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    23 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    jumpugly,
    love the figure head would have loved her on my small 21 footer cabin cruiser when I had her on the Norfolk Broads๐Ÿ˜‚not sure the wife would have approved though. But the Bison, that is my favorite wild animal. Beautiful animals far too few left in the world these days.

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    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    I went straight for Russia as that is who I thought would have been the the one with the largest fleet of Subs. Only to get it wrong.I have been floating at 96% for the last few days questions, and now dropped down to 92%. Bummer. I would have thought if not Russia it would have been America, never in my mind come up with China.

    I have also now just Googled this and according to Google this is what the answer has come up as.

    Russia has the largest submarine fleet in the world, with 65 submarines, followed by the U.S. with 64 and China with 61. Together, these three countries account for 40% of the world's submarine fleet.

    So who is correct?

    But it also says that America has the largest fleet of Nuclear powered Submarines in the world, 66 in total. So that beats Russia's 65 Submarines, So what is the answer,
    If Google can contradict itself then who can get it correct ???
    I'm lost completely.

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Hi MouldBuilder,
    There was a time I would have agreed with you on that.
    I am now married a third time, believe it or not back to my first wife, this time round, yes we find we can both negotiate around things very well together now. I WAS the problem in my first marriage, along with the other women that I was associating with.
    I am a one woman man now, The problem now is a shed full of still about 26 model boats, I am now slowly sell some off. I have sold 6 already.
    We went to a boot fair once and she told me NO MODEL BOATS TODAY. okay I said, I looked at the hull of a 4ft Percassa MTB several times and the guy said the 4th time my final price is ยฃ10. She then said to me okay here you are and she gave ME the ยฃ10.
    I love her to bit's. I will NEVER sell all of them and she knows that.
    I have just bought a MacGregor II digimax and has turned out to never have been used. What a bargain that was, it is going to go in my Aerokits Sea Queen.

    ๐Ÿ“ Recently hand surgery
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    I had my Carpal Tunnel surgery done about 10 years ago now. It was a great feeling once the thing was sorted out. No repercussions from it now But I think I wouldn't be able to play a guitar my hand isn't that nimble, but it is nice to be able to sort different coins out in my pocket where before it was done I couldn't do much at all as I had not gone to the doctors and put it off for over 5 years. I struggled because I didn't like the idea of being awake when they done it, but when I had it done I thought I was an idiot as it wasn't that bad. The surgeon said it was one of the worst he had done, that was because I left it so long. Then I got Trigger finger on the same hand, had that done whilst I was awake, piece of cake. Nothing to worry about. It's just I just don't like the first injections. I have a needle phobia, I have passed out once in the past. ๐Ÿค” I even passed out once when I was with my brother in law when he was having a blood test and they couldn't find a vein.

    ๐Ÿ“ Fairey huntsman steering
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Do you only use the three bladded props? Your brass prop does look a little aggressive with it's pitch. I found using two bladded props and taking several different size props and swapping until I got the response that I wanted. I took the standard props as well as the ones marked with the s on them as they used to give a better response and speed as they are the sport props. I liked to play about with different props just for the fun of it. I have a bag of assorted different sized ones. This once again is just a suggestion NOT a criticism.

    ๐Ÿ“ Fairey huntsman steering
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    I see you say that the boat want's to roll over. I used t0 get that on my Huntsman and my Spearfish. Someone told me that if I trimmed the rudder front leading edge off up to the down shaft and then round the bottom of the leading edge, that this would stop it from digging on the turns and wanting to roll over. I tried it and it did work. From then on I have done it on every model boat I have built. This is just a tip you could try. I am not criticizing your build at all so I hope that you do NOT take offence to my suggestion. Happy modelling and boating ๐Ÿ‘

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    s0 which sail was the correct one, I was out all day and never got the chance to attempt an answer?

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    2 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Oh well a nice run at 100% and finally got it wrong. I went for the HMS Bounty. So I now drop to 96% it will take forever again to get back up to the top again.

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    2 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Hi Simple Sailor,
    Wasn't John Barry also a band leader and song writer, ๐Ÿคฃ๐ŸคฃMidnight Cowboy, You Only live Twice and the James Bond Theme amongst others. ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜‚. Sorry for my sad sense of humour. But being a music lover that was the first person that came into mind when I saw the answers to the question, and why put his name there. As I know very little about the American Navy. My dad was in the British Navy.

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    2 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Peter47, it was only a few weeks back I was on 96% for 2 days I think and for no reason at all it dropped down to 93%.
    It's a weird way this is worked. Someone has tried to explain it, but it still makes no sense to me, I think it was something to do with a 30 day score or something??? I don't really know, I think they just take it from you for the fun of it.

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    2 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Roy, it had tried to be explained to me in the past about the %, and it seemed to loose me.
    I have red your explanation twice ?? and when I got to the end I was even more confused.
    I did start a third time but I just gave up. For some reason , my brain doesn't get it. I do admit on some thing's I will accept I'm just thick I suppose.๐Ÿคฃ
    You say it's just numbers. For about 2 weeks I was a t 93% then I answered a question right and it Jumped up to 97%. Two correct questions later it dropped back to 93% I was shocked. I stayed like it for a while and then with a good few right answer's it went to 100% and it has stayed there for nearly 2 weeks now. I am starting to think I can take off my dunce's hat. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ

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    3 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    I cannot see that up to now you haven't had any replies about what type of propellor to use?
    I may be wrong and I would think that someone will put me correct. Four bladded propellors I would think would be used on Navy ships like Destroyers. Aircraft Carriers and Tugs and Ocean Cruisers. I have a Aerokit's Huntsman and I have used a three bladded brass propellor but I had better performance with two bladded props but the sport type like 45s and 50s,
    I all way's used to take a few prop's and take a few runs swapping props to see which one I got better performance with, by just going up and down in seizes.
    I hope this explanation might just be a little bit of help or someone else might help you out.
    Happy boating with your fab looking Huntsman.

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Maiden voyage
    3 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Hi Trident73,
    I see you are in Sevenoaks, I am curious, I see you you run your boats on a river. Is it on the Medway/ Are you not worried if anything should happen (not trying to be a Jonah).
    How would you receive or do you take a recovery R/C boat with you.
    That would always be my concern.
    I have run my boats up on the Norfolk Broads but that was only because I kept a dingy in the Boat yard that I could use near my own Cabin Cruiser I had there. Or actually out on the river when I was following it a bout 50 yards behind it. People used to look amassed when they saw a small boat out on the river. I heard someone shout out to me once "watch out mate your going to run over someone's toy boat".

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    3 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Comm0dore-H,,
    That's some name, I used to keep Tropical marine Fish. Mainly Lion Fish. But I knew that one as the Trigger Fish which is it normal name in English.
    So the Hawai'ian's.
    This name was too simple and boring for the imaginative Hawaiian people who love stories, legends, and myths. They decided to name it Humuhumunukunukuapua`a.

    Don't you just love people with great imaginative brains.
    Not an easy word to remember or even say.
    When I saw the picture I thought that cannot be right that's a Trigger Fish. I never actually kept one of those I did keep Powder Blue's, Clown fish. Lion Fish and Banded Cat Shark's, Copper Banded Butterfly Fish and a Regal Tang. Used to have two tanks. That was when I was working and was able to afford to keep them. It becomes an expensive hobby. Even keeping the water to a specific Ph and running a Reverse Osmosis Unit. I used to sell the water to other people that had marine tanks at the time as well.
    We also kept and showed Afghan Hounds we also breed them some years back, But have been completely pet free now for over 14 years. After loosing the last 2 Afghans it comes too hard on the emotions and we decided enough was enough.
    No more. Plus we are now too if we took ion another dog they would out live us and that would not be fair on them.

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: 29" Double Horse 7007 Flying Fish
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    I have an old bath at the bottom of the garden for boat testing, I put that there as when I used to test my boats with IC engines it didn't stink the house out being near the back door. Not like my dad when I was a kid starting and running a ED Hunter 3.46 cc in our bathroom. My mum didn't even say a word. ut after 15 minutes he stopped it as even with the small window that we had in there it was full of exhaust smoke and fumes. That was a one off, after that it was only ever run on the pond or with a gravity fed cooling water pipe in the garden

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: 29" Double Horse 7007 Flying Fish
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    I would use silicone grease on the shaft, but that is just my opinion. As that's what i use on my boats. Silicone grease is a water resistant one. But to each his own we all have different opinions. I stopped using other greases as I found they tended to gum up and then solidify.

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Just answered todays question, know nothing about submarines other than they disappear under water for months at a time. lucky guess, I got it right today.

    ๐Ÿ“ The all new Citroen 2CV or the poor man's Rolls Royce
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    That's a CitoRoller

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: 29" Double Horse 7007 Flying Fish
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    I don't know if you can still get then, but I bought from B&M some what they were selling called swimming snake's I think. They were in the children's toy isles. They were like those polystyrene lagging tubes but not hollow. Also came in different colours. they were a lot longer than those grey lagging pipe ones and would go all the way down the side of the boat.

    ๐Ÿ“ Kyosho RC Boats ....
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Hermank, We are very restricted on where we can run these engines over here now. There are many places that are banning them. I have sold off all of mine. I had 6 that had never been run, a Zenoah that I had blinged it all up fitted a clutch and an electric start and run it in ready to install in a boat. (Here is a picture of my Zenoah I had Cost me over ยฃ500 an I only got ยฃ275 on Ebay for it) Also removed 4 engines out of boats that hadn't had more that a couple of hours running and sold them all off on Ebay. I live in an area where I have nowhere where I can use an IC/ petrol engine.

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    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Todays was a well lucky guess.
    I know nothing about siling boats. I never wanted anything to do with them when I messed about with boats up on the Norfolk Broads for the 50 odd years I was boating up there. It looked like too much hard work.
    I stuck with outboards until I could afford a boat with an inboard with an outdrive. It was a 1962 Norwegian built Ancas Sea Queen with a Volvo 1600cc converted to marine with a AQ80 Outdrive. It was the first of the boat Outdrives before Mercury built them. These 21' boats were built for use on the Norwegian Fjords and some had the cabin roofs removed and were removed for racing.

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    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    I just lost 4% as I went for retrieval. It was a toss up between that and recovery, I would never have gone for haulout. Even when I went through the ownership of my 3 different boats, my brother and me we both used the two words between us, recovery and retrieval. Never haualout. Maybe even winch it out. OH well there we go again. -%.

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: NQD PX-16
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Hi CB90,
    Where did you get the Flying fish from? did you buy it new or was that another off of Ebay or somewhere else?

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    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Me I just took a guess and plumbed for The Mediterranean.
    Lucky guess it put my % up from 86 to 90.
    I might just loose it again in the next day or so though.
    Who knows with the way it goes on here.

    ๐Ÿ“ How do I bend plywood
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Hi Roy
    Thanks for your reply, glad I didn't offend you.
    As far as cleaning brass goes I use this on my classic Rover car on the chrome and it works wonders on all types of metals like brass, copper, aluminium and even stainless steel.
    The price on this box is a bit out of date now I think as when I buy it I usually buy two at a time.
    You can get it at Halfords and most good car accessory shops.

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    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Hi RoyCV,
    Yes I did see your comment on the window cleaner solution. But not everyone would take that into consideration. I was not criticising your comment intentionally, I was just try to make a friendly warning to those who may not have ever handled this liquid before. If they could get hold of Ammonia they may just try using it as it is. It is also not a good liquid to keep in the house if there is children in the house and as you know it's an evil substance if NOT handled properly. I spent 26 years working in dry cleaning using this product in a solution of 70% neat along with Peroxide and several other acids for removing stains on clothing and knowing just how lethal they can be. It was a job I enjoyed and the pressing of the clothing once I had cleaned it. I was saddened when I had to pack the job in. Then a follow up of 17 yeas of bus driving was an awful job, it was heaven when it came to retirement day.

    I do apologise if it came over if I was being critical of your post. I wasn't.

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    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Here is another video. Showing just how brave they get if then want to get food for their young. This went on for over a couple of hours. I was up there for a week and they kept coming back every day for prolonged visits. Several times a day.




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    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    I have tried adding a bit of video from a Norfolk Potter Heigham fishing trip. This is what a fishing trip is makes my day worth it even more if I don't catch anything.
    Yes it has worked, Found how I can add my wildlife video's.



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    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    This was while fishing on the canal, I think The Grand Union Canal? along the Stoke Road in Bletchley Milton Keynes. Mother and baby out for a swim and a bumble Bee collecting some nectar to take back to the hive.
    I always stop there for a couple of days fishing in the Motorhome when we are on our way on a drop in visit to our son in Heywood Manchester. I leave my lovely wife in the vehicle doing her thing and using the mobile internet that's been fitted.

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    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง BOATSHED ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    I have been trying to upload its of video. every time it comes up as it finish's loading invalid file. My video's I think are great. But they just wont load. Wildlife when I am fishing in Norfolk makes my day, I could sit for 7 or 8 hours and not catch a thing and my day would have been amazing. Why can't these video's load???



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