The Full Circle 'Eat the Cupboard Tour' 2014

MoodySabre said:
West of Cardiff. My son lives in Saundersfoot and I got some tins at a local shop.
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I used to bring back laverbread from Newport market when business took me that way, and a local pub in the Chilterns used to have it on the menu occasionally, but I had not realised one could get it in tins (20p per 10g I see on Amazon!). Oh well, I suppose I must accept that I've swopped fresh laverbread for fresh samphire!
 
I am SOOOOOO glad that I threw the 1986 tins of indeterminate contents away before the next time FC boards the good ship PoH..... I don't think I could stand the pressure at opening time... a sentence that, thinking about it, i've often uttered about him.... :D
 
sailorman said:
A good cheap yard ( specially for cash) on the port hand just before Goes, the train runs through there too.
look out for the large yellow crane
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Spot on Roger. We are whipping the boat out tomorrow morning, standing it on the dockside for a couple of hours (don't need a cradle!!) The Young Engineer will be the Boss, and I am the Assistant. He is 74.
Shaft and rudder alignment check. Toss the Tides seal in the drink, fit the good old Volvo one.

More on scran consumption later.

Whole thing including jet wash 200euros. Bargain.
 
FullCircle said:
Spot on Roger. We are whipping the boat out tomorrow morning, standing it on the dockside for a couple of hours (don't need a cradle!!) The Young Engineer will be the Boss, and I am the Assistant. He is 74.
Shaft and rudder alignment check. Toss the Tides seal in the drink, fit the good old Volvo one.

More on scran consumption later.

Whole thing including jet wash 200euros. Bargain.
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have you mentioned that no invoice is req.
we are awaiting an exhaust injection elbow. none in frigging England or Scotland :disgust:
 
sailorman said:
have you mentioned that no invoice is req.
we are awaiting an exhaust injection elbow. none in frigging England or Scotland :disgust:
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I had mine repaired by Ken Wickham down in Southend... Member of the Roach Sailing Association, has his own fabrication company.
 
FullCircle said:
I had mine repaired by Ken Wickham down in Southend... Member of the Roach Sailing Association, has his own fabrication company.
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mine is bottom fed & a lot of rotten cast iron, the spigot has gone after grit blasting i have used epoxy metal to bond on a s/s spigot but still have a drip drip on the 2nd attempt.
its an ok get you home fix but we are home :rolleyes:. i wouldnt set out as it is.
tha first none did 600 hrs ( 6 seasons) this one is 5 seasons. I should have had one in my scran bag already.
bottom feed isnt a brilliant idea
 
+1 for the Volvo stern gland

Unlike everything else Vilvo Penta, their double lip seal stern gland (known by them as a rubber stuffing box!)is the bees knees and comes at a very reasonable price. The reason is that it follows the most basic law of engineering: "Simplest is best".
 
PeterWright said:
Unlike everything else Vilvo Penta, their double lip seal stern gland (known by them as a rubber stuffing box!)is the bees knees and comes at a very reasonable price. The reason is that it follows the most basic law of engineering: "Simplest is best".
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Nothing to beat the simplest of all, good old traditional stuffing box. Mine can be cleared up after a weekend with a sheet of kitchen roll, and that doesn't get wetted out, and if it goes wrong, screw the greaser down loads...
 
So, a quick update - this stuffing your face lark isn't as easy as you think when you are putting your mind to it.
We haven't eaten out since Middelburg until lunch today - couple of beers and a plate of cheese quesadillas with light cream cheese and chilli sauce in the square here in Goes.

Last of the baked beans and the chick peas have gone......
Last night we had Doinnean from Dover aboard for a chilli con carne, and only managed to use up the last tin of kidney beans.
Breakfast has been good with decent bacon sliced to UK spec from the market, and some really good spicy sausages from the Albert Heijn supermarket, supplemented by eggs mushrooms and tinned tomatoes.

This morning we had fries eggy bread and a tin of bacon grill, that went down a treat, and tonight we have had a large tin of saucisses aux lentilles with fresh new pots and braised celery. Quickly followed by delish apple cake & cream.

Up early ish tomorrow for the 9.00am bridge opening, then we are heading for.... ermm, dunno yet. Suggestions taken for the Oostschelde area.

The 'cupboard, although no longer bulging, is still disconcertingly full. Of particular concern is the 4 tins of marrowfat and the 2 tins of mushy peas. Need to work on that a bit.

We have also now run out of the marginally outdated yellow beer, so that is a blessed relief.

It's a tough challenge, but someone has to do it.




Final thought: If the supermarket prices for food, and the wages are similar, why does it cost a bloody fortune to eat out here? Still pondering that one.
 
FullCircle said:
So, a quick update - this stuffing your face lark isn't as easy as you think when you are putting your mind to it.
We haven't eaten out since Middelburg until lunch today - couple of beers and a plate of cheese quesadillas with light cream cheese and chilli sauce in the square here in Goes.

Last of the baked beans and the chick peas have gone......
Last night we had Doinnean from Dover aboard for a chilli con carne, and only managed to use up the last tin of kidney beans.
Breakfast has been good with decent bacon sliced to UK spec from the market, and some really good spicy sausages from the Albert Heijn supermarket, supplemented by eggs mushrooms and tinned tomatoes.

This morning we had fries eggy bread and a tin of bacon grill, that went down a treat, and tonight we have had a large tin of saucisses aux lentilles with fresh new pots and braised celery. Quickly followed by delish apple cake & cream.

Up early ish tomorrow for the 9.00am bridge opening, then we are heading for.... ermm, dunno yet. Suggestions taken for the Oostschelde area.

The 'cupboard, although no longer bulging, is still disconcertingly full. Of particular concern is the 4 tins of marrowfat and the 2 tins of mushy peas. Need to work on that a bit.

We have also now run out of the marginally outdated yellow beer, so that is a blessed relief.

It's a tough challenge, but someone has to do it.




Final thought: If the supermarket prices for food, and the wages are similar, why does it cost a bloody fortune to eat out here? Still pondering that one.
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Zeirikzee is worth a visit then perhaps Bruinesse ( first hbr through the lock)
 
Gladys said:
+1 for Zierikzee
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Us too - although we tend to moor in Colijnsplaat as there is a very good 'fishermans cooperative' chandlery there. Seriously inexpensive, good quality kit from brushes to batteries, shackles to shoes. There is a ferry that goes to Zieriksee from Cilijnsplaat too.
 
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