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Polly

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    Sutton Protest.

    in Broads Chat

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    MM, you are one of the nicest people I know and your instinct is always to help.

    I think a friendly word goes a long way, Griff, as you do yourself. Liveaboards I have met have generally been very pleasant, with the exception of a boat that appeared next to Brilliant’s private mooring just after the Jenners Basin unpleasantness. This person was surly and created a formidable pyramid of empty beer cans on the mooring. 
    I would say that the  problem is that ‘help’ as defined by Griff isn’t a practical solution in such an instance. 

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    Herbert Woods - Perfect Lady 9 - Restoration

    in Restoration Projects

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    Yes it is. He sold it to the guy who owned the Wayford Bridge boatyard (John?)

    I recall we were in the reeds waiting to start the 3RR when they realised that there was no cutlery aboard ( not having been part of the sale) . Doug was skippering his old boat nonetheless and I passed him a Tesco bag with spare cutlery on the end of a boat hook. 😋

     Doug’s boats are kept well but woodies deteriorate at scary speeds if not maintained. I guess it’s a good 10 years since he sold it. 
     

    Good luck with the restoration.😊

    Are you at Whelptons? 

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    Uncle Mike / Jaguar

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    Our friendship with Mike started on ‘the other side’ too and carried on over the years. There were adventures, like the time Rondonay’s outboard caught fire. Mike was just up river and available for help. Then there was Chameleon’s trick bunk that landed me in the bilges-mercifully clean! 
    We all shared responsibility for several Forum meets, he was 100% reliable, generous and very very clever-brain like a planet! The quizzers all know about the brain…

    After Phill died, Mike rang several times a week while waiting for Pat to do her retail therapy. The support from him and Timbo and Pat herself has helped me through.

    Meeting Pat was one of the best things that could have happened and she was heroic in her support for him these last weeks.

    His funeral was planned by himself and Pat together and was a quiet and fitting farewell  Rest in peace Mike.

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