Uglyboat Admiration Society Hang Out

[Elegua]

The gentleman's Mac26. Love that aspect ratio on the rig.

Not one but two masts on a motorboat! But it looks like they are sailing (extremely slowly) without the engine running and I actually like the boat. Possibly because it's carrying two small boats.

That's why it's for gentlemen....just look at that wake - see how it's side slipping in such low breeze?

 

[SemiSalt]

The gentleman's Mac26. Love that aspect ratio on the rig.

If you run out of gas, you'll be glad of the sailing rig.

 

[hard aground]

 

[hard aground]

It's a lovely home-built steel tri. The interesting part is the "foldable" amas allow it to fit in a normal sized slip. The less interesting: I don't remember what sized pate thickness was used but lets just be safe and say it's thicker than it really needs to be. By quite a bit. The rig is off an Ericsson 28. This boat should be in a commercial for Honda. It's powered by an outboard 8 that actually moves it at a relatively decent clip. Sailing isn't so quick.

 

[Veeger]

Someone put an awful lot of time, effort, sweat and money into that. Many of these boats in this thread. I just can't imagine the thought processes though. In fact, it hurts to try but, hey, different strokes and all that....

 

[bljones]

Lord Vader, your trimaran is ready...

 

[Trickypig]

The gentleman's Mac26. Love that aspect ratio on the rig.

If you run out of gas, you'll be glad of the sailing rig.

Starving to death will be a close run thing.

 

[Schnick]

BP was right, the old Eddie Haskell is one ugly J 24:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/boa/3778386680.html

 

[Bob Perry]

Schnick:

The funny thing is that someties when I think about Eddie I have hard time remembering if was an orange deck on a blue hull or a blue deck on an orange hull.

Either way it doesn't work.

Thanks for the reminder.

 

[kdh]

I love the name. Here he is today.

 

[Trickypig]

BP was right, the old Eddie Haskell is one ugly J 24:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/boa/3778386680.html

eddie.jpg

The ad says it has `rudder steering' ... well I'm glad of that.

 

[Steam Flyer]

BP was right, the old Eddie Haskell is one ugly J 24:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/boa/3778386680.html

eddie.jpg

The ad says it has `rudder steering' ... well I'm glad of that.

Well sure... as opposed to all the other types of steering boats often have, rudder steering is the best kind.

FB- Doug

 

[Whinging Pom]

Another failed metal dream...

 

[Mr. Ed]

OK, I see your ugly metal boat and raise you an even uglier metal boat

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

The blue one is uglier and from the waterline stain it appears to have been ass heavy, but having a waterline stain rules it out as a complete failure. Lots of failed metal boats never go in the water at all.

 

[Bob Perry]

Everyone knows that three keels are better than one.

 

[blackjenner]

Everyone knows that three keels are better than one.

"I did not know that," he said, trying to sound as honest and naive as possible.

 

[southerncross]

Does this count? Kind of cute in a way.

 

[A guy in the Chesapeake]

OK, I see your ugly metal boat and raise you an even uglier metal boat

I don't think that one looks bad at all.

 

[Mr. Ed]

OK, I see your ugly metal boat and raise you an even uglier metal boat

I don't think that one looks bad at all.

It doesn't (or does) photograph well. In the flesh it is so so ungainly. Those bizarre bilge keels which look like mutant fins on the belly of a three eyed mutant manatee. Shudder...