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24 March 2021, 13:28
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Where's my SIB
When your suppliers says "it's stuck in a container on the Suez", he may be telling the truth 
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24 March 2021, 14:21
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Seems its been refloated now, but shows how vulnerable we in Europe are. Going the long way round the cape would add lots of cost and i'm not sure they could stack them so high with the seas off the cape either
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24 March 2021, 14:23
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That's why I'm happy mine is travelling overland all the way from the factory in the back of Serge's old van.
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24 March 2021, 14:35
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Is Serge that meerkat of the tele?
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24 March 2021, 14:45
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No I think my Serge is a little more "handy" shall we say. Delays at the border are but a mere irritation he sweeps aside. I am trusting in him to get me tri-hulled by mid April.
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24 March 2021, 16:42
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Originally Posted by Fenlander
No I think my Serge is a little more "handy" shall we say. Delays at the border are but a mere irritation he sweeps aside. I am trusting in him to get me tri-hulled by mid April.
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What Border? The messy part of his job will be polishing off the skid marks left by terrified cross-channellers. Think of it as a PDI...
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24 March 2021, 16:44
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My shiny new Merc 20 EFI Electric turned up today, however, I have nothing to hang it on until the end of April at the earliest :-(
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24 March 2021, 16:53
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My shiny new Merc 20 EFI Electric turned up today, however, I have nothing to hang it on until the end of April at the earliest :-(
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It’s only 5 weeks[emoji6]
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24 March 2021, 18:17
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It’s only 5 weeks[emoji6]
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Shhh say it quietly, it sounds like months!
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24 March 2021, 18:25
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>>> polishing off the skid marks left by terrified cross-channellers
Hmm it's all swings and roundabouts... they might leave on a tasty newish 2-stroke??
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24 March 2021, 18:28
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Shhh say it quietly, it sounds like months!
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Ach! It’ll be here before you can say Customs Duty🥴
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24 March 2021, 18:41
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My shiny new Merc 20 EFI Electric turned up today, however, I have nothing to hang it on until the end of April at the earliest :-(
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Could be May if it was stuck on that container ship
Nah, they floated it this morning it'll be here in no time, before the pubs fully open anyway!
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24 March 2021, 21:11
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they might leave on a tasty newish 2-stroke??
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Now THAT sir, is what I call a REAL moral dilemma.
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24 March 2021, 21:15
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Now THAT sir, is what I call a REAL moral dilemma.
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25 March 2021, 16:24
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Could be May if it was stuck on that container ship
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The news was a bit premature yesterday saying they had refloated the container ship, looks like it could be stuck there a long time.
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25 March 2021, 17:10
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I was just looking at the latest images. What do you reckon... any helicopters powerful enough to unload part of the load? Land based massive winches to pull it straight? Thunderbird 2 with Firefly pod?
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25 March 2021, 17:16
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In an associated thought... We have exceptionally enterprising retired neighbours... lifetime of sailing experience... now motorcycle touring etc. They attended a wedding in India just pre-Covid and took a cabin on a container ship all the way back home and through the canal which they said was an amazing experience.
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25 March 2021, 17:20
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Quote:
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I was just looking at the latest images. What do you reckon... any helicopters powerful enough to unload part of the load? Land based massive winches to pull it straight? Thunderbird 2 with Firefly pod?
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I think Virgil in Thunderbird 2 should have a go
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25 March 2021, 17:25
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Well they never failed to be fair.... worth a go.
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25 March 2021, 17:40
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Quote:
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In an associated thought... We have exceptionally enterprising retired neighbours... lifetime of sailing experience... now motorcycle touring etc. They attended a wedding in India just pre-Covid and took a cabin on a container ship all the way back home and through the canal which they said was an amazing experience.
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I can see the divorce papers in the post "Di, remember that around the world cruise I promised you, well!!!!!"
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