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💬 Re: VIC96
2 hours ago by Nerys (
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I'm sorry, I didn't realise she was built from that system, being an old fogey who only exists in the world of stick and string, I assumed that she had been beautifully built of wood. Well done anyway and I look forward to seeing more pictures as the construction proceeds..
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💬 Re: Refurb of Flower Class Corvette
2 hours ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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What a great find and at that price too, quite a bargain. Why can't I ever see anything like that. Looks as if you've made a good job of the restoration too.
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💬 Re: My Vintage model workshop Crash Tender
2 hours ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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You've made a very nice job of her, let's see some photos of her in her natural element when you are able. She should perform well.
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📝 Promotion
2 hours ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Congratulations on promotion to Leading Seaman Roycv. Very well done, keep posting.
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📝 Promotion
2 hours ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Newby7, Many congratulations on your promotion to Commander. Very well deserved.
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💬 Re: Vosper Perkasa 46"
2 hours ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Third or thirty third, you've made a good job of her. Well done.
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💬 Re: temp sails, update
2 hours ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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I think it looks fine for shape etc. Only thing, wherry sails were black. If it was me, I'd go on Ebay and buy some black polycotton but you may have other ideas.
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📝 Interlaken Boat Club, Switzerland
2 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Have spent some lovely camping holidays in Interlaken, love the two lakes. It's about a four hour run from my sister's in France, so have often popped over there. Wonderful carnival parade on Nations Day then ending in a spectacular fire works display. Would love to think I could go there again some time.
All nostalgic, Nerys
All nostalgic, Nerys
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📝 SEA COMANDER RE-FURB.
2 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Well, if insurance companies aren't downright dishonest they have some pretty sharkish ways.
Our car insurance is due. £325 from the existing insurer £60 up on last year. Went on line. Similar insurance but with 90days continental instead of 60 for £178. Bear in mind that I at 87 am named as a driver. What do you think we did?
Cheers, Nerys
Our car insurance is due. £325 from the existing insurer £60 up on last year. Went on line. Similar insurance but with 90days continental instead of 60 for £178. Bear in mind that I at 87 am named as a driver. What do you think we did?
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📝 SEA COMANDER RE-FURB.
3 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Who were the bigger crooks, the people who stole your goods or those who stole your insurance money? Not much in it in my opinion.
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📝 Promotion
4 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Congratulations Ken, on your promotion to Lieutenant. Very well deserved and long awaited. Your help and advice is always welcome.
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📝 Holidays
4 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Nice adventurous day for you Colin, I'm so pleased you have recovered enough to do all that. I know about the road diversions in Worcester. On one of our recent trips to the Midlands looking for a vehicle, on the return journey the junction of the M5/M50 was closed, so knowing vaguely some of the roads to get into Wales from the Worcester area, decided to go that way. Every road we tried, it was closed, in the end we were heading for Tenbury Wells and the SatNav decided to play up. Heaven knows how we got there but eventually to our relief we found Hereford which we know and came home through Abergavenny. Arrived home at about 2am. Actually, a week or two later we went through Worcester in the opposite direction and found the closed road situation to be just as bad, but at least it was daylight.
We have bought a new box from a firm up North, that arrived this morning just before we left home and the seat is from a similar VW LT35 to ours. Now waiting for a seat belt from the Bay of E.
Enjoy your trip to Tamworth.
Best wishes,
Nerys
We have bought a new box from a firm up North, that arrived this morning just before we left home and the seat is from a similar VW LT35 to ours. Now waiting for a seat belt from the Bay of E.
Enjoy your trip to Tamworth.
Best wishes,
Nerys
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📝 Holidays
4 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Hi Colin and Ken, pleased to hear that Colin is off to Brum for a new car door, extra pleased because it must mean his leg is a bit better. We have bought a seat box, which is the initial fixed one, but if we find that's not satisfactory, we can get the swivel box to fit on it. Collected the chair in Gloucester this afternoon, it's a bit grubby as one might expect, it will clean up quite well, but it did match the existing one. We didn't want the double seat, didn't think there would be room.
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📝 Holidays
5 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Hi Colin,
Sorry to hear that you are still hobbling around not able to go shopping or anything. Sorry to hear about the osteoarthritis etc. As a family, you aren't doing very well in the accident department with your daughter in law breaking her foot, but I expect you enjoyed having the grandchildren.
I haven't been too good all day, then a nasty dialysis tonight, I'm just about coming round now.
We are at the opposite end of the Beacons, where they start to flatten down into big hills with red kites flitting around.
Off to buy a front passenger seat for the minibus Wednesday afternoon.
Best wishes, Nerys
Sorry to hear that you are still hobbling around not able to go shopping or anything. Sorry to hear about the osteoarthritis etc. As a family, you aren't doing very well in the accident department with your daughter in law breaking her foot, but I expect you enjoyed having the grandchildren.
I haven't been too good all day, then a nasty dialysis tonight, I'm just about coming round now.
We are at the opposite end of the Beacons, where they start to flatten down into big hills with red kites flitting around.
Off to buy a front passenger seat for the minibus Wednesday afternoon.
Best wishes, Nerys
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💬 Re: Nearly there
5 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Hi Mark,
So sorry to hear you've been in hospital for another lot of radiation etc. but pleased to hear that you are home again and well enough to work on the ship. I think she looks better every time I see a new photo.
Best wishes, Nerys
So sorry to hear you've been in hospital for another lot of radiation etc. but pleased to hear that you are home again and well enough to work on the ship. I think she looks better every time I see a new photo.
Best wishes, Nerys
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📝 Holidays
6 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Lots of correspondence between us today Colin, Very lax of me not to ask before, but what is the situation with your leg? Hope you are starting to improve and getting around a bit better,
Best wishes, Nerys
Best wishes, Nerys
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💬 Re: temp riggin
6 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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I'm surprised you couldn't find anything in the Mastman range, I've used his working blocks in running rigging quite successfully. Perhaps they were too big for your scale. Pleased to see you are experimenting with mast raising and lowering.
Cheers, Nerys
Cheers, Nerys
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📝 BUXTON MODEL BOAT CLUB
6 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Yes, Alexandra could easily be an entrant in the Henley Traditional Boat Rally, or be seen calmly making her way up Lake Windermere.
You do have some interesting boats at Buxton!
Cheers, Nerys
You do have some interesting boats at Buxton!
Cheers, Nerys
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📝 Holidays
6 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Hi Rick, the trouble with kids today is they do not read 'Swallows and Amazons'.
Cheers, Nerys
Cheers, Nerys
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📝 Holidays
6 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Colin, I remember, one night ending up on a beach about where Hinckley Point Nuclear thingy is now and as my mother was sort of expecting me home, knocking at a cottage door and asking if I could use their phone, to ask Barry Police to go and tell my mother that I had run aground and wouldn't be home until the morrow. The people in the house took pity on us, and kindly took us in and fed and bedded us for the night.
Cheers, Nerys
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📝 Holidays
6 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Bill, looking out of our kitchen window, we have an uninterrupted view across the Amman valley to the western end of the Brecon Beacons. A mile or so up the road, across a cattle grid and we are on the open moorland of the Beacons, then on a couple of miles to a marvellous view of rural Wales and a road described by 'Top Gear' as the best in Wales.
Cheers, Nerys
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📝 Holidays
6 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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It wasn't only Weston, I explored the Bristol Channel down as far as Porthcawl on the Welsh side and Minehead on the Somerset coast. The dinghy, I paid fifteen shillings for her, then spent a few months doing her up. She had a history, she had been built by a ship's carpenter for his captain who used her for duck shooting on the Cardiff flats, then abandoned for years until I came along. I rigged her with a standing lug and with one oar over the stern, sculled and sailed her everywhere. Can you imagine the uproar if a kid wanted to do things like that today!
Cheers, Nerys
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📝 Holidays
6 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Some of my best holidays as a kid was during the long summer holidays from the time I was 13 was to sail my 12ft dinghy from Barry over to Weston Super Mare for a few days, then either sail home again or go home on the paddle steamer for a few days, then back by paddle steamer , another few days in Weston, then sail home. I think my mother gave birth to kittens on numerous occasions in those days, but she had the good sense to let me give rein to my spirit of adventure and never stopped me. I think I was influenced by Swallows and Amazons. Bet it would be different these days!
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Cheers, Nerys
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📝 The Site
7 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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I agree completely Martin, I don't think I'm alone when I say that I'm struggling to get going on my next project at the moment, but that's through illness, but perhaps a few inspirational builds would stimulate the many, including myself, and produce some really memorable models.
Cheers, Nerys
Cheers, Nerys
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📝 Hull Model Boat Club
7 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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l googled Hull Model Boat Club and had the impression that they are a very active club, sailing Wednesdays and Saturdays. There is a phone number and an email address, so you should have no problems making contact.
Cheers, Nerys
Cheers, Nerys
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📝 Promotion
7 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Well done on your promotion to Captain. redpmg. Well deserved for all your work and enthusiasm.
Cheers, Nerys
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📝 Notifications
7 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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The whole thing is most unusual. I've never known a day like it, only four of us have posted anything today and a lot of yesterday, I really find it hard to believe that nobody else has wanted to say anything. As for Doug not posting for nine days, them he must be on holiday or I trust not, ill. Let's hope things get back to normal soon.
Cheers, Nerys
Cheers, Nerys
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📝 Notifications
7 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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Thank you Colin, I received that but the only other is my own post. Surely there are other people posting.
Cheers, Nerys
Cheers, Nerys
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📝 Notifications
8 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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The pictures of P.S Glasgow in previous post are nothing to do with me.
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📝 Notifications
8 days ago by Nerys ( Rear Admiral)
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I haven't received any notifications since yesterday morning, what's gone wrong. Is it the same with everyone?
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