All your suspicions about Henley finally confirmed ?
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apollo
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Love the boat name, looks like he succeeded
oldgit
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Wonder what sort of boat,no trace on Mr Sheads listings ?
Lets guess,almost certainly some sort of soapdish Sealine or Binliner probably on outdrives and a super loud sound system
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Chris_d
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The boat is a large Sunseeker an early shaft driven 35 ft San Remo I think with two huge growling Caterpillars, it is moored above Henley at Shiplake.
He was pissed and decided to get revenge on everybody by driving at 30knts through Henley past all the boats moored overnight on the booms and elsewhere at 3am!
The fine was patheticaly small.
He was pissed and decided to get revenge on everybody by driving at 30knts through Henley past all the boats moored overnight on the booms and elsewhere at 3am!
The fine was patheticaly small.
oldgit
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Will immediately add Sunseeker to my list of likely miscreants in the interests of fairness.
Chris_d
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I was actually admiring it earlier the same evening as it cruised around the booms making a lovely burble at idle speed, he must have completely lost it to do what he did.
mlines
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Lets guess,almost certainly some sort of soapdish Sealine or Binliner probably on outdrives and a super loud sound system
You need to add in Regal to your list
Chris_d
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Sulley
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Good job I have just sold my Binliner with super loud sound system!!
mlines
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"edited to remove incorrect boat identification"
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Chris_d
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Pretty sure it's not Big Buddah that was a yellow San 33 on out drives, Attention Seeker is bigger and on shafts with side exit exhausts, actually having googled it probably a Travado of 80s vintage with either cats or Detroit diesels, very distinctive sound, Moored in Val Wyats so have a look next time your down.
ianc1200
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oldgit
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You need to add in Regal to your list
Oooo Yes Regal......
Biggest pile of Poo I ever bought.....All those mistakes in one H.O.S.
Sports boat
Twin Petrols with raw water cooling.....until it corrodes internally.
Outdrives that let more oil out than in.
Cast iron risers and a hoover motor to raise/lower legs......when it felt like it.
Hydraulic rams that doubled up as anodes.
American made with everything held together with with Bostick
Hopeless design leaked like a sieve and dangerous to move about on .....all at the same time.
Cost a fortune in money and spent 50% of its time ashore being repaired.
Arrghhhh....Thanks for bring that up......NOT.
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Ramage
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Oldgit had the Reliant Regal.... 
sidaorb
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So they don't constitute nav lights then?
oldgit
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Oldgit had the Reliant Regal....
Probably more stable more waterproof and a vastly more reliable than the "Regal" I had.
Makes me cringe every time I think about the horrid thing....
its all flooding back now...the transom was totally rotten due to water ingress and violently flexed every time you opened the throttles,the windows let in more water than they kept out and the cabin roof flexed and buckled as you risked your life clambering across it.
The aluminium fuel tank was fitted directly on top a couple of fabric strips of insulation,this got damp and allowed tank to corrode,whereopon it leaked petrol in to bilge.
The tank was glassfibred into the floor and needed a chainsaw to remove deck and then a grinder to release tank from bilges.
The cabin interior was lined in a sort of Teddy Bear fabric constantly trying to detach itself due the weight of the water soaked into it.
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CX54WEK
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Yes they do. They help you navigate back from the pub after dark
See, you can't lose the boat with the lights on. Spot Naughty-Cal.
oldgit
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You seem to be in desperate need of a couple of Lumishores..........to complete the light show....
byron
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True and honest to goodness thread drift. It started on the appalling behaviour of a very inexperienced boater and ends up discussing the merits of a boat.
ianc1200
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Byron, reading his Facebook pages it seems he might be a bit more experienced than you think, which makes it all the worse. Nice little report about this in the Telegraph today.
