Afishionado Posted February 6, 2007 Report Posted February 6, 2007 The new boat when she arrives (MR BETTLE ???) will be called Pride of Morpork II Boy is the time dragging To try and make it go faster I have been buying bits and bobs that will be needed to fully commission her. I now have an angry wife a very small bank balance and a conservatory so full it looks like a boat jumble. Mad Mike Quote
Adam F Posted February 6, 2007 Report Posted February 6, 2007 Original! When's the due date Mike? Quote
Afishionado Posted February 6, 2007 Author Report Posted February 6, 2007 Original! When's the due date Mike? According to Mr Bettle who said "Trust me son, would I lie to you John, I'm a profeshnial aint I" He absolutely guarantees it (On my life John) for no later than April 1st. With all this in mind I guess it might be mid June Mad Mike Quote
TomBettle Posted February 7, 2007 Report Posted February 7, 2007 ....but did we say what year? She is being lovingly looked after at our Southampton office right as we speak. A team of the finest craftsman are tinkering with her and making her all lovely just for you Mike. Anytime you want (give me a call first so I can ask the squatters to move out for the morning) you are welcome to go down and stroke her beautiful lines or tickle her transom. Tom Quote
duncan Posted February 7, 2007 Report Posted February 7, 2007 cripes if she's going to take 2 months to get from Southampton to Poole will she be fast enough for Mike's ambitious fishing plans? Quote
TomBettle Posted February 7, 2007 Report Posted February 7, 2007 (edited) Now now boys and girls. Mike is very well aware he could actually have his boat anytime in February and WILL get his boat in March. The date Arpil 1st is actually a strategic one as it coincides with berth availability. The problem with March is that everyone who has ordered a boat between September last year and March itself wants to take delivery then. This means that getting an actual date until a fortnight or so before is really tricky as we are juggling all the hand overs, making sure the boats are tip top, organising engineers, delivery skippers and instructors and it all gets a bit chaotic. Mike's hand over will be an absolutely superb day. He will have to endure a rather dull hour or so with me drumming in the importance of title documents and original paperwork and then we actually go to his beautiful new baby and have a nose around any features he is not yet familar with. At that point I hand over to one of our more skilled instructors (yes believe it or not there are better boat drivers than me... not many, but some) and Mike will have as much of the rest of the day as he feels he needs with an instructor onboard. He can practise anything from high speed running, to trimming the engine in different circumstances to shallow water maneouvering to close quarter handling all with a knowledgeable helping hand. This extra special cuddling at hand over is actually not unique to Mike (sorry Mike), every single customer should get the same experience. ...There are the odd exceptions to this rule and it tends to be when too many people get involved. Fellow club member Mark Bennett had an interesting hand over day on his boat "Espadon". It started with no one really knowing what was going on and ended with me putting his boat up on the mud outside Mitchells!!!!! ....Fingers crossed that Mike's hand over goes according to plan! Tom Edited February 7, 2007 by TomBettle Quote
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