Rnq2t07-ryI/AAAAAAAAAAc/PQgOy4FYEkY/s1600-h/7e_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078572428234239778" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_go6db4134rI/Rnq2t07-ryI/AAAAAAAAAAc/PQgOy4FYEkY/s400/7e_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_go6db4134rI/Rnq2b07-rxI/AAAAAAAAAAU/F1B8Y88lWi4/s1600-h/4a_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078572118996594450" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_go6db4134rI/Rnq2b07-rxI/AAAAAAAAAAU/F1B8Y88lWi4/s400/4a_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1207245463186740682-5579995094534861483?l=myweeboat.blogspot.com'/></div>Philiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07385661694873045257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207245463186740682.post-31468338947406649562007-06-21T08:51:00.000-07:002007-06-21T08:58:08.583-07:00I bought my sail boat in London last year, it wasn't very expensive and wasn't exactly the QE2 but we got it out on the water it floated which i suppose is a big bonus when it comes to boats , we made a mistake putting the mast up and decided maybe we would leave sailing this year and scooted about using the outboard motor ( a whole 2.2hp !!!!) which earned the boat the nickname dead slow or stop!.As you can guess my knowledge of boats was very limited and I made a very wise descision and bought "The Dummies Guide To Sailing" which seemed to fit my scenario perfectly , I also purchased a GPS (a very very very wise idea) .This was pretty much it for the first year took friends and family out a few times but nothing exciting due to the distance of the mooring from my house (2hr drive) it wasn't possible to go out on it other than the odd Saturday.<br />Thats the story to date , i've started the restore process so stay tuned!.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1207245463186740682-3146833894740664956?l=myweeboat.blogspot.com'/></div>Philiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07385661694873045257noreply@blogger.com0