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MOTORVATOR
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116 months
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m0ssy said: MOTORVATOR said: Obviously your first child.  I assume you mean St Cats. Will there be much going on around there or are you planning an epic run up the River Lea to get in the thick of it? yes all in at St Kats. Bearing in mind the Olympics open that day I would imagine there will be a fair amount of people as a minimum and will be a great atmosphere, will probably be able to see any fireworks going off in stratford, good ship Velocity has 8 on board that day/ evening, really glad the sea toilet is back in!  I believe PLA rules are that between the 16th July and 16th September you can only be on the Thames between Richmond Lock and the barrier if you have pre-booked with them and actually have a destination berth between those points. So if I am correct bere this in mind if planning a little trip into London  So come on the Motorvator... are you going to telephone St Kats and get the SS booked in for the 27th July? What next to a boat with a screaming new born aboard. Let me think.  Truthfully I can't really book anything in at the moment. I have a couple of weeks with the family in mind early July probably down to the south coast and across to channel islands weather permitting. A weekend in Calais, The annual Medway piss up, a week up to Norfolk to see the six fingered reatives and a hope of getting down to the Cowes Torquay race late August. That and a weekend entertaining clients in Ostend in the hope of attracting some business to pay for all the diesel involved! So with trying to fit all that round the weather I've given myself a busy (Unachievable) season already. Oh and don't talk to me about PLA rules having gone through the mill with trying to organise a powerboat race in the outer reaches. No notice to mariners on what you posted as they probably realise they are overstepping their remit with that one. For an organisation that supposedly promotes recreational use of the river they don't do very well in my book.
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Simpo Two
54,239 posts
134 months
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MOTORVATOR said: a week up to Norfolk to see the six fingered reatives Ah well you see that would be an ideal time to check over the HMS Simpo II and see whether or not it's been made right... one hour tops and a free cup of tea, I mean gin.
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MOTORVATOR
3,330 posts
116 months
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Simpo Two said: MOTORVATOR said: a week up to Norfolk to see the six fingered reatives Ah well you see that would be an ideal time to check over the HMS Simpo II and see whether or not it's been made right... one hour tops and a free cup of tea, I mean gin. You're right, I'll give you a buzz if we finally decide in our gin addled stupour on a Friday night to brave the scary North Sea. To help things along can we discuss the size of this cup?
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m0ssy
Original Poster
903 posts
61 months
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MOTORVATOR said: You're right, I'll give you a buzz if we finally decide in our gin addled stupour on a Friday night to brave the scary North Sea. To help things along can we discuss the size of this cup? Will you be comfortable motorvator being that close to the bank on a boat?
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MOTORVATOR
3,330 posts
116 months
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m0ssy said: MOTORVATOR said: You're right, I'll give you a buzz if we finally decide in our gin addled stupour on a Friday night to brave the scary North Sea. To help things along can we discuss the size of this cup? Will you be comfortable motorvator being that close to the bank on a boat? I have a plan to drug his tea, out through the Wash and him wake up in Amsterdam but don't tell him.
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Simpo Two
54,239 posts
134 months
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Mm, safe... A sea of soft lush grass has a significantly lower DF (Drowning Factor) than a sea of, er, sea. 
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Bacardi
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145 months
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Simpo Two said: Mm, safe... Safe? Are you sure that's not on a trailer parked in a meadow? MOTORVATOR said: Simpo Two said: What a difference! OK, so that's 3 boats out of four ready to go Unfortunately google doesn't return much along the lines of "completely refurbished gin palace complete with fitted labrador, hot and cold running thai birds, runs on fresh air, would swap canon prime lens (FD mount), money my way" so we might be waiting a while for the fourth. Close enough, but a Flat Coat Retriever and Singapore Airline stewardesses (knowing my luck going Thai, I'd just end up with a ladyboy). The real deal breaker is I'm completely out of FD lenses! ...but never say never...  Oh and Simpers, I think you need to think in terms of 'bucket' of gin rather than cup... knowing Mr MOTOV8R's reputation.
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MOTORVATOR
3,330 posts
116 months
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He could have saved himself a lot of heartache with the specification if he'd just stuck with a set of wheels on the bottom.
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Simpo Two
54,239 posts
134 months
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mickrick
2,469 posts
42 months
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Ooh! been away for a while. Don't she look pretty with her shiney new topsides and clean bottom!  Good job! I've been a bit busy myself the last week. Prepping over 200 sq meters of hull for antifouling. A big job for two of us. Glamour jobs eh? Working for the rich and too tight to pay the yard.   Congratulations on the forthcoming arrival by the way!
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