Mocking Ads on Craigslist

[Ishmael]

Agree. They're classics of their era.

I can do without the teak deck though

IS this mockery? I can't tell, it's too subtle for me

FB- Doug

No, I abandoned mockery for a couple of posts. I'm sorry, I won't do it again.

Here's something to mock, courtesy of UsedVictoria.

36ft #11.4ins #5.ins Bill Garden design concrete cutter Perkins 4107 diesel BG gear Aluminium mast headengine spar 4 with4ft all ss rigging aluminium 20ft boom mast steps mainsail with cover bow stern pulpits ss lifelines handy mans special interial work started need completion some deck work needed strongengine can be seen running in boat OBO or trade?????

No pictures, unfortunately.

https://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/mast-head-sloop_36843517

 

[Steam Flyer]

Here's something to mock, courtesy of UsedVictoria.

36ft #11.4ins #5.ins Bill Garden design concrete cutter Perkins 4107 diesel BG gear Aluminium mast headengine spar 4 with4ft all ss rigging aluminium 20ft boom mast steps mainsail with cover bow stern pulpits ss lifelines handy mans special interial work started need completion some deck work needed strongengine can be seen running in boat OBO or trade?????

No pictures, unfortunately.

https://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/mast-head-sloop_36843517

So, is it a boat? I mean, with a mast head engine and all, it sounds like it could be a concrete cutter except it doesn't mention what kind of blades

FB- Doug

 

[SloopJonB]

No, I abandoned mockery for a couple of posts. I'm sorry, I won't do it again.

Here's something to mock, courtesy of UsedVictoria.

No pictures, unfortunately.

https://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/mast-head-sloop_36843517

I sincerely doubt Garden ever designed a ferro boat.

Some sort of bastardized design for wood I suspect.

 

[batkinmok]

I know a ferro that was build from a Bill Garden design, a ketch around 50' or so. of course theres a newbie on it, so it gets a new hole every time he comes into the dock.. complete pos boat

 

[bmiller]

I'm not mocking, just want to know what the hell it is. Bizarre looking keel

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/boa/d/palo-verde-20-sailboat/7231184448.html

 

[Steam Flyer]

I'm not mocking, just want to know what the hell it is. Bizarre looking keel

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/boa/d/palo-verde-20-sailboat/7231184448.html

That's a nice rim... looks like it doesn't match the rest of the trailer wheels though.

Oh, right, the keel, sorry...... looks like a Flying Fifteen keel. Never seen anything else quite like it. Apparently it works well, they're fast boats.

FB- Doug

 

[chester]

what ever else the keel is, it's "pristine"!

 

[breezetrees]

I'm not mocking, just want to know what the hell it is. Bizarre looking keel

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/boa/d/palo-verde-20-sailboat/7231184448.html

I thinks it's a cousin to the Victory 21, Aurora 21?

https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/aurora-21

 

[SloopJonB]

I'm not mocking, just want to know what the hell it is. Bizarre looking keel

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/boa/d/palo-verde-20-sailboat/7231184448.html

There were lots of weird keels like that before designers really knew what they were doing with fins.

Rudders shaped like cheese knives and so forth.

 

[bmiller]

I thinks it's a cousin to the Victory 21, Aurora 21?

https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/aurora-21

This place amazes me, somebody always knows something about anything.

https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/victory-21

https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/aurora-21

 

[Out West]

fishing or sailing, both uniquely approached by design and construction choices.  Because rowboats are hard to find?

https://eugene.craigslist.org/boa/d/alvadore-small-sailboat/7216393337.html

 

[andykane]

Amazed nobody's grabbed this Star yet

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/boa/d/seattle-star-sail-boat/7238418009.html

 

[Steam Flyer]

fishing or sailing, both uniquely approached by design and construction choices.  Because rowboats are hard to find?

https://eugene.craigslist.org/boa/d/alvadore-small-sailboat/7216393337.html

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Before I can mock that, I need to know what the fuck it is.... or maybe what it's intended to be? It looks like something hammered together by drunk chimps with random items that have been tossed into their cage

- DSK

 

[bmiller]

Before I can mock that, I need to know what the fuck it is.... or maybe what it's intended to be? It looks like something hammered together by drunk chimps with random items that have been tossed into their cage

- DSK

How does it go, an infinite number of chimps and an infinite number of typewriters and time will some how produce a masterpiece. Or something like that.

Edit:

here it is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem

 

[SloopJonB]

Amazed nobody's grabbed this Star yet

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/boa/d/seattle-star-sail-boat/7238418009.html

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Wee at least they seem to have shoveled out most of the dirt from its days as a garden planter.

 

[Steam Flyer]

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Wee at least they seem to have shoveled out most of the dirt from its days as a garden planter.

The dirt was the most valuable part

FB- Doug

 

[Steam Flyer]

How about this one?

https://ocala.craigslist.org/boa/d/ocala-homemade-sailboat/7238816803.html



Homemade sailboat 13.6 feet long fully insulated. Coast Guard approved. 24 thrust trolling motor. Great little boat for two people to do some fishing or for just cruising around. 850 or best offer trailer included

At least the trailer doesn't seem to be made of house carpenter's offcuts, spare plumbing parts, with colored construction paper Elmer-glued over it

Shows imagination though.

FB- Doug

 

[sculpin]

coast guard approved?  Really?

 

[TheDragon]

How to make sure your ad comes to the top of the list if organized by price!

https://annapolis.craigslist.org/boa/d/glyndon-fleet-of-project-sailboats/7229090221.html

 

[TheDragon]

Maybe these two advertisers could find each other.