grendel

I hope you catch them (or the police) in the mean time when your new ones arrive, photograph them, note down the serial numbers, make a recognisable mark in an inconspicuous place, and if you can get some of that security marker tape that leaves the mark on even if you peel it off, use some of that to add your postcode and phone number onto the tools, all these things make it more difficult to sell them on and can deter a thief from stealing them. a sign on the tool box saying all tools security marked, plus a sticker on the back of the van saying security camera in use, all are good deterrents.

Sometimes the police are a bit non committal, as they may well have had more reports of the same person, but not be allowed to say, it is possible they have been waiting for an opportunity to catch the person in the act, so fingers crossed they know the perpetrator and feel their collar plus you get your tools back, I know this doesnt help in the short term as you need the tools to work and have to replace them so you can earn a crust today, so even if you do get them back you are out of pocket. maybe you need to fit a tool safe in the back of your van, and keep it locked - even when you are just popping back inside to get the next load of tools, yes a load of faff when you are loading and unloading, but added security for your tools.

my gran had an exit to one of the smuggler tunnels in her upstairs bedroom, there was a circular staircase to get to the upper floors, and downstairs it was within the wall, upstairs the wall went to the back of the staircase, the tunnel went up in the thickness of the wall, she lived on one of the roads leading inland from the seafront.

Yes dont forget to contact harbour control when passing dover, they should tell you when its safe to cross the entrance lanes, I usually take an all band receiver and listen to the port control when I sit up on the cliffs above the ferry terminal at the National trust place at Langdon cliffs, I guess you will be going inside the Goodwin sands for Ramsgate - My Uncle used to be the postman for the goodwin sands (it was part of the shore road round) and used to take the first day covers out there with a fibreglass post box to post and frank them from the goodwin sands.

my nephew wears size 16 they had a great deal of trouble getting him boots when he was in the army, so much so he had special dispensation to wear trainers on parade until the boots were made.

well as Ramsgate (or Dover) are not a million miles I will try and meet up with you on the Sunday, if I know your timings I might even try and sit up on the cliffs at Dover to get some photos as you head up channel. (there is a nice spot there that even has a cafe). I should be able to spot you (weather permitting) as i can usually see all the way to France (watch out for the ferries as you go through Dover - they will seem like a never ending stream and yes they are like london busses - 2 or 3 together).

fire engine red too I see. you are lucky - when it comes to my feet (size 14) I dont get such a large choice.

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me too, I would want to know every nook and cranny and how to access it if I owned a boat too.

sawdust can be compressed into wood pellets, I doubt though that we will produce enough to make a lot. mine is mixed in with brass shavings in the shop vac though.

well, maybe what is needed is a bar of wood across the front, just to stop those doors joggling loose and dropping down into the bilge - oh yes - there was one....well at least you have learned what can happen if its removed.

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my nightmare wood is a form of greenheart, me and a mate rescued 2 8 foot offcuts when they were replacing the groynes at whitstable, my mate got it sawn at a local sawmill, they split it down to 10" x 1 1/2" planks and 5" x 4" posts, blunting 2 sawblades doing so. the big problem was the splinters, get a splinter and within hours it was festering away. the good part is the raised bed I made from it still hasnt rotted nearly 20 years later. when we got it in the back of my van the back end sagged a bit - it took the two of us to lift each bit (and we were quite strong lads in those days)

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This is now done and completed, any unusual behavior from the forum, just let us know. Thanks for your patience.

now I have run the planks created across the belt sander to remove all of the saw marks. the first stage of finishing, once these are cut to shape they will get the final sanding then varnish treatment.

just to let you know that in the near future the site will go offline for a short time so that we can upgrade the site software.

a couple of things - re theelectric, you can get wireless monitors for consumption, a clamp goes around the incoming cable and communicates the power used to a meter unit - I picked one up for a couple of pounds at the boot fair, and can tell you that currently i am using 1.208 kW of electricity. it also provides a readout of power used (just over 12000 units since I fitted it). Alexa - I can just imagine the command - Alexa, take the boat to Norfolk. those wood pieces, they dont bridge a gap over a companion way to fill in a section of shelf maybe. you will probably find where they were meant to go the day after you cut them up and replace that rotten wood in the galley.

well day off today (12.15 doctors appt for blood test, blood pressure etc) and I thought I would convert some teak into cabin sides and as it happens a lot of sawdust. now Charlie didnt tell me that this teak is murder on table saw blades, by the time I had slowly done 3 cuts 3" (75mm) deep to get 4 no 5mm planks, the air was blue with smoke off the blade and everything had a thick layer of sawdust, despite having the saw connected to the shop vac, doors were opened to clear the air, and then the vacuum was used to hoover all the sawdust up. result 4 planks 75mm x 5mm. still to finish the side deck supports and the decks, before the sides will go on.

as above - its cheaper to employ a subbie just for the time you need them, than it is to employ someone full time, and have to pay for the time they take getting to site, taking coffee breaks, and generally sitting on their bottom twiddling their thumbs when there is nothing to do. the subbie is doing the work to a budget, so cuts out the coffee breaks, isnt paid for travel time, so works harder to get the job done quickly.

Robin, when you do finally travel up to the Broads I expect you will have a sailing plan, if so could you post it so that those of us around the coast can wave as you pass (and if you overnight in any of the ports en route we could come and share your hospitality on board / at a local hostelry).

on the Northern rivers, did they not have a measured mile (or was it 1/4 mile) where you could set your revs / speed, surely at some point this might mean for the set revs that you could be exceeding the speed limits (until you worked out the speed), I seem to recall that you could also ask the rangers to pace you (with their accurate speedos) to achieve the same.

the proof as they say is in the pudding - or the hole in this case, yes sharp enough to drill steel bar. - the curly shavings proof enough of the sharpness.

block modified with a 7 degree wedge, this gives a little rake behind the edge. this is the sum of the drill bits I got, at £15 I reckon that works out about 10p each - bargain, other pics show the edge on a drill and the rake behind the edges.

mine was a bright green Lada Riva (estate) and was T boned by a Volvo, the volvo came off worst, the Lada took the front corner including the light right off, the whole side of the Lada was scraped up, but all the doors still opened.