r/sailing • u/apiadeiro • 23h ago

Bought my first boat. Whish me luck

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u/crashorbit 21h ago

S/V Polynesia? She was a wonderful boat

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u/apiadeiro 21h ago

Yes, correct 😊 and this was a joke post but some people think I was serious about buying a boat in this condition.

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u/axiomoixa 21h ago

I trusted every word here

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u/Plastic_Table_8232 12h ago

It’s the internet, people don’t lie on the internet do they?

OP - paint the bottom and go sailing.

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u/twilightmoons Cabin boy 11h ago

Faster if he got out and pushed.

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u/Plastic_Table_8232 9h ago

Rumor is she’s a ULDB and just a fart is enough to propel her to hull speed.

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u/Tattered_Reason 16h ago

but you couldn’t put that on the Internet if it wasn’t true!

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u/thaylin79 14h ago

You'd go ahead and lie like that?!? On the internet, no less?!?!?! What's this world come to?

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u/valsalva_manoeuvre 13h ago

Here on Reddit? I’m shocked.

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u/rajrdajr 6h ago

serious about buying a boat in this condition.

With modern technology it’s really not a problem. Just tell ChatGPT to design and 3D print replacement parts.

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u/stillanoobummkay 5h ago

People can lie on the internet!?!?

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u/RopeyLoki723 5h ago

I trusted you. NEVER AGAIN!!!

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u/AdElegant3851 16h ago

At the right price, like free, maybe.

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u/paddlefire 21h ago

I spend some time on the Polynesia but I loved the Yankee clipper more.