AntarcticPilot
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WELL over 25 years ago - I recall seeing them at the Southampton Boat Show when I was still living at home with my Mum and Dad - that's 40+ years ago!
Goodbye to Tinker inflatables ?
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WELL over 25 years ago - I recall seeing them at the Southampton Boat Show when I was still living at home with my Mum and Dad - that's 40+ years ago!
jwilson
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They seem to be alive and kicking on http://www.henshaw.co.uk/
Perhaps it's just an old website page now removed at the URL you looked on.
JSYmartini
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Henshaw are still going, I think it's just they've stopped making Tinkers.
I can't find any mention of Tinkers on their website anyway.
clyst
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They stopped making tinkers a while ago . I think they now make heavy fendering for commercial boats .
Boathook
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I seem to remember that Tinker repairs, etc was done by a company in Lymington after Hewshaws stopped doing it themselves. As others have said their service was good.
Giblets
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Tidewaiter2
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+1, got their details somewhere-and the canopy and sailing hardware in the garage- but not the mast, rudder, and c/board-a 'deadmans kit' clear out the garage sale to us via a friend- the bottles were corroded alas, and hard to get refilled anyway.
Good pair of oars with it, captive rowlocks, rows well, steady platform for an increasingly unsteady tenderer
Rosa
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+1, got their details somewhere-and the canopy and sailing hardware in the garage- but not the mast, rudder, and c/board-a 'deadmans kit' clear out the garage sale to us via a friend- the bottles were corroded alas, and hard to get refilled anyway.
Good pair of oars with it, captive rowlocks, rows well, steady platform for an increasingly unsteady tenderer
Likewise-still have most of the kit and corroded bottles. Any suggestions as to what to do with them? The council recycling centre won't take them as they're still full and as they're corroded I can't empty them.
Tidewaiter2
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Well, you could try your local Royal Logistics Corps ATO depot-interesting challenge for them to defuse.
Failing that contact your local Fire & Rescue Station, BOC or one of the other commercial gas suppliers- any of those MIGHT appreciate them as a damage control training exercise, esp as gas contents are inert, and you know length of service etc.
Worth a go?
Rosa
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Well, you could try your local Royal Logistics Corps ATO depot-interesting challenge for them to defuse.
Failing that contact your local Fire & Rescue Station, BOC or one of the other commercial gas suppliers- any of those MIGHT appreciate them as a damage control training exercise, esp as gas contents are inert, and you know length of service etc.
Worth a go?
Thanks for those suggestions-worth a try. Or Free cycle -people seem to take anything that could be sold at a car boot sale.
Or a boat jumble-now there's a thought!
Tidewaiter2
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penfold
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No idea about disposal, but quick release valves and bottles are a generic liferaft item; liferaft service places have these things on the shelf if you want to keep the functionality.
sarabande
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Traveller liferaft pieces ???
are you guys saying that you have the liferaft kit ?
I hav ea Traveller, with the later sailing rig, but might be interested in the canopy if it's available.....
are you guys saying that you have the liferaft kit ?
I hav ea Traveller, with the later sailing rig, but might be interested in the canopy if it's available.....
dulcibella
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Scott at Rib Repair (Lymington) has the spares and did a great job in refurbing my tinker.
