Sibs what have you bought

[Seastoke]

[what you bought don't forget to pm me if you are selling radar cheers have good show roy
SOME ONE MUST HAVE BOUGHT A BOAT

 

[lisilou]

A furry hat coz it was so cold. So a grand total of £33 incl lunch....bargain!
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[maby]

A gilet with built-in buoyancy - I usually wear a gilet in the cold weather and have been concerned at the risk of falling into the marina in the cold weather when there are few people around to hear me and the pontoons are slippery.

 

[Firefly625]

New pair of navy blue braided mooring lines, 10m 14mm £35

Lunch for 2 at holiday inn £20

2x Boing rope bracelets (gifts for daughter & swmbo) £55

Parking £5

I thought I had gotten off lightly!

 

[Elessar]

[what you bought don't forget to pm me if you are selling radar cheers have good show roy

I get free parking (I arrive by boat), bring my lunch with me, drinks in the fridge, and then take the boat home again. Fantastic

I bought a new liferaft though - £1700 - at least I didn't have to carry it back to the car. 60 kg was hard enough to carry down the pontoon!!

 

[rafiki_]

I get free parking (I arrive by boat), bring my lunch with me, drinks in the fridge, and then take the boat home again. Fantastic

I bought a new liferaft though - £1700 - at least I didn't have to carry it back to the car. 60 kg was hard enough to carry down the pontoon!!

Yes. Life rafts are surprisingly heavy. The pic on ours shows a person lofting it into the water. Some chance!

 

[AllanG]

New pair of navy blue braided mooring lines, 10m 14mm £35

Can I ask which stand you bought these from as I'm looking for the same when I go to the show on Friday.

Cheers, Allan

 

[Geoffs]

I was very impressed with a methanol powered fuel cell, very tempted, but at £3,500, a bit rich for me

 

[matt13]

Every year I seem to come back with rope, went today and fought the urge to buy some more. Instead I spent £10 on a burger

 

[Firefly625]

Can I ask which stand you bought these from as I'm looking for the same when I go to the show on Friday.

Cheers, Allan

Cricky, that's a tricky one… all they sold was rope, had black banner with yellow writting , pretty sure it was in the holiday inn park, it was between a big cookware stand and was near the joules clothing stand.

 

[Firefly625]

I was very impressed with a methanol powered fuel cell, very tempted, but at £3,500, a bit rich for me

Saw that last year, what a great piece of kit for a smaller boat (like mine!) that cannot take a big diesel genny

 

[Elessar]

Yes. Life rafts are surprisingly heavy. The pic on ours shows a person lofting it into the water. Some chance!

you should have seen us getting it up onto the flybridge. And being new we didn't want to scratch it!

I have taught on boats where the keep a canister raft in the bottom of the lazarette, with not enough room to stand next to it so you have to grab it from below yourself if you see what I mean. Absolutely zero chance of getting it out if you're having the sort of day that needs a life raft.........

 

[AllanG]

Cricky, that's a tricky one… all they sold was rope, had black banner with yellow writting , pretty sure it was in the holiday inn park, it was between a big cookware stand and was near the joules clothing stand.

Many thanks, James!

 

[Talulah]

Cricky, that's a tricky one… all they sold was rope, had black banner with yellow writting , pretty sure it was in the holiday inn park, it was between a big cookware stand and was near the joules clothing stand.

The rope stand was excellent value with 50% off marked prices. One of the very few bargains I saw at the show.

 

[Nick_H]

I was very impressed with a methanol powered fuel cell, very tempted, but at £3,500, a bit rich for me

I got quite excited about those for a while until I worked out how much methanol you need to run them. A litre per KwH, and you have to buy pure methanol from them at £30 for 5 litres. It also seems that if you run them all the time the whole unit needs replacing after a year. The idea of generating electricity on board with zero noise is very attractive though, if bulk supplies could be made available dockside at sensible cost.

I bought an expanding hose pipe instead

 

[Seastoke]

methanol

I got quite excited about those for a while until I worked out how much methanol you need to run them. A litre per KwH, and you have to buy pure methanol from them at £30 for 5 litres. It also seems that if you run them all the time the whole unit needs replacing after a year. The idea of generating electricity on board with zero noise is very attractive though, if bulk supplies could be made available dockside at sensible cost.

I bought an expanding hose pipe instead

i know some one died with methanol with fire in the house is it safe on board

 

[Matt341]

New pair of navy blue braided mooring lines, 10m 14mm £35

Excellent, one of the things on my boat show list, along with some fender socks! Our White mooring lines have gone beyond the cleaning capabilities of the pressure washer so new lines need to be navy! Will look out for the stand.
Ian

 

[Philiz]

Doesn't look like anybody found any new must have gizmos to buy then!

 

[lisilou]

We came away realising we'd not once stepped foot inside the main hall. How the hell we missed that I don't know! Ah well...will just have to go back saturday

 

[Elessar]

We came away realising we'd not once stepped foot inside the main hall. How the hell we missed that I don't know! Ah well...will just have to go back saturday

I'll be there on evenstar on saturday come and say hello