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Post by Telemachus on Nov 25, 2020 9:40:18 GMT
OMG it was a modern copy !!! that is dreadful ..... speaking as the owner of a genuine historic vessell (1929) Pah !!! a copy and he tries to look down on someone else .... ridiculous But at least my boat is a genuine thing, and everything on it is made for a functional purpose. It is not an imitation of something else, with 'false' rivets, etc. Oh the irony!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2020 9:58:58 GMT
@tonyc two words to remember next time someone with stick on rivets starts sounding forth, Washer Josher Just refer to their boat as a WJ and ask how many washers have been knocked off. This will have added resonance with a Hawkins owner as their boat is not based on a Josher 😷 With one or two exceptions they are the worst in the snobbery brigade. Anyone got a link to the my boats better than his meme? The one which imitated that I look down on him "class" video ?
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Post by JohnV on Nov 25, 2020 10:08:28 GMT
But at least my boat is a genuine thing, and everything on it is made for a functional purpose. It is not an imitation of something else, with 'false' rivets, etc. Oh the irony! No ... it's steely
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2020 10:08:51 GMT
@tonyc two words to remember next time someone with stick on rivets starts sounding forth, Washer Josher Just refer to their boat as a WJ and ask how many washers have been knocked off. This will have added resonance with a Hawkins owner as their boat is not based on a Josher 😷 With one or two exceptions they are the worst in the snobbery brigade. Anyone got a link to the my boats better than his meme? The one which imitated that I look down on him "class" video ? Yes
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2020 10:11:55 GMT
I remember it but don't know where it is.
I think it referred to Springers narrow boats.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2020 10:14:12 GMT
I remember it but don't know where it is. I think it referred to Springers narrow boats. And "working" boats etc
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Post by Telemachus on Nov 25, 2020 10:15:48 GMT
No ... it's steely Alright then, irony with carbon.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2020 10:55:00 GMT
...the chain smoking navi looking types with a can of stella in one hand, 5 days stubble, 5weeks trouser wear and a filthy layer of something on the inside of their windows... How could you know? I haven't been through Manchester yet....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2020 12:02:45 GMT
I have an ex hire boat and couldn't give two monkeys what people think, I do like the tug style boats with big open decks but any others I'm not really fussed about, the boat thing for us is enjoyment, enjoyment of moving our little holiday home around the country when we like, its fitted out with modern materials as that s what we like, it has a big solar panel as that's what we need.
Does need a new paint job though, which is booked for next August/Sept, maybe ill paint some little black dots all the way up the hull, make it look cool with rivets.
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Post by Trina on Nov 25, 2020 13:58:10 GMT
If you add "I'm a self build hotel boat" into the mix, I promise you their comments can often be even more derisory... although not always to my face - but I DO hear them chuntering to the good lady bosun things like "oh god it's a hotel boat - they think they own the canals'"or "Mary - it's another half with self builder ... it won't even be fitted out inside yet I bet"... They often like to tell me my know won't hold too... that's a particular favourite. Thing is, it's not always the historic boat brigade that do that... quite often it's the chain smoking navi looking types with a can of stella in one hand, 5 days stubble, 5weeks trouser wear and a filthy layer of something on the inside of their windows... I'm usually able to smile politely and say nothing about the collection of "things that might be useful" on their roofs - cause quite often I look at some of the paraphernalia and think "ooo that might be useful" and I'm envious.... However when I pull alongside and see the state of a washing up bowl with a 1cm ring of GREESE 3/4 of the way up it (ignoring the state of the draining board/surrounding areas) I have been known offer a bowl of hot soapy water seeing as they don't seem to have any.... childish I know but it does take the wind out of their blustery sails. The above said, I still love the encounters - oddly enough, the stoned grp folks are often the most friendly sorts and despite being demonized by the "I've been boating for 40 years" still manage to bring life (and an element of fun) to the water ways... whilst mr and mrs Patrena bonkers boaters stand in a lock shouting at each other and clearly not enjoying their journey out of the marina for fear of knocking a bit of blacking off a rubbing strake or (heaven forbid) another boat touching them. I'm a bit worried about the Patrena bit,it rhymes with Trina or even worse,my full name which is Katrina ! Not us gov,honest...
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Post by JohnV on Nov 25, 2020 14:04:39 GMT
maybe ill paint some little black dots all the way up the hull, make it look cool with rivets.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2020 14:06:54 GMT
I'm very disappointed that none of the "replica boat builders" have chosen to go around the boat with a big hammer and whack dents in it at strategic locations.
This would improve the authenticity no end.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2020 22:57:42 GMT
I think I give off a 'beginner' vibe. A few weeks earlier I had a guy literally yelling at me because I was using the large hole in the windlass instead of the small hole. What you want to do here is say "Show me which hole," and when he gets close say "What's that over there?" and point and when he turns round hit him hard with the windlass. My first day or so, I was pondering what to do next, with my windlass in hand, old guy comes along with dog and starts instructing me, I handed him the windlass and took his dog, I said :I don't know which way it turns, you do it." He tried, got a bit redder and said "it's stuck" I think I'd worked that out by myself , but yes you do give off "beginner vibes" but that can lead to people helping you!
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Post by Jim on Dec 2, 2020 17:45:25 GMT
I'm very disappointed that none of the "replica boat builders" have chosen to go around the boat with a big hammer and whack dents in it at strategic locations. This would improve the authenticity no end. Go round and do it for them. Your efforts will be appreciated when you tell them it's raised the value of the boat. Where's Telemachus moored, you could practice on a friend's first. PS, I have a paving maul, big rubber head on a shaft. It would be silent. Not as effective as a 14lb sledge though.
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