I meant to do this last year but spent the money on buying yet another rusty car.

What I'm after is a cheap (<- notice cheap) fiberglass dingy that can seat 4 people, has a basic set of sails, one at the front and one at the back.

Preferably with a trailer I can use to take it home but not bothered if that's a bit rusty.

Just something I can learn to sail with but not more than say...£500 but more towards the £350 mark, he he.

Oh what a skin flint


Off course once I've learnt to sail in it I will then attempt an Atlantic Crossing

[Edited on 7/1/07 by macnab]

Good Luck! Nah only joking.....try http://www.lochken.co.uk and phone Rich up. He's got loads of old wayfarers that he's always looking to sell to make way for new boats. He should probably be able to get you something for about that price bracket but you'd prob have to find a trailer elsewhere. Best bet is to make one. What I did this year when our merlin trailer needed some adaptation. If you ever need some sailing lessons let me know I'm an RYA senior dinghy instructor and sail out of Stonehaven so could easily give you a few if you can make it down here.....Oli.

^^ditto with wayfarer. Although not fiberglass, an enterprise may fall into similar category.

Great thanks for that. One of the families near us last year bought a nice yellow dingy for £300 and joined your club. Said they really enjoyed it so I'm going for it this year and have a few friends who sound keen to try.

I don't mind making a trailer, made them before. I'll have a word with Rich and see what's about.

Cheers.

How about:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GP14-DINGHY-SAIL-NUMBER-9033_W0QQitemZ330071072293QQihZ014QQcategoryZ98955QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
GP14 nice little solid boat. Easy to handle, easy to learn on! Also a lot lot easier to tow up and down the slipway at stonehavne harbour! As an FYI the AGM decided to cap the membership numbers this year so if your planning on joinning you'd better hurry or else you'll have to wait for someone to leave which doesn't happen very often! Oli.

sailing is great fun, unfortunatley the wife wont settle for anything smaller than 45 feet, and doesnt like sails!

I would recommend an RYI saling course, i did level 3 sailing and it taught the basics soundly. Then did a power boat course, then a skipper course (forget the name, was years ago. Something like dayskipper).

Consider making the boat unsinkable via the addition of attached buoyancy - like spinning a car, if you dont roll it then you arent trying!

I thought you were after something to clean your car, not a cheap boat, sorry dinghy

As an FYI the AGM decided to cap the membership numbers this year so if your planning on joinning you'd better hurry or else you'll have to wait for someone to leave which doesn't happen very often! Oli.

Perhaps slightly bigger than what you wanted, you could try this

[Edited on 7/1/07 by Tim 45]

hmm by the look of it preparing for take off that might be a bit beyond me at the mo...

nice though