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Old 23 January 2011, 18:32   #1
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70 days on a raft.
Last week I watched in awe as four gentlemen of gaRfie's general vintage prepared to sail/float this thing from the east side of the Atlantic to the Bahamas.

They'll be off any day now. Best of Luck to them
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Old 23 January 2011, 19:41   #2
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Look on the sponsons..... its a Ribeye!
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Old 23 January 2011, 19:48   #3
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Look on the sponsons..... its a Ribeye!
fkk mee i misid thatt wun
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Old 23 January 2011, 20:32   #4
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Look on the sponsons..... its a Ribeye!
Ah but its got a cabin like them redbays - this must be what you get if you mate the two!
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Old 23 January 2011, 21:15   #5
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Ah but its got a cabin like them redbays - this must be what you get if you mate the two!
Bollix lad, the wretched, I mean, ratchet straps and the adhesive tapes point to the true parentage of this c/raft
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bollix lad, the wretched, i mean, ratchet straps and the adhesive tapes point to the true parentage of this c/raft
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Old 24 January 2011, 07:35   #7
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i do hope you guys know what "eye" that is and how it relates to seafarers
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i do hope you guys know what "eye" that is and how it relates to seafarers
Vaskania?
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Vaskania?
don't they have schools on your island, riff raff!
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don't they have schools on your island, riff raff!
Go on then Biff, educate me
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