grendel Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 well all full of the hype I decided to take a trip to the kent boat jumble at paddock wood, after parting with my £5 entrance fee, i could see that it wasnt the huge event that the advertising had promised, there were maybe 30 stalls, mind you there was a good representation of stuff there, sadly nothing broads related, and a lot of it was spares for sailing boats. I did come away with a couple of new mooring ropes, pre spliced loop on the end, one 13.5m and the other 14m, and I also snagged a box of 55 brass or bronze screws, no 22 x 3", all of which will go into Water Rails restoration / repair kit (there is quite a healthy stock of Brass screws aboard now, in all sizes as I pick them up when i spot them) all of which are then available when work needs doing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 Of course, pictures are obligatory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Good to see "proper" brass screws - sadly new ones not a patch on the old! Indeed yards like Colin Buttifants long since switched to stainless because of the quality of current brass ones 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 if i see good brass screws i get them, i did have to pay a fair price, but for the old ones i think its worth it. I have just looked up the equivalent 8mm x80 brass screws, and the cost for the quantity I got with VAT was £93, I paid less than a third of that and got the decent old ones to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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