I have the chance to buy a Skipper 17 to sail on Windermere. There is lake access and the Skipper comes with a trailer. The boat has fallen on hard times. I...
In answer to your questions. The Skipper is fantastic for lake use, I sailed mine on the Blackwater estuary and it coped with everything I threw at it, believe...
Ditto all of that. I bought one last year in reasonable nick for £1k, so by the sound of things you should be aiming under that. Actually had little chance to...
Richard and David Thanks for the advice. Current situation is that we have sold out old open boat at the same time as the Skipper was taken off the market. So...
Andrew, I am in Essex and funnily enough the guy I sold mine to keeps it in north Essex, where is it advertised, I will have a look at the spec, may be my old...
Richard The advert is at this web address (Apollo duck, Search Skipper 17) http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/display.phtml?aid=79907 I don't know if it is still...
Same colour as mine, but not my old one, looks in good nick and well worth a look, let me know if you would like me to look at it on your behalf and give you...
Richard. That would be useful as Essex is a long way if the boat is only fit for a viking funeral. You know like the one on the Skipper 17 web site. I still...
What's this about a boat in the Skipper 17 website being only fit for a Viking Funeral? I hope you're not referring to my boat 'Vera Causa', which is...
I have just bought a Skipper 17 and need some advice. Perhaps members could advise. I find a SS bolt in the front of the mast tabernacle. The previous owner...
Hello Robin I will try to give some advice, although am not totally qualified to answer, as my own S17 has a tall stainless steel tabernacle, an A- frame, and...
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Geoff I was not trying to cause anyone offense but the boat in question is at this link. Top left picture if you are not sure. There is no name visable on the...
Andrew I'm glad you weren't talking about my boat. However, there is a family of sparrows nesting in the vessel you refer to, and they are worried by the...
First, thank you all for the forum and for the brilliant Skipper 17 web site, which has enabled me to discover that a mucky old hull I've been pondering over...
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Mick, the skipper I owned had the the tiller coming through the hole in the transom, it really is a fantastic boat and you will give up long before the boat...
Hi Joe Your prospective purchase is no basket case. I usually sail mine single-handed and she never ceases to amaze me. If you are prepared to put the work...
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To Mick Hunphrey How do you feel about downloading your renovation pictures to the "Photos" section of this forum? I, for one, would be very interested, and I...
Anyone who is interested - Jeckells have a secondhand Skipper Mainsail - check out http://www.jeckells.co.uk/sails-in-stock/ UM103 20'3 21'5 6'9 Skipper 17...
Hello fellow Skipper skippers, My name is Anko, and I live in Monnickendam, a small village in The Netherlands ( between amsterdam and volendam ). In 2006 I...
Welcome Anko You have related a restoration story you must be proud of. As I said in an earlier message, with the sort of effort you have obviously been...
Hi Geoff, Thank you for your kind words, but please do not give me too much credit... I am absolutely not a polyester specialist or any specialist for...
Hello Anko, It is good to have another member aboard. Your rebuild sounds like a labour of love but no doubt worth it. I have recently become a member myself...
Hello Robin, Putting the mast up and down is a daunting enterprise every single time... A two man job without an a-frame like Geoff is using. My main concern...
Hello Skipper skippers, I posted a few photos of my cockpit seat repair attempt... Take a polyester-balsa wood-polyester sandwich. Make crack in it, add some...
I spotted on eBay this Skipper 17 made at Richmond with a bilge keel. There are lots of photos on the ad, which has a few days to run. Here's the eBay item...
Hi Anko I presume that what you call polyester paint is also known as two- part paint. I have long thought that two-part paint may be a waste of money, because...
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