JanetAnne

All sound advice above yet the only image currently stuck in my head is the episode of Only Fools and Horses with the blow up dolls that kept inflating automatically...

I think you meant to use this one Tim...

In the water looking stupid is not my strong point however, ON the water looking bloody stupid?... I mastered that years ago

The key to any winter/full cover is ventilation. There is no point in saving your nice curtains and cushions from sunbleaching only to have them go mouldy! Your cover needs to be able to breathe. It also needs to be easy to use. Something fiddly and time consuming will tend to get left off when it's raining or you are pressed for time etc. A decent cover will mean your boats exterior is always clean and ready for use of course.

That Timbo has got it easy, all Royal Tudor needed was a freshen up and a lick of paint. Now this one is more of a challenge....

Got to be aft cockpit just for sheer ease of single handed cruising. Most moorings are now stern on and aft cockpit puts you right where the ropes are etc. My choice would also be the Elysian 27 or one of the derivatives based on that hull. Plenty of beam so superbly stable and enough keel to stop the wind making a laughing stock of you! BMC on a shaft... Spacious... Huge production run and fitted out by many different boatyards meaning an extensive range of layouts. And, for your suggested budget, you would really have the choice of the cream of the fleet.

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Safe journeys to you all. If everyone makes it who intends to there will be 28 of us on the quay head! See you there

And there's me with a nice new shiny Go Pro to test....

Viking you are brilliant!!! Have just ordered a solid wood chess board kit and a similar backgammon board kit. When you said marquetry kit all became clear. Well done

You dont sleep in the bed in winter then?

The most unusual and most useful thing we have aboard is a couple of those citronella burning lanterns. Light them when you sit out in the evening and the mozzies move on to the next boat

Talking of which, guess who is doing the calender again this year? So, start collecting your snaps together and about the beginning of October we will get the ball rolling.

At home we have a coffee table. Yes, don't we all, but a local chap used to build these and donate them to the hospice shop to raise funds etc. They are beautifully made and he built a number of them over the time but he is now, sadly, no longer with us. I guess he was a retired cabinet maker or similar. Anyway, the point of all this is that we get a lot of use and pleasure from playing on this little table and so we want to put something similar into JanetAnne. And here is our problem. There is always something more urgent, more important, more time consuming to ever get to actually make all the parts needed. There are 124 parts plus the crib board ( which we already have) and so I wondered whether there is someone out there with time who would be interested in getting involved?

Knew it! Day off eh? Your boat may be only 12th the size but you seem to have developed the same illness all us wooden boat owners have... the need to fettle! Just seems your condition is not to scale

He sailed all the way, couldnt get the engine started. The "on 10 ltrs of fuel" bit means he was sat on the tank!

Mugs are ordered, programme coming together nicely and show paperwork all under control. Quiz sheet is formulating - always a harder challenge to put together than to answer! Is it really only 9 days to go?

If I had hired and discovered that my yard were charging more for their supplied diesel than one of the other suppliers on the network I would brim the boat before returning it. Its nothing to do with saving the few quid, more the principle. If you aint making enough money out of my hire that you need to jack the fuel prices as well then maybe something needs to be looked at.

He turns into a pumpkin

Best you get those clogs tied a bit tighter then old chap. You will know when we start, there will be an appeal on the forum for anyone interested in sharpening their woodworking skills to come and play! I am quite sure you need another restoration in your life?

Still got my eagle awaiting restoration. I met Adrian who was the apprentice at Jenner's when the (4) Eagles arrived to be updated into Sea Smugglers. He was going to find out some photo's, I will chase him up. Golden Eagle is still around down west. Not seen her personally but talked to someone who had seen her last year. She is now blue and white and modified but the lines are still clearly there. My Eagle is in a very bad state and probably beyond restoration but we will give it a go and see where it leads us. Anyone got some spare oak? Lol

Your stern on mooring is booked. Please make sure you have a mudweight to stop your bow swinging into the other boats on display. Sadly we are unable to raise the mud to a 1/12th depth for you... On this occasion we have decided to waive your mooring fees. It's not the 1/12th scale receipt that's the issue, the harbour master is unable to hold the 'to scale' pen to write said receipt and therefore can not charge. Water is available should you need to top up during your stay, however, we request that you provide a suitable fitting or adapter to match the flow rate to your requirements to prevent 'flooding' Should we be able to help further please contact us in the usual way. We are available, obviously, for 5 minutes in every hour.

There is no sheet of perspex in door three?

Think of it as a positive, they all knew she's a Broom