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    • GilesG
      Giles
      IHUK Crew
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      Was scheduled to pick my baby up on Wednesday.  Self-isolation has put paid to that.  Will be next week now  😉

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • GilesG
        Giles
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        Hurrah, it is mine at last…...

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        • dinobarnesberlinD
          dinobarnesberlin
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          I know its been a long time coming!! That Hobie looks sweet–-happy fishing Giles

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          • jordanscollectedJ
            jordanscollected
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            no longer will you have to swim out to the pier to retrieve your snags, you can paddle over to them now!!!!

            I hope you get pulled all over the channel by giant fish Giles.

            world tours:
            888 Fat guy chocolate WT
            Mad Red x2
            Wabidashery

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            • mclaincauseyM
              mclaincausey
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              @jordanscollected:

              no longer will you have to swim out to the pier to retrieve your snags, you can paddle pedal over to them now!!!!

              I hope you get pulled all over the channel by giant fish Giles.

              Think it, be it.

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              • goosehdG
                goosehd
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                Maiden voyage?? Results?  and did you pick a name?

                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                • GilesG
                  Giles
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                  I am away in Suffolk for the week and have to do a few hours work before I launch - fishfinder install, mode to the trolley (so that I can get it into the scuppers single-handed) etc etc etc.  So it will be some time the week after next.

                  Possibly "Sugei"…..

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  • GilesG
                    Giles
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                    At last, after a ridiculously busy 3 weeks, I have had time to sort things out.  Modifications to the trolley, so that I can easily get the cart into the scuppers on my own, test loading and unloading onto the roof rack on my own (which is surprisingly easy), and working out the quickest and most efficient way of securing the kayak to the rack.

                    Weather permitting, maiden voyage in the next couple of days…..

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    • AppfaffA
                      Appfaff
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                      Bring that beaut over here… We have some bull sharks at the end of our street that need to be “rehomed” (aka caught, and disposed of lol)

                      Would be some fun fights in a kayak!

                      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                      • GilesG
                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
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                        It's Hugo back in town…..

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        • jordanscollectedJ
                          jordanscollected
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                          The color of that kayak is just perfect. amazing setup and congrats on the maiden voyage. Now catch some fish and don't drop any rods and reels in the water.

                          world tours:
                          888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                          Mad Red x2
                          Wabidashery

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                          • goosehdG
                            goosehd
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                            That is a beautiful boat!! Alex been working out the gremlins?

                            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                            • mclaincauseyM
                              mclaincausey
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                              Perfect fishing kayak. Did you christen her? Would love to hear her name.

                              Think it, be it.

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                              • LewisStonehouseL
                                LewisStonehouse
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                                That looks an absolute treat, congrats!

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                                • GilesG
                                  Giles
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                                  @goosehd:

                                  That is a beautiful boat!! Alex been working out the gremlins?

                                  Yep, all fixed after the Vendee…..I'll be going past her again in the morning, I'll get some more pics.

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  • GilesG
                                    Giles
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                                    @mclaincausey:

                                    Perfect fishing kayak. Did you christen her? Would love to hear her name.

                                    I'm mulling it over.  I was going to do something clever and Japanese, but I may just keep it simple and call her something like Iron Hearted or MBMF…...

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    • S
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                                      IWHWIH - insider joke for forum, as well as truthful for fishing 😃

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                                      • goosehdG
                                        goosehd
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                                        @Snowy is on to something.  I'm torn between IWHWIH and Extinct, Endangered, Extant for things I miss seeing on the forum.

                                        As a newbie, they were the things I had to look up most to understand what people were talking about…

                                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                        • GilesG
                                          Giles
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                                          @Snowy:

                                          IWHWIH - insider joke for forum, as well as truthful for fishing 😃

                                          Nice one…...

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          • TinManT
                                            TinMan
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                                            Very nice Giles!!

                                            Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                                            Now, I have an IRONHEART!!

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