Fantastic Website

Discussion in 'Boat Design' started by Manie B, Jan 16, 2009.

  1. Manie B
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    Manie B Senior Member

    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 :D :D

    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 :D :D :D
     

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  2. TeddyDiver
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    TeddyDiver Gollywobbler

    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 :)
     
  3. Fanie
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    Fanie Fanie

    Manie I absolutely agree with you. It's like how the hell did I miss this before... just look at this !

    Dam :)D) 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.
     
  4. kach22i
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    kach22i Architect

    Some pretty cool boats over there.
     
  5. Ike
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    Ike Senior Member

    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.
     
  6. Butch .H
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    Butch .H Senior Member

    Hey Manie thats a Cat site ag sis man:D :D :D :D
     
  7. Fanie
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    Fanie Fanie

    Now come on Greg, you know cats are the best there is.
     
  8. Ilan Voyager
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    Ilan Voyager Senior Member

    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.
     
  9. DGreenwood
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    DGreenwood Senior Member

    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
     
  10. DGreenwood
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    DGreenwood Senior Member

    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;?)
     
  11. Fanie
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    Fanie Fanie

    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 :D

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

    Thinking about it, I just hope there will be fish :D
     
  12. Wynand N
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    Wynand N Retired Steelboatbuilder

    cats are for sissies :eek: :eek:
     
  13. Manie B
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    Manie B Senior Member

    yeah yeah yeah :D

    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 :D

    life is all about choices :D

    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 :D
     
  14. Fanie
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    Fanie Fanie

    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 :D
     

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    alex folen Flynpig

    Yeah, I aint goin there.
     
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