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Kam, I have got your life jacket at home. I paid Mark for the pair so that'll be

I hardly ever drink alcohol much any way, being a diabetic it raises my blood sugar and I nod off to sleep I certainly remember in the 'no speed limit' days Poole attracted no end of chavs in their 18ft 150HP chromium plated tart traps, that most of them were well hissed by the end of the day. Mad Mike

Re the arrest of a skipper of a small cargo boat........... When he was breathalysed by marine police he was found to have 136mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit to sail a ship is 35mg, lower than the drink-drive limit of 80mg. Does this limit apply to us idle pleasure boaters? Mad Mike

Have a look at 4560028371 on ebay. Might be a bargain for some one? Mad Mike

I wouldn't mind a look please Alun. Can you get these at a good price then? Mad Mike

What the heck happened to global warming and the prdicted 'Mediterranean like' climate we were 'sposed to get?? Who was the bloke wot shot the Albatross is what I want to know? It is now over halfway through the year and where have those long sunny days with light zephyr like winds gone? Answers on a plastic mac' to depressed of Kinson. Mad Mike

In a cloud of fragrant and curiously attractive blue smoke Mad Mike

Bang goes the neighbourhood then! Mad Mike

Aluns the man? I must be dim, I have missed the point Mad Mike

If you get there first leave them on the table. If I get there first I'll pick them up off the table to save you the trouble. by the by, How much did you agree with Kam and do you want feeltheey kash or will a cheque do? Mad Mike

ROTFLMAO Kam with an invitation like that who could refuse! Mad Mike

Reaching for the Savlon Duncan tells a tail........mistake! Yes it worked great but do not do this in shorts!!! Mad Mike PS sorry about the theiving 5hits!

Only if you got crystals in yer knickers, a picture of Uranus on the wall, and say things like "empowered", "meaningful relationship", or "working together to common need". Mad Mike

Don't worry Will, in this club there's plenty of people that'll tell you where to go if you shadow them out to there favourite mark Jokes apart, I know you will get loads of help and advice, and some of it might even be usefull Mad Mike

Kam, your a hero It was just one that I realy need, I said I would have a pair 'cos I thought they were a set like you did. Whatever price you agree I will pay half of if that's OK with you. Actualy if you can not make the meeting on Thursday, I can pay Mark for the pair and hang on to yours untill you find a good time to come down. Naturaly I will pick the best one and leave you with the grubby one because lets face it I'm just like that . Mad Mike

Mark regrets.....not got much anyway and the gear that i have got is not worth much . Trust me Mark, we must both use the same sorta gear! Any way, cash waiting for the life jackets if Kam decides against them. And if he does have them and I drown I hope he realises IT WILL BE HIS FAULT! Mad Mike

If Kam does not have them I would like them please Mark. Let me know about any other bits you want to sell as I am fitting out. Same applies to tackle. Mad Mike

Geoff, here's a little wrinkle (don't worry I have lots and am happy to get rid of one. Sorta like plastic surgery)........ Get whats called a 'turning block' (a cheap second hand one will be best) and fix it (bolt or tie it well so it can't slip) to the very back end of the trailer. Then get a length of rope about he length of the boat plus a bit for knots. thread the rope round the pully block so the rope is turned 180deg (turning block see!) and both ends of the rope are about 2/3rds of the way to the front of the boat. Now tie a loop in one end and fix a strong shackle on the other end. To use....... On arriving at the slip and removing all boat tie downs, if the slip is shallow sloped. Release the winch rope from the boat and undo it until it can be hooked on to the loop in your nice shiny new 'launching tingymejig rope', the shackle end of the rope then needs drawing up (by letting more winch line out) so it can be shackled to the bow eye of the boat. I bet your there already! Yep , you winch back the winch line you let out and hey presto the boat is pulled BACKWARDS down the trailer to about the 'half way off' mark. Either get your feet wet or do a teetering tightrope act down the trailer and undo the shackle , give the boat a shove and there she is floating away on the tide because you, YOU TWIT forgot to hold on to the bow rope Mad Mike

I've only done this to bump it to the top again. I guess there is going to be more advice on this one than you could shake a stick at......... Mad Mike

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Thanks guys I knew I could count on the right answer from you lot. Mad Mike

Will hopes...Hopefully out this Sunday, but might be next Sunday. I know the feeling Will. Mark my fishing/half owner expected to have a week free to share the fitting out. Then he got a couple of jobs that paid too much to say no to, so here I am doing it all on my own Mad Mike

I may well take you up on that offer if it rains and I cant work outside on the boat. Ta everso Mad Mike