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Here to say hi just purchased this yesterday yet to take her out on the water. Any advice well appreciated as new to this.

 

I’m currently in the search for a volcano bolt lock if anyone knows of anywhere to get one cheap please.

 

 

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ChrisB

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Hi Lucy, 

Your boat was built in my old stomping ground of Chichester Harbour. The vast majority of Dell Quay Dorys were just that, open dorys.

I seem to remember that when they introduced the cuddy like yours they named it The Fisherman.

I wish you many happy hours afloat.

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stumpy

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Welcome Lucy - never seen a DQ dory with a lid on. I had an 8' one to get out to a trot mooring on the Deben - very clever "un-tippy" boats,mine was a hoot with an outboard on!

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ChrisB

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I, running with the tide, and against a half gale and with a slightly too big outboard accelerating hard got everthing just right or wrong and "Donald Campbell" ed one. Very sobering seeing whole boat pass over your head, the 5 gallon fuel tank falling would have done for me if it had got me. Treated it with a lot more respect after.

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Lucywoodhouse40

Lucywoodhouse40

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Welcome, nice looking boat! Many happy hours 'messing about on the river' to you and yours :default_beerchug:

Thanks Ray it will do us to begin with the previous owners had the canopy made with makes it a lovely boat for us. Looking forward to getting on the broads with it hopefully soon


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Hi and welcome to the forum.

I Googled "volcano bolt lock" for you and there are all sorts of places selling them from Ebay to Amazon and various chandlers. They are not cheap at around £60-£70 each but very effective in deterring thieves.

Its a good idea to register your engine with Norfolk Police and mark it up with Smart Water or other security products of that ilk too.

Happy cruising! That looks a very roomy little craft for its size especially with the canopy up. Just make sure that if you are cruising with the canopy up you allow a few open studs at the front and possibly the back fully open to blow out any engine fumes. It is better to take on half a pint of rainwater than make yourself ill with the fumes. 

Lucywoodhouse40

Lucywoodhouse40

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Hi and welcome to the forum.
I Googled "volcano bolt lock" for you and there are all sorts of places selling them from Ebay to Amazon and various chandlers. They are not cheap at around £60-£70 each but very effective in deterring thieves.
Its a good idea to register your engine with Norfolk Police and mark it up with Smart Water or other security products of that ilk too.
Happy cruising! That looks a very roomy little craft for its size especially with the canopy up. Just make sure that if you are cruising with the canopy up you allow a few open studs at the front and possibly the back fully open to blow out any engine fumes. It is better to take on half a pint of rainwater than make yourself ill with the fumes. 

Thanks for the info yes saw them on eBay was just hoping for cheaper but I suppose you can’t but a price on stopping thieves! Ok that make sense I’ll let my hubby know


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