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all i can say is i wish all the jobs i've had to do on this boat were as easy as doing this i asked a couple of the guys down here at Goodchild where i am for advice on how to do it and they supplied the rope stuff the right size and told me how to do it it took a matter of 10 mins once i'd figured out how to undo the big nut and that it has a locking nut on it woo hoo next job trying to figure out how to bend ally fender strips round 90 degree bends and the bow of my boat without kinky it :~

thanks Jim i'll give them a ring

thats a pity actually thats the one we want but it's just tooooooooo expensive i'm waiting for a chap to get back to me from ebay but as usual when your waiting they don't reply lol

i'll be getting the pvc 50mm wide with the coloured insert prob be black and black if they do it yes i'm at Goodchilds just given the boat a coat of undercoat woo hoo had to give up as i couldn't see where i was painting lol where are you then?

kool thanks for that much cheaper than i've found anywhere else i had looked on ebay but was putting the wrong info in

i tried wilks they are mega expensive for some reason rubber is really expensive at the minute 1 chap said the chinese are buying it all for some reason the pvc is cheaper than the rubber at the minute which is handy as i'd prefer the pvc with coloured insert but even that is 350+ if i can knock it down to under 300 i'll be happy (well not happy but happier ) lol

ringing them now

ok brill thanks when i'm feeling brave over the weekend i'll give it a go

Anyone know a place where i can get cheap rubbing strip from? annoyingly i need 21 mtrs had quotes for 350-400 mega ouch cheapest was from walker rubber so far

ok kool next question how on earth do i do it lol and whats the correct grease thanks Antares i knew you'd be around somewhere

we got our dog one as we're out of water now and thought it'd be easier to carry her up and down the ladder it isn't btw lol but i also thought it's always handy to have although she can swim (the wifes dropped her in twice lol ) you should of seen the dogs face when i put the life jacket on her it was a right picture lol i can't find it at the mo but will keep looking it's well funny

Hi my shafts drip with water so while i'm out i thought i'd have a look i managed to get to it sort of and take a few pics there's 2 but this one was easier to get at hopefully they are both the same can they be tightened or do i have to swap the seal/bearing or whatever i have no idea about these as you can tell lol thanks

Hi how do you tell what sort of sender you have on your water/fuel tanks? i'm going to change my gauges on tuesday when ASAP open and i'm not sure what type to get? i gather it's done via ohms? i have a digimeter if so how do i test it please this is the fuel gauge i have at the mo http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fuel-Tank-Gau ... 5d30150b31 many thanks steve

Has anyone heard of this ???? there was a boat that sunk near breydon that was insured and he paid the premium to a broker. the broker pocketed the money and never paid it to the insurance company hence the poor chap wasn't insured the boat had a split intake hose and when the chap realised the back end was nearly under water so he stuffed it in the reeds but most of it went under so the complete interior is shot to bits not sure if it was someone on here or if anyone else heard about it? i just wondered who the broker was just in case anyone else used them

it was 6mm there was a tiny 6 stamped inside the gypsy really hard to see and took a while with a magnifying glass to figure out if it was a 6 or an 8 even the wife struggled old age and failing eye sight is not good lol got some 6mm chain delivered yesterday and it fits a treat can't wait to get the boat painted and start fitting some of this stuff i keep buying lol

They haven't had a death in 33yrs in that squadron and scarily the pilot was 33 yrs old as well. What a hero he was though to stay with the plane to make sure it didn't crash into houses etc and not eject until the very last minute thus giving his life to save others, exactly what these great true hero's are trained for. May he rest in peace and thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Emma and family that are left behind may they find peace in the knowledge that he died a hero and as Gavin said doing something he loved dearly.

i'm in nr34 as well and now only have 105 channels i'm sure we had more than that before the re-tune on a positive note now i'm at Goodchild's temporarily we can actually get a good signal 24/7 while at wrc most of the time we couldn't get anything apart from analogue

ok brill thanks i've just rung them and they are popping out within the next week to give a quick measure as they are working down this way were they expensive? my rails i want are 700mm high by 1.7m in length with a return of 500mm if that makes sense lol

Hi anyone know anywhere around yarmouth area or surrounding who makes the guard rails for boats? i can't find any that fit my boat so looks like i'm going to have to get them made up thanks steve

i just measured the slots where the chain runs and it's roughly 35mm in length and 300mm in width

following on from this topic how do i know what size chain i want for this windlass? thanks steve

and after a visit to Asda yesterday eve DO NOT do what a hire boat did and try and pass on the inside of the markers while at low tide i had great fun watching the poor RNLI try with no luck to pull them off the mud i did feel sorry for the RNLI and the boat company who where there also trying with no luck when we left Asda they'd all gone apart from the hire boat which still sat there with no-one on board markers are there for a reason

i have to admit i have every song he made and every film my mum bless her soul loved him to bits and even had his music played at her funeral so i was brought up with his music and to this day still love the music it's funny cos you listen to other stuff then when one of his songs comes on the radio etc it just brings you to life at least the oldies you can hear the words and it's not drowned out by harsh bass etc am i showing my age yet????????? lol

i will be getting gauges that all match so it's not really the design it's more of what do i need? ie amp, volts and or battery condition etc

Hi i'm trying to figure out what gauges i actually want/need its for the battery/charging side of the system at the minute i have an amp gauge fitted on each engine -60 to +60 i have 3 battery banks 1 bat for each engine and then a set up of 5 x 110ah for the domestic side i'd like a gauge so i know whats left in each bank obviously although really i just need one for the domestic bank so what do i need? amp volts or battery condition? thanks