We meet the Legendary JW at last!

The Jackeens · 09 May 2005, 17:07

Work took Paul and me to Edinburgh for the Bank Holiday weekend. So we were able to take Sheila and Jeff Walker up on a long-standing invitation.

And it was magic...

From meeting their exotic pets ...to an impromptu cruise across the Firth to beautiful Elie...and a visit to the Scottish Boat Jumble!!!
(Stevetheboat and Jan get everywhere (thought we were bad!)

.

And the very famous RIB 'Coot' is the Rolls Royce of Humbers

. The detail in that cabin was fantastic.

Yep, tick the box. JWalker is a legend

Thanks for your welcome and hospitality Sheila and Jeff. A truly warm Celtic welcome. Look forward to your visit to the Solent

any time at all (at all).

Pictures will be included here which is why it's on the gallery thread!

Brill weekend...

Us

jwalker · 09 May 2005, 17:14

Thank you for your kind compliments but embarrassing or what?

The Jackeens · 09 May 2005, 17:19

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Originally Posted by jwalker

Thank you for your kind compliments but embarrassing or what?

You're welcome Gandalf!

We're just having to resize the photos cos you're a tall laddie

missus

The Jackeens · 09 May 2005, 17:46

Clockwise...

1)Arrive to be greeted by Jeff and his guard "dog"
2) Launching
3) The famous cabin

4) Jeff and Sheila...'Och ye'll nae be posting these on RIBnet now will ye!'

5) Textbook recovery

The Jackeens · 09 May 2005, 17:54

1. Leaving Elie (beaut place

)
2. Coot's Rooster!!!!!!
3. Special prop lying about the house...anyone know what it is? (Bogib does

)
4. Welcome Home !!!
5. Lighthouse at Elie

The Jackeens · 09 May 2005, 18:03

1.Boat Jumble : West Coast. Rained a bit tho!
2.'Undercover'... (yellow jacket) JW gets those vital nuts and bolts!

sunrider · 09 May 2005, 18:33

Beautiful boat....do you happen to have any pictures or information on how the Yanmar outboard is mounted, and how it is moved into position when needed?

The Jackeens · 09 May 2005, 18:38

Over to Jeff

Us

stevetheboat · 09 May 2005, 19:29

Good to see Ribsters who are somewhere other than the Solent, for a change Paul!

Nice piccies (now I know what you were all up to

)

Pleasure to see Jeff and yourself Paul, at the Irvine Boat Jumble (we were at another the folllowing day in Preston! - hope the Radio is proving to be the right choice Jeff and ,by the way we havent forgotten (just been sooo busy),
your data card should be on its way very very shortly.

All the best Steve & Jan

osprey__viper · 09 May 2005, 19:41

Steady on Paul & Kathleen.

Hope ya got ya visas and passports stamped when you reached the Watford border!!!!!!!!!!

Only joking

Martin

The Garfish · 09 May 2005, 20:54

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Originally Posted by The Jackeens

The famous cabin

yus, famus forr bein nikt ofn mi fkin trakter

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Jackeens

A truly warm Celtic welcome.

yew meen de owld bastud hidd de gud scoch an sirved upp de cheep stuf.

Anywaiys hee downt noe dat mucch. eyve herd bowt enjin ofsett butt dat owtbord taiks de fkin jamy dojjer

gArf

ADS · 09 May 2005, 21:10

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Originally Posted by The Garfish

yus, famus forr bein nikt ofn mi fkin trakter

yew meen de owld bastud hidd de gud scoch an sirved upp de cheep stuf.

Anywaiys hee downt noe dat mucch. eyve herd bowt enjin ofsett butt dat owtbord taiks de fkin jamy dojjer

gArf

you crack me up garf!

jwalker · 09 May 2005, 22:25

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Originally Posted by sunrider

Beautiful boat....do you happen to have any pictures or information on how the Yanmar outboard is mounted, and how it is moved into position when needed?

Ta and no I don't but I'll try and take a few snaps tomorrow. There are other additions going onto the transom and it's getting quite busy so I doubt the details of the bracket wont be easy to make out, but I'll try.

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Originally Posted by stevetheboat

....your data card should be on its way very very shortly.

It's here, programmed and fitted, thanks. For info. My latest version of Mapsource was not able to program the 128mb card. V 6.something was fine though. And, the 2010c is only able to read 128mb in slot 2. Why is nothing ever staightforward?

The Jackeens · 10 May 2005, 06:53

gArf

It was nothing like a tractor cab

Try here http://www.agregister.co.uk/product-421000.html

Us

jwalker · 10 May 2005, 14:05

Sunrider, here are a few pics of the Yanmar mounting bracket.
The long screw runs in the bronze block you can see, in pic 2, turning green. There are 4 bolts which take the load in the raised, parked position; 2 from the top and 2 from the side low down. The moving section hooks behind the fixed runners and when fully lowered it bottoms out on a couple of stops. I hope you can make it all out.