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Old 18 September 2014, 11:25   #2341
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Rib 4 Macmillan

Not inc today 58,436 people have visited the Southampton Boat Show, these figures are up on last year!

Most of these people walk past our stand either on the way in or way out!

The weather has been fantastic but there has been some rain today!

We have three people on the stand today, Mr & Mrs lowflyer & also James from Henshaw's who I believe is the tube designer!

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The sun is out now though so the show should Buzz this afternoon!
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Old 18 September 2014, 16:12   #2342
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Yes, Chris, Caroline and James were 'plugging' well today. Leaflets were being handed to anyone who showed the slightest interest; so why wasn't I given one
Might it have been due to the close proximity of free rum??
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Old 18 September 2014, 16:44   #2343
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Yes, Chris, Caroline and James were 'plugging' well today. Leaflets were being handed to anyone who showed the slightest interest; so why wasn't I given one

Might it have been due to the close proximity of free rum??

Did you show any interest then mate
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Ah, that could have been the problem
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Old 18 September 2014, 22:00   #2345
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Revenge is sweet!!!


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Old 18 September 2014, 23:04   #2346
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Yes, Chris, Caroline and James were 'plugging' well today. Leaflets were being handed to anyone who showed the slightest interest; so why wasn't I given one

Might it have been due to the close proximity of free rum??

Your wife said you weren't allowed a boat and not to give yo the flyer.


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Old 19 September 2014, 07:51   #2347
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Took two to take that pic so they're ganging up on meClick image for larger version

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They both look exhausted after torturing me all evening
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Old 19 September 2014, 08:52   #2348
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I see the auction price has edged up a little this morning
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Old 19 September 2014, 09:21   #2349
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Good stuff, is anybody on here going to be bidding? 😱
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Old 19 September 2014, 09:22   #2350
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I see the auction price has edged up a little this morning

Fraid I'm reaching the bottom of my pocket now. At least it's already at a really good level.

However, on the up side my 3 monthly check up was all clear.
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Old 19 September 2014, 11:14   #2351
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Just met these two awesome guys who are in the Met. They have started a charity called Teen Marine UK. They have one of the ribs seized from Gibraltar! And are rebuilding it for their charity.

They have been following our thread from day one and love the project!


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Afternoon guys, we had a visit during the week from Alasdair Reay from a company called hpi/vs, we finished up having a good talk about, CE markings, we all know about these on everything new that is sold here in Britain and boat especially have more vigorous tests than most stuff, anyway he pointed out something that had never entered my mind about our very own macrib, it didn't have a CE plate as military boats are exempt, me in my usual fashion was thinking of telling him to feck off but he had a valid point, how many of these are out there or for that matter have I sold, anyway, I'm glad I put my mouth in neutral and my brain in gear and let him carry on and he turned out to be a nice guy, we entered into an agreement and both got something out of it, we will give him a shout and we get all the certificates we needed and yet another plate for our boat, if anyone's interested in the implications of having no plates on one of these then give me a shout and, although a little long winded, explain the ins and outs and give you the contact details
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Old 19 September 2014, 13:30   #2353
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Our MacRIB is now all CE approved and carries all the correct markings, which is another great achievement for the project!

Special thanks to Alasdair Reay for donating this to our project

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Old 19 September 2014, 14:27   #2354
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I had a simmilar issue insuring my pac
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Our MacRIB is now all CE approved and carries all the correct markings, which is another great achievement for the project!

Special thanks to Alasdair Reay for donating this to our project
Nice work!
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Old 19 September 2014, 16:11   #2356
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Fraid I'm reaching the bottom of my pocket now. At least it's already at a really good level.

However, on the up side my 3 monthly check up was all clear.
same with my recent 6 monthly check
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Old 19 September 2014, 16:31   #2357
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same with my recent 6 monthly check

We should start our own club, had my 3 monthly last tuesday
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We should start our own club, had my 3 monthly last tuesday
I can't see the que being very long with people wanting to join

it'll be two years next month since I had the 1st op, n 12 months in December since the last op, almost back to fighting fit now, just heading off to caernarfon for another weekend on the ribs ........ Yipeeeeeee 😎
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Our MacRIB is now all CE approved and carries all the correct markings, which is another great achievement for the project!

Special thanks to Alasdair Reay for donating this to our project

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That's a nice one! Maybe worth updating the ebay add(if its not there already), as the CE marking on boats is becoming a bigger issue as time goes by.
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Old 19 September 2014, 17:21   #2360
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Hells bells that was quick, bet this normally takes a lot longer!
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