TomD wrote:Steve,
Great looking boat - was wondering whether you had some advice on good UK suppliers for fittings and deck hardware. I was at university in Bristol - but live in East Africa - am passing through the UK and was hoping to fill my suitcase with goodies....
I got a lot of my stuff off ebay, but I'll have a look through to see for you, after anything in particular? When are you passing through?
WobblyLegs wrote:
Hi Steve,
Been a long time since I visited your thread, and I must say the boat is looking very, very good.
Just one thing, based on a recent experience out at sea here where the sharks are, you night want to put a grab handle somewhere on your console - I did a fishing trip with a friend and granted, it was a two metre swell plus a chop, but without something to hold on to, you're going to get very wet. In fact, the skipper I went with was thrown overboard while driving a couple of weeks after that trip - it's only due to his anchor-man's quick thinking that he is still with us. And he had grab handles!
Enjoy the boat.
Tim.
Thanks Tim, hows the nipper?
Believe it or not I have some grabrails on the way for the gunwales ( iroko, i found them on the bay of E cheaper than I can buy the material) & am sourcing some for the console, probably stainless.
I have decided there is something not quite right about the console & am thinking about making a new one, but a grabrail for it is on the cards.
Nice to hear from you again.
Steve