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Better to ask the question than end up with an unsafe safety device! As Grendel said, I too have seen fender eyes ripped off in minor brushes. Not to say yours aren't bolted through, but it's highly unlikely.

No. You need something bolted right through the fibreglass, with a backing pad. That's what I'd do, if I were me.

My friend Rene's mum kept chickens in her garden back in the 50's, but couldn't kill one when the time came. So she carried it down to the local butchers at the bottom of the road, who would do the necessary, and then walk back with the deceased and pluck and prepare it for the pot. Was different in those days, I can't see the local Morrisons butcher welcoming a woman with a live chicken under her arm, asking him to despatch it!

I still use a Kleeneze broom in Rene's garden that she bought shortly after moving to Leigh-on-Sea in 1955. And it's not one of Triggers originals - only had three new handles and five new heads! This is original. Made things properly in those days. Oops, thread wander, sorry Griff!

I presume you have unlimited funds available? . Hearing of other woodie restorations on here, you're going to need them. Welcome, and pics along the way would be most welcome. There's a wealth of knowledge here, and some wonderfully helpful people willing to share.

Because they wouldn't listen, probably.

There's a certain weather presenter on BBC Look East who always pronounces "strong" as "shtrong". Drives me bonkers.

The liberal use of the f word is another measure of our declining use of vocabulary. To be fair, it's nothing new. Dave and I asked his pal what was wrong with his car, and got, "F***, the f***ing f***er won't f***ing start, f*** it, for f***ing f***s sake". He'd managed to get 7 swear words in one sentence!

So, it is what it is, know what I mean, and lately everythink is incredible. Do you know what, I should of got over myself by now, worrying about grammar, but my bugbear is apostrophe misuse. So, whatever, chillax, dudes. Or is it guys?

It was my job when I was little staying with my great aunt and uncle to collect the eggs every morning. They didn't live on a farm, but a street in East Ham, London. I would say every other house in the street kept chickens, and some had ducks! Couldn't get fresher than that.

Why do all your liquid measurements relate to alcohol? 🤔😄

When you took your bike-related tumble, did you bang your head? Can't imagine what else could explain these weird thoughts you're experiencing. Be careful out there. No, not you MM, everyone else whilst you're pedalling about.

I can spell properly - P-R-O-P-E-R-L-Y. AND I'M NOT ANGRY!!

At least you can eat the pigeons. It could be worse - you might get a set of semaphore flags.

It's a flux capacitor from someone's DeLorean.

I built a similar thing for Sunbird's wipers, using a 555 timer IC. And had to do the diode trick! That stumped me for a while. If you don't know - if you have self parking wipers wired in parallel, as long as any one is still self parking, they all carry on going. In my case all 3 would happily chunder away until they all reached self park at the same time. Could be 30 seconds or more!

Life is what happens while you're making plans. If you want to do something, and can afford it - DO IT. I had 20 years of ownership, and had to give up when I ran out of crew! I look back on 20 years of laughter and sheer freedom when afloat. Can't put a price on that. I thought I'd really miss boating, but I strangely don't. Perhaps I'm just one of those who can transit from one state of life to another without too much angst. The Broads was also losing it's appeal somehow - couldn't say what or how, it just didn't feel right anymore.

Why do you have two wiper switches, could they be paralleled onto one switch?

Well that's cryptic! Are you spies?

They've left out the hose drop opening. Probably to make it all symmetrical to the eye.

Apparently, it's rust on a prop shaft coupling. The shaft has to be built in separate sections, joined by couplings, and that seems to be where problems are occurring.

Easy to say, bit different when it's 8 oafs from a rough estate somewhere, who would welcome a bit of a punch up to liven up their hols!

Being an ex-boater and user of these moorings, I think there may be trouble afoot. Until we know more, there's the scenario of a hire craft not aware of the situation turning up and mooring on someone's booked mooring. Will there be a 24 hour presence to check who's there? Will there be signage at the dyke entrance? All very worrying (although not for me!).

Rene and I had a liver and bacon casserole at Surlingham Ferry a few years back. Had to ask for doggy bag, and it fed us the next day! Enormous portions and never disappointed on quality.

The implosion/explosion of the "official" NBF is neither here nor there. As said, certain actions led to an exodus from there to here, and some erstwhile members to leave forum-land for good. If those with the largest axes to grind can find it in themselves to be the bigger person, and wish Richard a return to health, we as a forum should follow their lead. I wish Richard all the best, whatever his health problems.