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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      We are ot required to have anything in the UK, no charts, no qualifications no nothing….Can you believe it?

      The boat comes with sonar and conical CHIRP as standard 🙂

      "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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      • goosehdG
        goosehd
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        Good for the sonar.  I was just worried about you disrupting fish breeding areas and schools by accident.  😉

        The sides scan is awesome and I’ve found a few wrecks using it.

        We have to have a basic boater’s license for anything over 10hp motor,  basic safety equipment for everyone on board and that’s about it.  High traffic areas around Toronto requires a special permit (due to traffic congestion).  Really it’s because there are a load of idiots who have zero common sense and like to do stupid stuff.

        "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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        • steelworkerS
          steelworker
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          @Giles:

          We are ot required to have anything in the UK, no charts, no qualifications no nothing….Can you believe it?

          The boat comes with sonar and conical CHIRP as standard 🙂

          that is nuts.  ???

          Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
          Well, I have others.

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          • GilesG
            Giles
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            "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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            • B
              browniemcghee
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              Great shot.  Looks like a good time.

              Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

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              • Daniel SanD
                Daniel San
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                cheers 🍻

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                • BaileyB
                  Bailey
                  IHUK Crew
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                  Had a great evening! Absolute pleasure working with the best bunch of legends! Thank you again for the hospitality @Giles & Paula!  @Giles:

                  @bailey_ironheart

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                  • GilesG
                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
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                    100% our pleasure.  Thanks for joining us and hearing things that @AdamJ would rather not have been spoken about…...

                    "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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                    • AetasA
                      Aetas
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                      As I am waiting for the Sage54, it is beautiful to see the Pilgrim in action!

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                      • AdamJA
                        AdamJ
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                        Nothing like @AdamC spinning a story infront of the team on a Friday evening  😃

                        The devil is in the detail..

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                        • AdamCA
                          AdamC
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                          This is the moment I lost the trust of you @AdamJ  😃  😘

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                          • GilesG
                            Giles
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                            Paula and I placed depth markers on the anchor chain last week, I thought we should have an aide memoir at the helm…..

                            In any other boat news, @Ian72 showed me how to take the winches aport and service them today, they now have a much more satisfying click - shit like this important  😃 😃 😃

                            "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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                            • MattM
                              Matt
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                              I’d be a terrible sailor.

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                              • GilesG
                                Giles
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                                Having winches that click nicely will not me a better sailor make  🙂 🙂

                                "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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                                • I
                                  Ian72
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                                  No but doesn’t make thff see m work better when you need them !  🙂 😎

                                  Ian

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                                    Ian72
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                                    @Ian72:

                                    No but doesn’t make thff see m work better when you need them !  🙂 😎

                                    Stupid predictive text ! That should say “it does make them work better when you need them “

                                    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                                    Ian

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                                    • ROmanR
                                      ROman
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                                      A couple of shots on the Pilgrim.               

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                                      • GilesG
                                        Giles
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                                        Nearly finished installing the new califorier, and of course, I am one connector short, so back to the DIY store…. 😃 😃 😃

                                        "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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                                        • NikN
                                          Nik
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                                          Lucky you, always fun to go back multiple times. I had to return three times recently to find a toilet seat that would fit the inner, then outer dimensions of the rim, and then the correct thickness so that it would stay closed.

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                                          • GilesG
                                            Giles
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                                            So it's all done.  Pressured up, no leaks.  The immersion heater actually heats up the water.

                                            Knock me over with a feather  😃 😃 😃 😃

                                            Admittedly, I have not fired up the engine to test if the heat exchanger works, but that IMHO, is least risk…...Which is why I'm waiting until @Ian72 is with me, because he actually knows what he is doing 😉 😉

                                            "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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