Triple Travel Questionnaire

[Haggis McBagpipe]

Hey, JoeyB, thank you for the link, that is a beautiful site with some amazing boats. My idea of a boat, though, is a wood classic, double-ender ex-fishing boat. This is the boat we had when I was a kid, I'd love to get something like this again. She was a beauty!

For me, the wooden boat with a full displacement hull gives a ride (albeit a slow one) that a planing hull can never hope to achieve. While the speedy planing hull zips over the sea beneath it, the displacement hull becomes at one with the sea.

Joey, do you have a boat? We had a 20' Nordica sailboat which we sold in order to make way for a wood ex-fishing boat when we find the right one for us.

 

[JoeyB]

RE: Triple Travel Questio

Personally I don't own one, but there are several in the family, as my grandfather was a keen fisherman. so when I make my way back to visit the relations, there's always a boat laying around to take out. Uncle has a hartely hulled-hamilton Jet, a couple of 18' punts and the grandfathers boats went to his daughter, cos my dad was too far away at the time... one's a 16' planing hull, there's a sabot and someone has the 18' skiff but I don't know who exactly. either way, it's the fishing that we do mostly, so the punts or the planing hull get a workout.

 

[Haggis McBagpipe]

You have a real boating heritage! There is nothing like being out on the water.

 

[Jay]

My idea of a boat, though, is a wood classic, double-ender ex-fishing boat. This is the boat we had when I was a kid, I'd love to get something like this again. She was a beauty!

You would think it would cost a mint to buy and keep a boat like that...

 

[Haggis McBagpipe]

You would think it would cost a mint to buy and keep a boat like that...

It's definitely not cheap in upkeep compared to a fiberglass boat, but it isn't really that bad, it's more a matter of staying on top of things, and to do the work yourself. To buy a boat like that, if we can find one in excellent shape, would probably be about $50,000, but I don't mind if it is rough, needing work.

Still, it does get harder and harder to find those old wooden boats. We keep looking, and we will find one, but I have this very bad feeling that we might wind up going the summer without a boat.

 

[Jay]

Your buying old wooden boats for 50K?

Do you like bridges because I have this bridge for sale just near my house.... :wink:


Boating is expencive, one of the reasons I don't get involved in the activity. I have a 14 ft aluminum canoe with a 2 hp engine for it. I use it when I go up north.

 

[Haggis McBagpipe]

Re: RE: Triple Travel Questionnaire

Your buying old wooden boats for 50K?

Do you like bridges because I have this bridge for sale just near my house.... :wink:


Boating is expencive, one of the reasons I don't get involved in the activity. I have a 14 ft aluminum canoe with a 2 hp engine for it. I use it when I go up north.

I'M not buying a 50k boat, not anywhere close to it, but that's what you can easily pay for one if it is in perfect condition.

Boating is expensive, but it is all relative.

 

[Jay]

So no deal on the bridge?

 

[Haggis McBagpipe]

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So no deal on the bridge?

Oh hell, sure I'll buy the bridge, just send me the bill. I might have to overpay a bit (tax thing) but you can just send me a cheque for the amount of overpayment.

 

[JoeyB]

RE: Triple Travel Questio

you could turn it into a toll bridge, and charge exhorbitant fees for crossing it... or turn it into a tourist attraction... something like "oldest wooden bridge in Canada" and charge even more to stand on it

 

[Haggis McBagpipe]

!! Yes! The oldest haggis in Canada giving tours of the oldest bridge in Canada. There's a certain poetry to it, isn't there. :lol:

 

[magpie]

It's coming up on holiday time in a few months, so here are three questions about your experiences in travel:

What is the most wonderful place you've ever visited?

What visited place is a 'return-time-and-time-again' kind of place for you?

Where is your most favourite place to visit within Canada?

. . . and because I can't count, here's question four, of three :

Where do you plan to holiday this year?

Most Wonderful Place... Frenchmans Cove Jamaica.... they served us our drinks on the beach, the waiters wore black dress pants and crisp white shirts very formal looking while us Canucks froliced in the water and lounged upon the sand.
Return time and time again hmmmmm I have been to California many a time, I have been to Hawaii a few times and Las Vegas as well. I have yet to find my place of repeated trips, ok perhaps Vancouver Island.
Most Fave Place in Canada, well thus far, bar none, Vancouver Island, have been all over the island and just love it.

This years vacation. a 15 day trip to England. Meeting up with my best pal whom I have known for 4+ years online and meeting for our first face to face as well as meeting up with about 12 other Forum members from another forum I have long been a member of. Can't wait, I go in less than 2 months.

 

[The Gunslinger]

The most beautiful place in Canada is the Rockies. Simply spectacular.

 

[krayzy-kutie]

Kelowna(Okanagan)
Kelowna(Okanagan)
Kelowna(Okanagan)
and last but definatly not least kelowna(Okanagan)

 

[Haggis McBagpipe]

Re: RE: Triple Travel Questionnaire

Kelowna(Okanagan)
Kelowna(Okanagan)
Kelowna(Okanagan)
and last but definatly not least kelowna(Okanagan)

Yes, but what about, say, Kelowna(Okanagan)? :lol:

 

[glossprincess]

Most wonderful place I've been: Maybe Pompeii in Italy.....it blew my mind!

Place I can easily return to: Paris...BEAUTIFUL city with so much to see and do!

Fave place in Canada: havent been to Canada yet, sadly

Place to go this year: CANADA!! Hopefully I'll be working in Banff for 3 months! Ireland is also top of my to-do list as well!

 

[unclepercy]

Re: RE: Triple Travel Questionnaire

The most beautiful place in Canada is the Rockies. Simply spectacular.

You know, we have those in the US too. I think the Grand Canyon is more spectacular. Not as cold for sure.

Uncle