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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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    • Tago MagoT
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      They loved the music and wanted to start a pit?

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      • GilesG
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        Decided to up our travelling mooring warp game (yeah, it's winter and I'm bored).....The first part of the jigsaw is 10mm SK78 Dyneema dog-bones.....

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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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        • motojoboboM
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          That dog bone turned out well! Seamless transitions 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

          The journey is the objective.

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          • GilesG
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            Thank you. There is a tiny irregularity where the 2 buries cross in the middle. Not enough to cause structural concern, but it is fucking with my OCD, so I have bought some Dyneema chafe-guard sleeving that I will integrate over the middle 200mm. The trouble is, it is coming from, Australia, so won't be here for a while....

            "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
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              I got these decals made many months ago. They were to replace the rather small one (for some unknown reason, Sasga only put a decal on the starboard bow). Today, we got around to affixing them. There is one on the port side too now....

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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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              • goosehdG
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                @Giles very nice!!

                "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
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                  Paula and I popped down to SAKURA in filthy weather earlier today. I wanted to show @Madame-Buttonfly the new decals. We wandered to an adjacent pontoon, so that we could see the port side and the decal. Here she is with her I-don't-like-all-this-fucking-rain awning on....

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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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                  • Daniel SanD
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                    some inspiration for the board bar 😁

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                    • GilesG
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                      Great ideas, thank you

                      "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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                      • bryaneidins70B
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                        Any developments on the fuel issue @Giles ?

                        'Fail we may…Sail we must'

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                        • GilesG
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                          Nothing significant. Volvo and Sasga in Spain cant recreate the issue. I have told the UK agent that If something positive does not happen very soon, I will fix the issue myself and argue the toss about who pays for it afterwards.....

                          "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
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                            Captain Keat...
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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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                              Great pic @Jcaz6996
                              It’s much easier to spot Sakura, than to find infos about an extinct IH-Shirt 😉.

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                              • GilesG
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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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                                • goosehdG
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                                  You should not make it so easy for us, as you may find some vagrant sleeping on it the next time you’re aboard.

                                  "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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                                    …and they may rearrange all of the pillows 🙂

                                    "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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                                    • Tago MagoT
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                                      @goosehd if you're going to rearrange the pillows, the least you can do is leave a cupcake

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        In any other SAKURA news, last week was a week of electrics:

                                        Isolating transformer added - personally I think every boat that plugs into shore-power should have one.....

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                                        Tubular heaters mounted and wired up under each engine - Engines are essentially very large blocks of iron/steel, so soak up coolth, having heaters under them minimises that and the resultant condensation in the engine room...

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                                        24volt to 12volt step-down and wiring sorted for my new Diesel Polishing system (watch this space for the install of that, it's going to be great)...

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                                        Switch for water heater bought up to the saloon from engine room...

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                                        And a big one, the wiring and installation of the window demisting system is installed. There are a few tweaks I need to make to it tomorrow, but I think it will be amazing.....(pics of this are even more boring than the above......)

                                        "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
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                                          @goosehd said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

                                          You should not make it so easy for us, as you may find some vagrant sleeping on it the next time you’re aboard.

                                          I would be delighted.....

                                          "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
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                                            @Madame-Buttonfly and I took advantage of light winds and blue skies to pop around to Chichester for a night with friends. an excellent couple of days.

                                            SAKURA approaching the lock gates (Chichester Marina is a locked marina) this morning on the way home to Gosport. Although it was approx high tide and the locks were working free-flow, SAKURA was on the large size for the lock and just the 2 of us on board, so I had agreed with the lock keeper, Alfie, in advance that he would shut the outer gates, we would then approach those gates and hold SAKURA in position on the engines and the thrusters, the inner gates were shut and once the water had settled down the outer gates would be opened and we could proceed out of the lock. Got a bit hairy in the eddies, but we got out with no chips in the gel coat or dents in the fenders. I'd discussed what we should do today with Alfie last night when I went up to thank him for letting us through free flow when we arrived. Again we got through unscathed, but it was touch and go, so I wanted some advice for today 🙂

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                                            About 5 miles from Gosport this afternoon...

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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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