The fore and aft stays are hinged so the rigger can be swung inboard for ease of storage and transport. The middle stay is simply bolted in position when the rigger is extended.
Buyers are competing for boats with a ready market on the super-rich Thames, and to my surprise both Viking longboats and the repro-medieval Peterboat were snapped up right at the start. Apparently re-enactment groups were fighting each other for them.
The oddities are, by and large, sticking. My favourite, the Hallstatterseeboot, languishes at £10, and no, I won't be buying it either because I cannot think what I would do with it. But someone has offered to pay £110 for this Crocodile Canoe. Mad.
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A clever person could remove the croc and have a fine boat there... Wish I lived on the other side of the pond when this kind of thing happens. Been drooling for weeks.
doryman
The croc head could be easily removed, but there are lots of similar, non-croc canoes in the sale with no bids on at all so I suspect people actually want those eyes and teeth. Admittedly, if you have a small lake, or own a tourist resort or something, the croc canoe might be fun for the kids to use.
I think the croc head could be very useful in salt water locations for scaring away sea monsters, which I believe was its original purpose.
The thing has just been knocked down (or whatever the equivalent is in an online auction) for more than £600. Insane! But not as insane as the Swan Boat which has already reached £2,350 in extra time! Recession? What recession?
I think you underestimate the real hazard sea monsters pose in estuaries and seaside locations.
The bidders are wise and know very well what they are about.
And which sea monster does a Swan scare away, pray? The Great White Vole? The Labrador of the Deep?
Goodness, the swan boat has gone over three grand....
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