New Toy

[shan]

About two and a half years ago, we got our first grandchild.
There are now three of them.

We thought it might be fun when they are older to have a swimming pool at the back of the boat.
I was thinking of one of those "Mission" smaller pools first
One like this

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And a bigger one as the grandchildren get older.

But coincidentally, a couple of weeks ago, someone posted a second hand Jobe Pool on our marina forum.
Maybe the grandchildren will be too little at first but, because the Jobe Pool was available and actually located a few boats away from us, I bought it!!

So, it has been a fun few days for us adults - working out how to use it.
There is quite a strategy involved but here are some photos from yesterday.
See what you think.

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Anyway, it works.
There was about 15 knots of wind at the time the photos were taken.
The biggest problem is storage.
The pool has a net built in which makes it heavy when recovering so we used the crane to get it out when we had finished.
I need to make some bespoke lifting strops with carabiners etc to make the operation slicker.

I love the idea. It was Mr Shan's fault I was stung by a jelly fish in Thailand. On the plus side, he forgot to fill the tender engine with fuel and had to paddle back after going to get me Cortisone cream.