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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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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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        • GilesG
          Giles
          IHUK Crew
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          The future owners of Pilgrim have borrowed her for a few days for some cruising around the Solent, I'd be lying if I did not say I was a little bit jealous…..

          "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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          • louisboscoL
            louisbosco
            啓蒙家
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            @Giles:

            Jealous is bad, envy is OK…... 🙂

            "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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            • goosehdG
              goosehd
              Mod Squad
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              😃 😃

              "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 used the word jealous on purpose because I am more than fucking envious…..

                "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
                  IHUK Crew
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                  The hull of The Sasga (working name = Ikigai), has been laid….

                  Ikigai is a Japanese concept that means your 'reason for being. ' 'Iki' in Japanese means 'life,' and 'gai' describes value or worth. Your ikigai is your life purpose or your bliss. It's what brings you joy and inspires you to get out of bed every day.

                  "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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                    @louisbosco:

                    just curious, does the boat have wifi or do you have to wait for the boat to anchor near to shore to get data off your phones?

                    Just bought one of these.

                    https://www.3grouterstore.co.uk/product/rapid-nr550-5g-router/#:~:text=The Proroute RAPID NR550 is,network to provide users with

                    Set up in the office today and tested it today with @Alex .

                    I cant remember exactly the download speeds we were getting, but it was at least 4x what we were getting out of the same SIM in a phone. And that was on the bog-standard antennae that come with it, we have a 4x4 MIMO external antennae, that should give us greater connectivity and longer range….

                    Boom

                    "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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                      Our 4 day "Day Skipper - Practical" starts at 09:00 tomorrow….

                      Some homework......

                      "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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                      • motojoboboM
                        motojobobo
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                        Enjoy it!!

                        The journey is the objective.

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                        • GilesG
                          Giles
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                          First day.

                          Lots of safety and getting to know our boat stuff.  Got out for a couple of hours and did slow-speed manoeuvres.

                          Note to self.  Avoid reversing in Pilgrim as much as poss.  It's like pushing cooked noodles uphill from the downward end 🙂

                          "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
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                            @Giles So…..how did it go?

                            "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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                              2 days in, and we are fucked….He's pumping in 10 hour days and making us really work.....

                              But we are learning an amazing amount.

                              He got us to plan a longish passage today, then took the charts off us, turned the plotter off, and made us do it from our course notes....

                              Lots of slow-speed manoeuvring inc ferry-gliding...

                              The looking-through-the-windscreen device was deployed again.....

                              "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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                                Please be a gent and make sure there is something suitable for Paula in the new boat…but this solution makes me laugh and smile!

                                "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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                                  Periscope ordered…. 🙂

                                  "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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                                    😃 😃

                                    "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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                                    • ChapC
                                      Chap
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                                      @Giles:

                                      Periscope ordered…. 🙂

                                      Just in case… you flood Pilgrim?

                                      God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                                      • GilesG
                                        Giles
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                                        @Giles:

                                        Periscope ordered…. 🙂

                                        Or

                                        (now we are talking…... 🙂 🙂 )

                                        "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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                                          @Ian72 Are you onboard during this testing?  How many times has Giles cursed…

                                          "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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                                          • goosehdG
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                                            I will pay to see Paula wearing these!  🙂  You have me rolling laughing!

                                            "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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