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[solitaire11]

hi folks. just registered, boat kept on river severn at upton

 

[LeytonC]

Yeah, and i bet you have just changes it from a Project 31 (with a bow thruster) to a cleopatra... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

(unless i have totaly the wrong person...)


Welcome to the forums, BTW /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[solitaire11]

yeh thats the one, how you doing, i thiught it was you but didnt realise til i looked at your profile, doh. having the boat slipped back in today or tomorrow, cant wait, it's been a long winter this one.

 

[LeytonC]

i only came out last week, i love the canal - no floods and i have been boating all winter. did you sort out your props in the end?

 

[solitaire11]

yeh i think so, gone to a4,s everybody was qouting all sorts of sizes even volvo penta qouted 3 different sizes on 3 occasions so a4 came out as the average, anyway we'll see this weekend! cant wait. yeh i love it down at your end, coming at easter hopefully although iv'e just noticed llanthony bridge has shut down again with no opening date.. following an incident with a similar bridge... the diesel in the marina has gone through the roof now 63p a litre!! will have a look at seaqbourne on saturday i think..

 

[LeytonC]

Holy moly - 63p a litre thats shocking, better trying slimbrige or stokie - A4s dont sound to bad, i would have thought A4 or A5 - how heavy is Solitare 2? are you out and about for the whitsun week?

 

[solitaire11]

yeh i would try them normally buy we haven't got a licence till 1st april so i dont want to attract the gastapo's attention by going through a lock!!! yeh we should be around, my parents will be with us this time so only flat calms will do, ha. i reckon it to be between 6 or 7 ton, the engines are smaller than first thought being aqd41a's which are 150 hp. ive been reading with interest about this meet and as we have 2 spaniels anybody else should know that dogs are prohibited from landing on lundy... or we would be there, it vlooks great...

 

[LeytonC]

And the weight of the genny and the back wont help, but A4's should be ok - so upton to tewkesbury in 10mins then!!!

 

[solitaire11]

/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif me speed never, ha ha. no we will give it a quick try obviously. where are you lifted out and for how long?.

 

[LeytonC]

Sharpness - next to the main lock, will be lifted in ASAP - got to antifoul, service legs and polish hull, so i am hoping for a good day on saturday!

 

[solitaire11]

well best of luck, going to be cold apparently.. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[LeytonC]

as long as its not wet - antifoul is ok at about 5 degrees - polish is the difficult one