Tinbasherdan
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What boat is it? I miss mine
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The_Yellow_Ardvark
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What boat is it? I miss mine
I know were there is a glass bottom boat, so you can go look at it again.
Tinbasherdan
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I don’t need one of those to see where it went, I’m sat on the bloody sofa I sold it to pay for!!!I know were there is a glass bottom boat, so you can go look at it again.
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17ft with a 40 on it, engine was goosed and I had the money to either buy a new outboard or the sofa, the sofa won. Hull wasn’t worth much on its own
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Please don't let us see the end product!!
I used to drive past that place often, when I lived down on the East Coast. Can't say it's one I've ever tried since I prefer the smokey, peaty Islay ones.
Enjoy!!
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I've had one of those become very intimate with the front of my jumper once - scared the excrement out of me
And, the best part of today, I’ve acquired a paid weekend to Shetland.
Parked near Arbroath tonight awaiting tomorrow when a Scottish haulier is bringing me a sectional phone mast on our short body. Great piece of kit, you drop the trailer then with the crane you lift the body and sit it on 4 twistlock posts, (same as shipping containers sit on), that are part of the subframe for the crane, and it turns the artic unit into a short wheelbase rigid lorry. Superb for accessing very tight sites, makes the rig ultra versatile.
And even better, the installation is on Monday, but Sunday’s overnight ferry from Aberdeen is full, so I’m on tomorrow night’s ferry, which gives me most of Sunday to indulge in birdwatching and whisky drinking. And Monday night’s ferry back to Aberdeen is full, so I get most of Tuesday to play out as well.
Thus, I admit to being a happy chappy today.
I have fond memories of Shetland. When I was involved in the rating of golf courses on behalf of the Scottish Golf Union a small team travelled up to perform the rating exercise [basically assessing the degree of difficulty from the perspective of a scratch and h'cap golfer - I won't bore you all with the details here]. First time we were billeted at the Busta House Hotel www.http://www.bustahouse.com/ but on our return trip [we had to return if the Club made any course changes] we were in a different place, the name of which I forget.
The usual format was we would be out on the course all day filling in all the measurement forms etc, then after our evening meal we'd sit and do the paperwork in preparation for the next days assessments and play at least a few hols to get a feel for if we'd got it right. It was usual to have a postprandial drink, and seeing as there were three or us, well......
The first drink arrived & mate #1 went to the bar to order. I'd asked for a Lagavulin, this was consumed and mate #2 went off to get his round in. When the drinks were bought [same again all round] I though mine looked like a double and I asked him if that was what he'd ordered [I'd had my suspicions looking at the first one]. "Just what Sandy had ordered".
When my turn came, I made a point of watching the barmaid and realised she'd being using a sherry schooner as a measure
- I didn't say anything, well I didn't want to embarrass the poor young lass. There was also a sign at the edge of the car park which read "Please do not park in the bar"
Happy days!!
I've had one of those become very intimate with the front of my jumper once - scared the excrement out of me
I have fond memories of Shetland. When I was involved in the rating of golf courses on behalf of the Scottish Golf Union a small team travelled up to perform the rating exercise [basically assessing the degree of difficulty from the perspective of a scratch and h'cap golfer - I won't bore you all with the details here]. First time we were billeted at the Busta House Hotel www.http://www.bustahouse.com/ but on our return trip [we had to return if the Club made any course changes] we were in a different place, the name of which I forget.
The usual format was we would be out on the course all day filling in all the measurement forms etc, then after our evening meal we'd sit and do the paperwork in preparation for the next days assessments and play at least a few hols to get a feel for if we'd got it right. It was usual to have a postprandial drink, and seeing as there were three or us, well......
The first drink arrived & mate #1 went to the bar to order. I'd asked for a Lagavulin, this was consumed and mate #2 went off to get his round in. When the drinks were bought [same again all round] I though mine looked like a double and I asked him if that was what he'd ordered [I'd had my suspicions looking at the first one]. "Just what Sandy had ordered".
When my turn came, I made a point of watching the barmaid and realised she'd being using a sherry schooner as a measure
There was also a sign at the edge of the car park which read "Please do not park in the bar"
Happy days!!
This will only be my second visit to Shetland.
The first was a couple of years back and was just an “overnighter” when I dropped some kit off at a subbies yard and was back at Lerwick before dinner time, so I’m looking forward to having a bit more time this weekend. Had I have known in advance I’d have put my scuba kit in the truck, but it went in for service and MOT this week and I had to strip all my gear out so they could tilt the cab over safely
. Considering I don’t travel light, it’s a bloody awful job that takes well over an hour and fills my van to the roof 
, and putting it back is even worse .Thankfully I remembered to put my old walking boots and my binoculars in, so I’ll hopefully get some birdwatching in, and probably be up as it’s coming light tomorrow morning for some cetacean spotting as the ferry approaches Lerwick. And if I’ve offended the Weather Gods, the fridge is full of good food, I have the aforementioned bottle of Tullibardine and I picked up a new Clive Cussler novel last night.
As you say, happy days
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How much did it cost you in the end to build the hull?
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Try getting to the centre point on the boat, it helps reduce the pitching/rolling effects if things get choppy, a bit of a gimball effect.
But you probably know this already, so....
Good luck
But you probably know this already, so....
Good luck
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Crossing too and from jersey was always entertaining.
One trip had several groups of scouts returning from a trip.
I retreated outside to escape the smell.
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About £1,300 all in. Aalco for the cutting and metal was about £1000 of that.
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Just another book on how to be a sly scammer, like those at evangelical schools.
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You can’t see the important parts, but this morning I acquired a new coil and condenser to get this little beast running. Another from my late grandfather he never had much success getting it running due to the coil being shot. Once I finally worked out why it wasn’t sparking after fitting all the new bits, one swing on the handle and it fired up straight away. Bit smokey to start with, quite a bit of oil had run into the exhaust area from the sump from being sat on a slope for probably 15 or 20 years.
Also to add this is going to be a wipe over with oil restoration, still some original paint remaining so it would be a shame to spoil it with a shiner paint job.
Also to add this is going to be a wipe over with oil restoration, still some original paint remaining so it would be a shame to spoil it with a shiner paint job.
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