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07 April 2013, 19:14
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When men were men...
I can't remember if I've posted this before and cant find evidence of doing so, but this page has been bookmarked for years.
When engineering was done by men in brown shop-coats (white for management), the words "health" and "safety" had yet to appear in the same sentence and wearing a hat was de-rigeur....
Old things.
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07 April 2013, 19:27
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Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: A large rock
Boat name: La Frette
Make: Osprey Vipermax
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What a fantastic collection. The sheer size of those components too 
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07 April 2013, 19:38
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Country: France
Town: Huisnes sur Mer
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Wow, for me looking at those pictures is like stumbling across a load of vintage Playboy's 
And not a fecking computer in sight too 
I was lucky enough to see a Doxford oposed piston engine running on a ship i visited in the early 90's.....fascinating bit of kit.
Thanks for posting the link, i will forward it to other anoraks like me 
Simon
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07 April 2013, 19:47
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Country: UK - England
Town: Wakefield
Boat name: Bouncer
Make: Redbay Stormforce
Length: 6m +
Engine: 2x Honda 100 Hp
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Interesting stuff it's a shame those days have gone
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07 April 2013, 20:13
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Town: Glasgow
Boat name: stramash
Make: Tornado
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 90
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Interesting stuff it's a shame those days have gone
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Its a good question 'why' .. and almost an embarrasment to be honest , we were a great country once who produced the finest engineering in the world .. not any more .. I blame all our politicians ... not just one half 
nice pics to see .. thanks Hugh
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07 April 2013, 20:26
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Town: Wakefield
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There are some great engineers about but usually in garden sheds I know a chap that makes working models of these sort of things from scratch
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07 April 2013, 20:27
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Town: Girvan & Tayvallich
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Aye great days in someways I wish they were back!! They had real Hovis in the snap tins
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07 April 2013, 21:17
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Town: South Yorks
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Make: Ribcraft
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Excellent, thanks for posting
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07 April 2013, 22:20
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Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: imposter
Make: FunYak
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 30HP
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Its not all bad - those pics were all:
- before ribs were invented
- when seagull's were considered state of the art in outboard tech
- when small boat owners all had to spend most of the winter sanding, varnishing/painting their wooden boats
- all navigation was by chart and dividers
oh, and there was no ribnet - so if you guys wanted to talk about boats you might have had to go and see real people...
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07 April 2013, 22:25
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Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
Boat name: IMOGEN
Make: Air-Craft 5.4
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oh, and there was no ribnet - so if you guys wanted to talk about boats you might have had to go and see real people...
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Are there no real people on RIBnet Poly  Is tony t not real then ??? 
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07 April 2013, 22:29
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RIBnet admin team
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Are there no real people on RIBnet Poly Is tony t not real then ??? |
I've met some of you in real life and you are even more unbelievable then!
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07 April 2013, 22:41
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Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
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Make: Air-Craft 5.4
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Name and shame then
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08 April 2013, 00:20
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Town: Fareham
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I served my apprenticeship using some of those machines.
Nice collection, thanks for sharing.
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08 April 2013, 09:19
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Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: jersey
Boat name: Martini II
Make: Arctic 28/FC470
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When life was still pretty cheap as well!
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08 April 2013, 10:22
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Town: Huisnes sur Mer
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I find the biggest difference between now and then is that if you managed to hurt yourself back then you were a numpty and had the p*ss taken out of you  .
If you hurt yourself nowadays, it absolutely has to be someone else's fault  .
sad really....
Simon
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08 April 2013, 20:59
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Town: jersey
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Did I blame anyone when you smashed my finger up? 
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08 April 2013, 22:02
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Town: Hampshire
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Thanks HughN, that's a fantastic post. You can almost smell the swarf and cutting oil, feel the heat and cover your ears to the noise. Fantastic.
Think that's the reason I love trailers - they're still so... I don't know, old fashioned? Agricultural? Love it, thanks again.
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08 April 2013, 22:20
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Quote:
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Did I blame anyone when you smashed my finger up? |
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09 April 2013, 07:58
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Town: Fort William
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Makes me feel kind of sad looking at those photos and then looking at the mess we are in now.
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09 April 2013, 09:24
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Makes me feel kind of sad looking at those photos and then looking at the mess we are in now. |
Well timed reminder with the death of Thatcher yesterday
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Breawatch
BLACK PIG
Piglet
Imogen
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