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Originally Posted by whisper
We met up with Sibbo90 at Lymington after he found a new wheel and cruised back to Southampton with them
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Yes i was very pleased to get in the water and have a blast, gutted i didn't get to go all the way round but it was nice to RV in Yarmouth, mind you i learnt a couple of key points;
1. Always have a serviceable spare wheel/ tyre, because in this modern age very few places bar the specialists stock trailer tyres,( puncture/ blowout on M3 near Bagshot, to Bagshot Kwik fit> Staines trailer place... closed on Saturdays
> to various tyre places and Chandlers, Chertsey, Shepperton, Walton.... then to Esher... (struggled through the VW meeting at Sandown park).. to see a mobile trailer mechanic who thought he had what i needed... he didn't but he gave me a wheel with the right stud PCD but it was a 13 inch rim and mine were 10 inch > phoned my mate who was guarding the boat on the motorway and told him to take the mudguard off to get the oversize rim on
> then to a brilliant trailer spares place called TrailerTek in Micheldever who supplied and a new tyre and a spare which i should have had in the first place
.... finally launched from Crosshouse hard at 1400hrs after struggling past the Dell home match day!.... phew..
2. My semi leisure style rib needs a healthy amount of respect on the chop as my severely bruised right dead leg which smashed off the throttle handle will show.... i think i might have been "rear gunner" if i had done the whole trip
Anyway i really enjoyed the blast up Southampton water and across to Yarmouth, i will definately meet up and try again next time, thanks for coming back to check on me when i was lagging behind
Stu.
