Wish I was a boat Mechanic, but not this one !

[DAKA]

I visited Swanick marina recently and was impressed by the cars parked around the boats, I assumed they belonged to wealthy boat owners or Yacht Brokers perhaps...............that is until earlier this month when a Porsche 997 c4s complete with personalised plate (its a Swanick thing) turned left out of Swanick and took off over Bursledon bridge embedding itself into the bridge shortly after landing , wealthy boat owner.............. no a poor boat mechanic !

Anyone from this forum know anything ?

 

[Firefly625]

I visited Swanick marina recently and was impressed by the cars parked around the boats, I assumed they belonged to wealthy boat owners or Yacht Brokers perhaps...............that is until earlier this month when a Porsche 997 c4s complete with personalised plate (its a Swanick thing) turned left out of Swanick and took off over Bursledon bridge embedding itself into the bridge shortly after landing , wealthy boat owner.............. no a poor boat mechanic !

Anyone from this forum know anything ?

my instant reaction is to smile.... but i hope the f'ing idiots didn't involve anyone else in their little escapade!

 

[DAKA]

my instant reaction is to smile.... but i hope the f'ing idiots didn't involve anyone else in their little escapade!

Good point, if there are injuries (other than pride and being embarrassed about overcharging ) then please let me know and I will delete.

 

[gordmac]

Don't know about 997s but 996s can be had for less than £10k, probably cheaper to own than a £10k Mondeo too.

 

[volvopaul]

I visited Swanick marina recently and was impressed by the cars parked around the boats, I assumed they belonged to wealthy boat owners or Yacht Brokers perhaps...............that is until earlier this month when a Porsche 997 c4s complete with personalised plate (its a Swanick thing) turned left out of Swanick and took off over Bursledon bridge embedding itself into the bridge shortly after landing , wealthy boat owner.............. no a poor boat mechanic !



Anyone from this forum know anything ?

From the feedback I got and I was in Weymouth harbour ( so not me i dont own a porsche) at the time there were three other vehicles involved, a friend was at cabin boatyard Saturday evening , it was the berth holders b b q, a loud bang was heard so they rushed to the road to see a Porsche with its offside wing and front all over the road , a BMW, a Peugeot and something else all acted as his brake so to speak. I did see some pics the day after as our friend joined us in Weymouth.

Talk in the trade and ill stress its only talk reported he had had a few beers at lunch and that CCTV footage had been requested from companies in the area by the police.

Thats all I know.

 

[P4Paul]

 

[benjenbav]

I visited Swanick marina recently and was impressed by the cars parked around the boats, I assumed they belonged to wealthy boat owners or Yacht Brokers perhaps...............that is until earlier this month when a Porsche 997 c4s complete with personalised plate (its a Swanick thing) turned left out of Swanick and took off over Bursledon bridge embedding itself into the bridge shortly after landing , wealthy boat owner.............. no a poor boat mechanic !

Anyone from this forum know anything ?

Sure it wasn't the valet parking guys, like this?

 

[Racingfrank7]

From the feedback I got and I was in Weymouth harbour ( so not me i dont own a porsche) at the time there were three other vehicles involved, a friend was at cabin boatyard Saturday evening , it was the berth holders b b q, a loud bang was heard so they rushed to the road to see a Porsche with its offside wing and front all over the road , a BMW, a Peugeot and something else all acted as his brake so to speak. I did see some pics the day after as our friend joined us in Weymouth.

Talk in the trade and ill stress its only talk reported he had had a few beers at lunch and that CCTV footage had been requested from companies in the area by the police.

Thats all I know.

Henry is your man on this subject but from my experience of 997 4s you would have to have had a few or got it seriously wrong at the off.