Andy135

In today's mobile-connected society it's the work of less than 30 seconds to fire off a text message to a seller asking for all sorts of photos. No real effort required therefore much easier for tyre-kickers. From a seller's perspective they might have three or four requests for extra photos, so they have to got to the boat, take specific pics and send them on to some random on the internet that they then never hear from again. All that effort for nothing. I had this when selling cars in the past. Serious buyers pick up the phone in my experience. It shows the seller that you're not just a tyre-kicker and therefore it's likely worth their while to send extra photos.

According to the government it's likely that older outboards will be affected. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/e10-petrol-explained As I understand it, the E10 grade will speed up the deterioration of rubber fuel lines if they're older than 2011 or not E10 compatible, so use E5 super unleaded instead. I expect marinas will start supplying E5 and charging even higher prices for doing so. You could in theory change your fuel lines to E10 compatible ones but as all marinas will likely stock E5 instead of E10 it won't make any odds.

Yes please. Or even better, a flexi tent.

It was more the long sleeve tee's that I'm interested in knowing the sizes for. For the hoody I'll just re-order in the same size as I already have.

Good work Neil. Long sleeve t-shirts 2x grey, 2x white please. Plus one more Hoody in grey please. Do the suppliers have a size chart available?

Very good. 🤣

Sounds a bit cryptic Jon. What do you reckon the catch is?

Could be a viral video in the making there 🤣👍

Indeed. I gave the seller of my current boat a call instead of emailing or texting him, and he said he'd had loads of speculative emails but considered phone callers more seriously as buyers so he prioritised them over replying to a random text or email. Still annoying if a seller doesn't respond to a voicemail or pick up the phone though.

You could try apolloduck.co.uk. If you PM me with your requirements I'll post them up on my boat club's private WhatsApp to see if anyone can be tempted to sell or knows of one available.

That about sums up my feelings too 🤣

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.standard.co.uk/news/world/gorilla-glue-girl-warning-tiktok-tessica-brown-hair-b919085.html%3famp

Honestly, it won't be long before some nitwit tries Gorilla Glue to cure the runs. What was that girl doing putting it in her hair FFS?!

Ouch!! So some previous owner did a bodge with an aftermarket thruster?! Sorry to hear but at least your man can put it right... silver lining and all that. 👍

Aw, come on now. It wouldn't be that bad! Might even be an opportunity in there somewhere.... "Ivan's Dogging Charters" has quite a ring to it... 😉🤣

Good news Steve 👍

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Somewhere out there, there's a dogfish with my name on it... 🐶🐟

🤣🤣 whatever gave you that idea??

More than just rejoicing I reckon...

That's a huge consolation actually. Always fun to see you blank 👍

So it looks like 29th March is when we'll be allowed to travel out of our local areas, so that means I'll be allowed back to the boat. Good that we've got a date to work towards but... it's still 5 weeks away 😬😭

Lovey fish! What did it take, bait-wise?

I can sort out the stickers for you Steve. PM inbound.

I've heard the same Steve. Was forwarded a couple of photos of decent-sized plaice from a couple of boats over the weekend. Fingers crossed we can get out there safely soon.