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11 November 2024, 20:37
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Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,069
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RIP Biffer
Just found out that Biffer has passed away, for those that remember him.
A proper craftsman and a gent while managing to be so abrasive that he could offend anyone from inside a locked room.
Spent many hours chatting on the phone to him.
I'll miss him.
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11 November 2024, 20:56
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Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,163
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Sad news, I don’t think I ever had a run in with Biffer, he always came across as a knowledgeable gent. I feel like I may have missed out somehow. RIP
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11 November 2024, 21:02
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Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 14,893
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Man down.
Like Pikey, I don't recall falling foul of him, and he certainly helped out a lot of folks on here. His involvement with the MacMillan RIB was the stuff of legends. I knew he'd had a brush with the big C himself and I've often wondered how life was treating him - so there it is.
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11 November 2024, 21:08
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Country: UK - England
Town: Sussex
Boat name: Bombard
Make: Aerotec 380
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mercury Mariner 15hp
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 3,491
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Very sorry to hear this. All the very best wishes to Biffer’s nearest and dearest.
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12 November 2024, 00:10
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Country: UK - England
Town: Poole
Boat name: El Mono
Make: Ribtec 9M
Length: 9m +
Engine: Yanmar 315/Bravo III
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 896
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Very sorry to hear that - he was super helpful with my Ribtec 9m re-deck project, and even when he couldn't do the work himself as planned due to his medical battle, he still supervised the yard doing the work and ensured they did a proper job which I was so grateful for! Couldn't have asked for a more helpful, knowledgeable and inventive guy when it came to looking after RIB's.
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12 November 2024, 08:59
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: N. Devon
Boat name: (Not Another) Nutkin
Make: Highfield
Length: 6m +
Engine: Outboard, Honda 135
MMSI: 232036183
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 2,046
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Ah gutted, since moving local to me we've enjoyed some great lunches out 
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12 November 2024, 11:56
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Principalite d'Chaos
Boat name: The Nashers Revenge!
Make: Windsor Brothers
Length: 6m +
Engine: Optimax 225
MMSI: "Mmmmm SI" she said!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 4,918
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This really is sad news.
I've not seen him since he moved West, but often enjoyed his company before that.
He was the sort of person that some took an instant dislike to, but then 1/2hr later found him a true gent who you could spend hours chatting to.
I remember when he had his brush with Cancer years ago.
On popping round to see him, he was decorating the lounge, painting the walls, but dragging an Oxygen cylinder around the room after him connected to his mask.
It had a supermarket carrier bag over it as the guy who collected the last empty one had moaned about the paint all over it.
Does anyone know if his dream of cruising in a Beneteau Swift Trawler ever came off?
I hope it did.
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12 November 2024, 13:12
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Country: UK - England
Town: Sussex
Boat name: Bombard
Make: Aerotec 380
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mercury Mariner 15hp
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 3,491
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Originally Posted by Nasher
On popping round to see him, he was decorating the lounge, painting the walls, but dragging an Oxygen cylinder around the room after him connected to his mask.
It had a supermarket carrier bag over it as the guy who collected the last empty one had moaned about the paint all over it.
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That's a nice story Nasher, made me smile.
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12 November 2024, 20:28
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Wild West
Boat name: No Boat
Make: No Boat
Length: under 3m
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 5,306
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A good One gone West
Very Sad to hear the news ….he was a real Character and a wealth of Sea going Knowledge
He was a ‘bit of a Boy’ in his younger days Hence his Nick Name…😉
Last time I saw him I bought a tender engine from him which is still going strong
We shared a Sir name which we joked about somewhat 😁
God Bless Old Boy and best wishes to his Wife and family
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Retford
Boat name: Spy-sea-one
Make: Excel 435
Length: 4m +
Engine: Suzuki Outboard/25/4
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 7,528
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Very sad news I remember him well on here all that knowledge and he’s taken it with him RIP.
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