Any news from Preston?

The Birmingham Navy go West, East, North as well as South! We're just keen and think nothing of a 3hour drive to go sail cruising.
Seajet said:
£1689 for a minimum of 8 metres in that god forsaken hole ?

That's over 4 times as much as I pay for a good sheltered mooring in the rather lovely Chichester Harbour 5 minutes row from 2 nice old pubs, a wildlife sanctuary, long coast path & tons of history, hoist in & out, winter storage, secure tender pen,membership and a good clubhouse with cheap beer and nice people...

No wonder there's the ' Birminghan Navy ' of people who drive South !
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JumbleDuck said:
Really? I don't see much difference between "until something else had been launched" and "the launch of another large boat" ... but my apologies if it was misleading.
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Of course it's different. "after another boat has been launched" the crane will pack up and go home. At that point it's too late to pop-up and suggest they do yours as well. These things need arranging beforehand.
Just saying.
 
JumbleDuck said:
How long before the tear-stained "Leave Britney Alone" brigade appear?
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Should we not be commending the over-30s who are learning what reputable sources (well sort of) now refer to as a "new language"?

According to Queerty.com, "with 119,111 Facebook followers, 179,000 Twitter fans, [Crocker is] one of those self-invented social media icons that we love" and that he is "a little messy, more than a little sexy, completely unguarded and fluent in a new language that is changing at lightening speed how we see ourselves and the way the world sees us."
 
Lakesailor said:
Of course it's different. "after another boat has been launched" the crane will pack up and go home. At that point it's too late to pop-up and suggest they do yours as well. These things need arranging beforehand.
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But that was precisely my point. If the hypothetical owner of a boat, Boat A, wanted to escape paying for a ground survey and insurance, he or she might decide to hide away until another boat, Boat B had been launched, in the hope that insurance and survey would by then be in place and all that would be needed would be the lift. This, of course, would depend on a return visit by the crane costing less than half the total cost of the first launch.

This is pure speculation on my part, you understand, and should not be taken to refer to any real boats or persons.
 
JumbleDuck said:
But that was precisely my point. If the hypothetical owner of a boat, Boat A, wanted to escape paying for a ground survey and insurance, he or she might decide to hide away until another boat, Boat B had been launched, in the hope that insurance and survey would by then be in place and all that would be needed would be the lift. This, of course, would depend on a return visit by the crane costing less than half the total cost of the first launch.

This is pure speculation on my part, you understand, and should not be taken to refer to any real boats or persons.
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I'm sure that I read in between posts 10,000 and 20,000 on the Voldemart thread that a ground survey was only relevant at a specific nano-second point in time, not ongoing. Something along the lines of a car MOT, a car may pass but as it drives away it wouldn't pass again if say a lightbulb blew.
 
JumbleDuck said:
But that was precisely my point. If the hypothetical owner of a boat, Boat A, wanted to escape paying for a ground survey and insurance, he or she might decide to hide away until another boat, Boat B had been launched, in the hope that insurance and survey would by then be in place and all that would be needed would be the lift. This, of course, would depend on a return visit by the crane costing less than half the total cost of the first launch.

This is pure speculation on my part, you understand, and should not be taken to refer to any real boats or persons.
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Are you telling me that the days of "hey mate while you are here dropping in that boat, if I drop you £500 can you drop mine in while you are here" are gone?
 
bigwow said:
Are you telling me that the days of "hey mate while you are here dropping in that boat, if I drop you £500 can you drop mine in while you are here" are gone?
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In this case it's more likely that the approach will be "Hey mate, if you give me £500 I'll let you launch my boat and I'll mention you on my Digital Marketing Strategic website"
 
JumbleDuck said:
But that was precisely my point. If the hypothetical owner of a boat, Boat A, wanted to escape paying for a ground survey and insurance, he or she might decide to hide away until another boat, Boat B had been launched, in the hope that insurance and survey would by then be in place and all that would be needed would be the lift. This, of course, would depend on a return visit by the crane costing less than half the total cost of the first launch.

This is pure speculation on my part, you understand, and should not be taken to refer to any real boats or persons.
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Now, if we are talking about non-real boats then any scenario will be possible.
 
I need a new fresh water tank. I don't suppose anyone fancies sponsoring me? I promise I'll write your name on the tank*.


* Your name may, or may not be written on the tank. There may not even be a tank. What's a tank, anyway?
 
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