Elessar
Well-Known Member
Remember the nutter who bought a boat that he said was a plant pot?
“ I’m going to do it up” said he.
“NO” said the collective wisdom of the forum “you’ll never do it”
Defying the odds he proved us all wrong. Even Match was donating parts in the end to give the plant pot a touch of Fairlne quality.
And he decided to test the water and see if can make a living faffing on boats. And I decided to be a customer.
Talking of nutters I bought a Sealine about 5 years ago that had been abandoned in Spain. I fixed it up, it featured on here and in MBY, and was an exhibit at the boat show.
But once I started using it the “to do” list was neglected. I have subsequently fitted a generator and Corian work surfaces. But in the original project I had re veneered about half the boat in Oak, but didn’t complete the job. And I wasn’t finding time to do it. The Corian made the galley woodwork look worse.
So Wayne’s job was to finish the oak.
I have a few observations about this new asset to the marine industry.
1 he’s a really nice bloke. If you get him to work on your boat it’s no chore to spend time with him. He’s unassuming, modest and incredibly calm when, for example, the wind blows his router into the river Itchen. And good company over a beer.
2 he’s good at doing things nicely. He loves boats and takes pride in his work.
3 he’s flipping good value. An outcome of his modesty maybe. I’ve been trying to tell him to put his prices up. For everyone else.
He is based in manchester and charges fuel, so give him something worth travelling for. And he gives a discount if he can stay on the boat. This is recommended as he is housetrained and if he’s on board he keeps faffing once he’s finished his chips of an evening.
Why Bill and Ben? Well of the 7 days he’s been here I’ve spent 3 of them with him helping/interfering and that’s what one of my friends called us. The flowerpot men.
Weed boat repairs? Nope probably not. Anyway pm him if you need stuff doing. He’s called Waynes world.
“ I’m going to do it up” said he.
“NO” said the collective wisdom of the forum “you’ll never do it”
Defying the odds he proved us all wrong. Even Match was donating parts in the end to give the plant pot a touch of Fairlne quality.
And he decided to test the water and see if can make a living faffing on boats. And I decided to be a customer.
Talking of nutters I bought a Sealine about 5 years ago that had been abandoned in Spain. I fixed it up, it featured on here and in MBY, and was an exhibit at the boat show.
But once I started using it the “to do” list was neglected. I have subsequently fitted a generator and Corian work surfaces. But in the original project I had re veneered about half the boat in Oak, but didn’t complete the job. And I wasn’t finding time to do it. The Corian made the galley woodwork look worse.
So Wayne’s job was to finish the oak.
I have a few observations about this new asset to the marine industry.
1 he’s a really nice bloke. If you get him to work on your boat it’s no chore to spend time with him. He’s unassuming, modest and incredibly calm when, for example, the wind blows his router into the river Itchen. And good company over a beer.
2 he’s good at doing things nicely. He loves boats and takes pride in his work.
3 he’s flipping good value. An outcome of his modesty maybe. I’ve been trying to tell him to put his prices up. For everyone else.
He is based in manchester and charges fuel, so give him something worth travelling for. And he gives a discount if he can stay on the boat. This is recommended as he is housetrained and if he’s on board he keeps faffing once he’s finished his chips of an evening.
Why Bill and Ben? Well of the 7 days he’s been here I’ve spent 3 of them with him helping/interfering and that’s what one of my friends called us. The flowerpot men.
Weed boat repairs? Nope probably not. Anyway pm him if you need stuff doing. He’s called Waynes world.
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I couldn't help getting right into the story, although after the first number of pages the pictures couldn't be seen. A great project indeed, and good to see practical support from forum stalwarts like JFM.
