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Old 01-16-2009, 03:34 AM
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Fantastic Website

Guys - by now everybody knows that i am a vertically chalenged old fart that likes petit girls in bikinis, however i am also an amateur boat builder that loves the smell of epoxy - maybe that is why me brain has gone soft

BUT - every once in a while a webpage designer comes along that really can put a website together THAT WORKS - couple that to a fantastic product and you have pure magic.

And the golden globe goes to





SCHIONNING

http://www.schionningdesigns.com.au/www/welcome.cfm

this new site is bloody fantastic

lots and lots of pics (**** i cant find me glasses)
dont worry ZOOOOM here is one pic

guys if you havent been there go now
dont worry about the world politics / economy
you cant change it any way
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Old 01-16-2009, 04:34 AM
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Neat !! And despite the pictures not too long time to load.. I'm hanging here on a G2 mobile connection so it has some restrictions
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Old 01-16-2009, 03:38 PM
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Manie I absolutely agree with you. It's like how the hell did I miss this before... just look at this !

Dam () I wish I was closer to the sea. I'm getting extraction symptoms again so I'm going fishing by the morrow.

Btw, you after 3 beer has gone flat but don't worry I'll courier it to you.
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Old 01-17-2009, 01:31 PM
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Some pretty cool boats over there.
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Old 01-18-2009, 12:27 AM
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They did it right. The header loads first to give you something to look at, then the text and last the pics. There is nothing worse that a web site that leaves you staring at a blank page while everything loads in the background, or has hi res graphics that freeze the page while they are loading. This site is slick.
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Old 01-18-2009, 02:37 PM
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Hey Manie thats a Cat site ag sis man
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Old 01-18-2009, 04:32 PM
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Now come on Greg, you know cats are the best there is.
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Old 01-19-2009, 08:35 AM
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Thanks Manie.

Very good site, with lot of good information and I appreciate the realistic ciphers given: displacements, speeds, number of work hours etc.

Very nice boats also (the power ones I didn't look at the sail section) and good methods of building. Well made PDFs. Impressive site.
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Old 01-19-2009, 11:28 AM
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That is one of my all time favorite sites. It has been at the top of my bookmarks list for a long time now and I am still not tired of it.
They have some very sensible designs and realistic methods outlined.

Here is another you might like:

http://www.graingerdesigns.com.au/index.html
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Old 01-19-2009, 11:33 AM
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Manie
That picture of those guys standing there grinning like idiots makes me wish I had a paintball gun to make them go scurrying below decks...they look like they are having too much fun and it kinda' pisses me off;?)
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Old 01-19-2009, 12:23 PM
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What I hate about these nice boats is if you choose one you feel unhappy about the others you didn't choose. Somehow it's the same with wiemen

In the next life I want many boats with wiemen on them. I hope they can cook fish

Thinking about it, I just hope there will be fish
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Old 01-19-2009, 11:04 PM
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yeah yeah yeah

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Hey Manie thats a Cat site ag sis man
reminds me of that cartoon joke posted elsewhere where the one guy is sitting in the middle of the ocean on his upside down cat looking down into the water at the other guy blowing bubbles from his mono from the ocean floor

life is all about choices

remember this, that i will get to Frosty's pub a WEEK before you do, my back and front would have been massaged and i would have ample time to drink beer
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Old 01-20-2009, 01:24 AM
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cats are for sissies
Big mouth when you're far away eh ! You realize when a mono gets hit by a trimaran it's going to cut it into four parts, right ?

Who wants to walk on the walls of things in any way
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Yeah, I aint goin there.
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