Andy135

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I did indeed.

I did. 14.7v at 2k RPM. High enough that I didn't bother testing any further. Will change the R/R for the new one as soon as the last o-ring arrives from Germany. I re-disconnected the dodgy R/R unit and reverted to the combine switch for charging this trip.

Yessss! You'll do nicely 🤣👍

A relatively leisurely 6.30am start today to head down to the boat. The forecast was for 7mph early doors rising to 13-14 by about 2pm, and I wanted to be back in the marina before then. Nice and calm in the marina heading out. But once out of the lee of the Harbour and with a following wind the sea turned decidedly choppier. I headed round to Browndown where I'd have some protection from the ENE wind. Anchored up by the Browndown Buoy and fished the southern wreck. Didn't have to wait long for the rattles to start... After the recent chatter about uptiding I had taken mine along and gave it a chuck. Amazingly I even managed to catch on it... And that was about it as far as fish went. A couple of plate sized whiting came home, and a live-bait sized one... became live-bait. But nothing wanted it. As the tide increased I noticed a rip appearing to my stern, with a flock of birds working over it. Too far for me at anchor today but worth a better look another day. As the morning wore on my baits remained pestered by whiting and, sadly, unbothered by unicorns. As the wind picked up in the early afternoon I headed back in, topped up the tanks and called it a day. Sorry if you were reading this expecting pictures of cod - guess I caught something bigger than a whiting today after all! 🤣

The Elite Ti2 range has a single NMEA2k port and also wireless networking, but not sure if that's of any use to you. If you buy second-hand, make sure you do go for the Ti-2 version. The first Elite Ti version has no networking capabilities whatsoever.

Well, let that be a lesson to you then. 8kts in a 6kt zone! You deserve everything you got... 🤣

Fantastic photos Geoff, and what a lovely car! Looks very classy in that shade of white. Like the Old English white of the MG's but slightly more cream in it. Very nice. The GT6 is pretty rare these days. A shame that more of them haven't survived. Thanks for digging out the photos and posting them 👍👍

Agreed. Question is whether it will be strong enough once the hawse hole has been cut out, and whether there is enough drop for the rode.

Yesssss!! 👍👍😁

Might be worth giving Warrior themselves a quick call. They would know if it's possible, if it's been done before and if so, how.

Shame about the blank but well done for trying. 👍

Lovely car! Very nice lines and a 6 cylinder lump to make it go. Got any pics?

Yep, he's gonna mill a pair of dog's bollocks into it, just for you... ⚽️⚽️

Dogfish withdrawals I'll have you know!

Pah! Auto-correct and you know it! No apostrophes were erroneously inserted into that sentence 😋.

Yep, Tyrrell P34. Awesome stuff. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrrell_P34

Its Geoff, its. Not it's (it is)... Possessive not contraction. 🤦‍♂️

Jon I think you missed the fact that I saw them at the Silverstone Classic. Clearly these were around before I was born... but you already knew that. 😉 https://www.silverstone.co.uk/events/the-classic

Now those were truly amazing machines. A few (quite a few) years ago I was given a free ticket to Silverstone Classic where I first came across these clever interpretations of the rules of the time. The six wheeler and the fan car are quite spectacular from an engineering and driving perspective. I also remember the crab car with two small radiators either side and in front of the nose cone. Not quite sure what that was all about but interesting to see nonetheless. My main memory though was of seeing (and hearing & feeling) a DVF spark up in close proximity. Sheer petrol-hedonism! 🥰

Bad luck. Stick up a report from today them you get a chance. Keen to hear more about how you got on (and how your boat got her nickname 😉).

Ooh! Now you're talking! Stick up a "look what I bought" post when you got it home. 😉

You out tomorrow too then? 🎣🎣 Don't forget the report(s) 👍

Well, at least you got out. Still sounds like a decent session though, even if you were upstaged by @Odyssey and @Andy_B. Just saying like... 😁