Rib 4 Macmillan - Page 54

ncp · 12 December 2013, 12:49

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Originally Posted by biffer

We had a damaged collar for the elephant truck, not anymore, cheers Chris

Biffer, are these available somewhere, I need one!

biffer · 12 December 2013, 12:52

Vibration plate

biffer · 12 December 2013, 12:54

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Originally Posted by ncp

Biffer, are these available somewhere, I need one!

Talk to Chris at Henshaws They are soft rubber now not hard plastic

Christopher · 12 December 2013, 12:58

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Originally Posted by biffer

Talk to Chris at Henshaws They are soft rubber now not hard plastic

Unfortunately we do not have any for sale. We called in a "favour" to obtain that one that Biff now has. Best thing I should think is to speak to an Avon spares stockist!

whisper · 12 December 2013, 13:51

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Originally Posted by ncp

Biffer, are these available somewhere, I need one!

Ron Hale Marine Ltd - Avon Searider Drain Trunk Assembly

whisper · 12 December 2013, 13:52

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Originally Posted by biffer

Vibration plate

Looking great

whisper · 12 December 2013, 13:52

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Originally Posted by biffer

We had a damaged collar for the elephant truck, not anymore, cheers Chris

Nice one Chris, thank you

ncp · 12 December 2013, 15:35

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Originally Posted by whisper

Ron Hale Marine Ltd - Avon Searider Drain Trunk Assembly

Thanks Whisper. Eek - 50 pounds! (just need the plastic part)

matt h · 12 December 2013, 16:55

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Originally Posted by whisper

Does AJ drink milk?

he will drink anything that he is told to drink!! hes a growing lad!

Christopher · 13 December 2013, 08:34

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Originally Posted by whisper

And here's our Henshaw Heros

Thank you so much for all you hard work and generosity.

You lot are amazing

Alex and others.

Thank you so much for your kind comments about the new tubes. We are quite proud of them and it was a real pleasure to take on a task such as this in aid of such a worthwhile cause. MacMillan are such a superb bunch of people.

Anyway on to more mundane matters, we have the set of original tubes here and, having looked at them again, I believe that they will "scrub up quite nicely" and the only really major thing that needs to be done is to remove all the old rubbing strake and replace with new. After this is done the tubes would certainly provide many years of useful life. So what I would like to do is the following:-

Restore the tubes to a good condition with new strakes etc, and then offer them to anyone for a sum of £1,500.00 plus VAT. £750.00 of this will need to be paid direct to the Just Giving web site for this project(This therefore avoids paying VAT on this part of the payment). and the balance of £750.00 paid to Henshaw Inflatables Ltd. This part of it will attract VAT at 20%.
I will also include sufficient fabric and Bostik for fitting the tubes. (If the purchaser wanted us to fit we would do this at a nominal charge)

The charity therefore benefits to the tune of another £750.00

I will await the flood of offers!!!. Of course if the purchaser wants to increase their donation to Just Giving just do so!!

Chris Caton · 13 December 2013, 09:19

Chris, again that us such a generous offer, I think there will be more bananas on the way

Ian M · 13 December 2013, 14:13

Crikey Chris, you will have Alex going bananas

Well done.
I had a chance to look at the boat today. Pictures do not do it justice, but here goes.....

matt h · 13 December 2013, 16:47

flip me... this is pure SR porn.. i'd be dry humpin them toobs if i could!!

MASSIVE RESPECT to Mr Hornidge at HENSHAWS for A doing it and B for the shear quality!!

tonymac · 13 December 2013, 20:08

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Originally Posted by matt h

flip me... this is pure SR porn.. i'd be dry humpin them toobs if i could!!

MASSIVE RESPECT to Mr Hornidge at HENSHAWS for A doing it and B for the shear quality!!

+1

willk · 13 December 2013, 21:17

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Originally Posted by Christopher

We called in a "favour" to obtain that one that Biff now has.

A "favour" is a wondrous thing and not to be used lightly. Respect!

Barrowboy · 14 December 2013, 15:16

Ok Chris, I have to ask; how much would this retube cost? I have an identical boat to this Macmillan rib and am considering retubing.

Chris Caton · 14 December 2013, 15:25

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Originally Posted by Barrowboy

Ok Chris, I have to ask; how much would this retube cost? I have an identical boat to this Macmillan rib and am considering retubing.

you can't ask Chris a question like that, this is a one off

what you need is some fairy tube cleaner and a handful of green scourer pads

but to save Chris spilling the beans, I bet he hasn't even counted the true cost of what they have done on the MacMillan rib, the new tubes on my SR4 were just over 2k, but that's only a roughish guide

biffer · 14 December 2013, 16:44

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Originally Posted by Barrowboy

Ok Chris, I have to ask; how much would this retube cost? I have an identical boat to this Macmillan rib and am considering retubing.

Why don't you buy the ones that are being refurb as we speak

Barrowboy · 14 December 2013, 17:40

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Originally Posted by Chris Caton

you can't ask Chris a question like that, this is a one off

what you need is some fairy tube cleaner and a handful of green scourer pads

Haha, on balance, over the past 30 years I've found that asking questions you're not supposed to ask has got me a very long way in life so far!

The tubes I have already are fine for now but I'm interested in the cost of a 'proper job' done by the 'A' team. I'm happy to receive a pm from the man himself if he doesn't want to publicise the price but I'd have thought a ball-park figure for a 5.4 re-tube wouldn't have been classified info? The man surely deserves to win some business as a result of his fantastic generosity thus far, doesn't he?

Not interested in refurbed tubes but am very interested in the cost of a new set

Chris Caton · 14 December 2013, 18:08

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Originally Posted by Barrowboy

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Originally Posted by Chris Caton

you can't ask Chris a question like that, this is a one off

what you need is some fairy tube cleaner and a handful of green scourer pads

Haha, on balance, over the past 30 years I've found that asking questions you're not supposed to ask has got me a very long way in life so far!

The tubes I have already are fine for now but I'm interested in the cost of a 'proper job' done by the 'A' team. I'm happy to receive a pm from the man himself if he doesn't want to publicise the price but I'd have thought a ball-park figure for a 5.4 re-tube wouldn't have been classified info? The man surely deserves to win some business as a result of his fantastic generosity thus far, doesn't he?

Not interested in refurbed tubes but am very interested in the cost of a new set

I was only jesting Tony, I agree with you that Chris and his team do deserve to win some business from the fantastic gesture they have made, although I'm sure that wasn't the reason they took the work on