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Post by tonyqj on Nov 27, 2016 19:44:19 GMT
I've deleted some of my posts because they were about me and Foxy having a bit of fun. No problem with that but as this is in the new to boating part I thought it was best to delete my posts. I'll delete this post as well or I'm quite happy for the post to get into a discussion about deleting posts. You'll have to go a long way to beat MM. He deleted himself!
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Post by bodger on Nov 27, 2016 19:52:59 GMT
why can't we enjoy your banter too?
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 27, 2016 19:56:58 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2016 20:03:19 GMT
There is no reason why others can't enjoy the banter. I just suddenly thought that maybe I should keep the banter to the Pit rather than let it spill out into other areas of the forum. The banter happened naturally and was good natured, I'm used to regulated forums and I'm still trying to work out what 'self regulated' means. Don't tell my anything goes - otherwise the forum will be off air very shortly!
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Post by JohnV on Nov 27, 2016 20:09:15 GMT
One of the things I enjoy about this forum is the way that the chat ebbs and flows naturally, it wanders off into little byways but eventually wanders back onto track again. It's very much more like chatting to a bunch of mates in a pub rather than the restrictions of the other place. I don't think anyone gets bothered when threads get sidetracked as a natural result of banter between mates
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 27, 2016 20:16:09 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2016 20:20:24 GMT
Heh, try this: geddit??!! I've become so used to being in that type of jacket that I have forgotten what freedom is! I'll learn...
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 27, 2016 20:21:20 GMT
Couldn't get picture of canal to be fixed.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2016 22:51:32 GMT
Good boat fitters don't use MDF anywhere. Unlike tbe incompetent sods that built ours.
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Post by patty on Nov 28, 2016 6:41:52 GMT
My boat didn't have full fit out as i wanted free space and didn't want to many cupboards, the guy who did mine had been working in boats for about 25 years..she was lovely inside...although I didn't live aboard I wish now I had never brought horror house and moved aboard the boat. There are bits of her that didn't work..main one I think was having stove just inside the door...bedroom t'other end cold as the heat never got that far. I should have had bigger inverter than I did...but if u cc thats not really so important I guess.... The best bit about my boat was having a breakfast bar and high stools cos I sat there all the time when moored...I could see out and write, though I guess raised dinette works as well but I thought they always looked to train carriage ish Solar panels would be good. Ah and the great debate..I think pump out toilet as cassettes kinda heavy to lug and didn't always find anywhere to empty. She was lined with I think..no cannot recollect without delving in the file...if i can find i will post again...anyway I should have put more coats of varnish particularly near kitchen area as i always forgot to point kettle spout out into the room so it didn't steam its way up the walls. Bow thruster does help particularly in the wind when winding..mind u I broke mine one side(panic mode overuse) first time I used it and never missed it..my driving improved. Go onboard lots of boats but when you narrow down take some one who knows where to delve and what questions to ask with you. Read loads....
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 28, 2016 8:07:39 GMT
Our stove is in the middle of the boat. I have sometimes thought it a bit off to have a stove in one far flung corner of a boat. Then why not have two stoves, one at each end?
Cassette toilets can be emptied in the bogs at Marks & Spencers, or Debenhams.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2016 9:11:12 GMT
Our stove is in the middle of the boat. I have sometimes thought it a bit off to have a stove in one far flung corner of a boat. Then why not have two stoves, one at each end? Our stove (Morso Squirrel) is at the front but it has a back boiler which feeds a radiator at the other end using two gravity fed pipes (out and return). The pipes also act as a radiator. Nice and toasty with no pump to go wrong.
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Post by Telemachus on Nov 28, 2016 11:04:53 GMT
Our boat builder offered two levels of fitout, one was primarily solid wood (eg tongue and groove sides and roof), the other veneered sheeting which is cheaper. However personally I prefer the clean lines of sheeting rather than the busyness of tongue and groove in a small space. So that's what we have and in fact the bulkheads etc are veneered blockboard rather than ply. The floor is ply though. There are small hatches under the carpet at each plumbing connection (eg where the radiator pipes connect to the main heating loop) and such places are a good opportunity to see the edge of the ply. A quick visit to B & Q will show you what rubbish quality ply looks like. Good quality ply whether marine or not (though preferably the former) it in a different league in terms of the number of uniform layers and solidity.
When we first looked at getting a new boat at the budget end of the market we had a look round a demo boat. It was all very glitzy with marble worktops and shiny lighting, however as soon as you delved just slightly under the surface it was rubbish with MDF fittings and nasty cheapo wood such as you would find in B&Q, amateurish joinery. When you leant on anything it flexed, whereas everything in our current boat is solid and if anything over-engineered.
So to start with I think it can be hard to look at a boat and see the quality (or not) beneath the glitz, however that ability comes pretty quickly with a small amount of experience.
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Post by peterboat on Nov 28, 2016 11:23:19 GMT
Wellputt Nick which is why I bought my boat rather than a colingwood sailaway Lynn didnt understand quality is more than skin deep
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Post by lollygagger on Nov 28, 2016 11:31:45 GMT
And why I bought an older but solidly fitted and equipped boat rather than newer and for my budget inevitably less well fitted out.
Tongue and groove was a must for me, it's somehow more boaty.
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