Todays Boating

[Richard SimpsonParticipant @richardsimpson88330]

Posted by ashley needham on 27/12/2021 16:59:55:

Get well Paul.

Luck of the draw as to how bad you get it. I must have had the Omigod version as I had essentially a heavy cold, getting better.

Get those two jabs and a booster!

Ashley

(do you remember Bleep and Booster from Blue Peter???)

Sadly, yes!

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Happy new year chaps aNd chapesseses.

Lets hope 2022 is a bit better than 21.

i am feeling ok now, the Mrs is over it and the lad didn’t catch it so all is well here.

You are all being treated to a Tup-fest next issue I believe followed by something very blue and very fast.

Ashley

[Chris EParticipant @chrise]

Posted by Richard Simpson on 27/12/2021 19:33:51:

Posted by ashley needham on 27/12/2021 16:59:55:

Get well Paul.

Luck of the draw as to how bad you get it. I must have had the Omigod version as I had essentially a heavy cold, getting better.

Get those two jabs and a booster!

Ashley

(do you remember Bleep and Booster from Blue Peter???)

 

Sadly, yes!

 

Unfortunately no as it must have been after my time.

Edited By Chris E on 01/01/2022 10:45:04

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Chris, you young whippersnapper you!

Ashley

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Think I will have a quick boat tomorrow as all of a sudden it’s Sunday!

Ashley

[Trevor HollowayParticipant @trevorholloway99134]

New batteries on charge.

Will try the Batboat again and of course the Tup.

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

all together…. dadadadadadadada …BATMAAAAAN!!

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Bitnippy out.

Disaster first. The ferry dropped out of the car as I opened the boot lid, decapitating two passengers, unseating loads more and breaking the drivers seat and windscreen!! Although looking like a shambles, the people only need gluing back on and the heads will superglue back on ok. However, it’s a few years old now so I may take all the passengers off and repaint some of them, and refinish the seating etc etc. The worse things are the ferry stickers…inkjet ones faded and streaked, so I will strip them all off and get some proper vinyl labels printed for a superior finish.

Canal boat all ok. The loose cargo stayed where it was despite a bit of breeze.

Sunderland had an issue with the Starboard outer engine which wasn’t spinning (unless I flicked it),. Odd, as last time it was out this motor ran ok, but one of the inner engines was not giving full power. I have spares so I think I will just change it.

Trevors bat-boat ran ok, just a couple of small things to sort and it will be paint-ready.

Peters yacht and jet boat all ok no issues.

Ashley

 

 

Edited By ashley needham on 02/01/2022 13:47:27

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Ferry restoration: episode 1.

Ok. one head glued back on, the other lady was missing a foot, so was binned.

All the figures have been removed and de-glued and I have started repainting some of them.

I WAS going to change the seat colour, but am sticking with bright blue, however the mucky brown deck will now be dark green.

I may add a couple more figures, see how we go.

Ashley

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Ok. one head glued back on, the other lady was missing a foot, so was binned.

That's the NHS these days as a result of Covid…

Colin

[Richard SimpsonParticipant @richardsimpson88330]

You can still have a good quality of life and be a valuable contributing member of society with a foot missing you know. Do you not think it was a bit brutal to simply get rid of the poor lady simply for being an amputee? Have you never heard of prosthetics?

And then you decide to replace her with some new figures! I can't believe how heartless and cruel people can be sometimes. She may well be within her rights to claim damages for unfair dismissal and could even be looking into whether you employ an appropriate percentage of disabled passengers to populate the ferry. I'd start looking for a lawyer if I was you.

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

I know everyone is jesting, but eventually someone will look at the passengers of this and other boats and comment on the lack of diversity shown. Or am I just being paranoid?

Ashley

[Richard BarnettParticipant @richardbarnett67129]

I’ve got a pirate with a hook for a hand and he’s walking the plank! But, before he was a naughty boy he was getting a share and a half of the booty for his disability as per the pirate code.

Ash, don’t get paranoid about it, let’s not drag the woke stupidness into our hobby.

Ricky the pirate 🏴‍☠️

[Chris EParticipant @chrise]

I agree with Richard.

Your model so your choice.

Perhaps repaint the disabled female as a person of colour & make her Captain.

[Richard SimpsonParticipant @richardsimpson88330]

I'd just place a scale shopping bag in front of the missing foot and not waste a figure.

 

Edited By Richard Simpson on 03/01/2022 09:37:49

[Empire ParkstoneParticipant @empireparkstone]

Unlike the recent TV adverts diversity is not always obvious not really a topic for on here

Edited By Empire Parkstone on 03/01/2022 10:29:50

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Agree. No further discussion necessary.

Ashley

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Tomorrow will be rain free according to the iPad forecast.

Tup, Swordfish and lc(f).

Ferry coming on well. Repainted decks and stuff, repainted the passengers. The sheep are getting the boot and I am putting some nudists on the main deck. It’s amazing what you can do with a bit if milliput.

New stickers ordered.

Ashley

[Richard BarnettParticipant @richardbarnett67129]

See you all tomorrow 👍

Ricky ye pirate 🏴‍☠️

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Good boating Sunday. Took the BHA flying boat and Swordfish..

A bit cold initially but the sun came out and it was quite pleasant a bit later on.

All other boats running well.

Trevor bought a cardboard mock-up of his latest project down, which obviously we gave a constructive critical judgement on…. (it’ll never fly) and as usual with these things (it’s from 1911) the mock-up although as accurate as the available data allows looks not quite like you think it should do from the pictures.

My Hydroglisseur was like this. From the side it looks just like the pictures, but front on, wierd…mostly due to the fact that no front on pictures had been found, and it just doesn’t look like you think it should.(but it is right)

Ashley

Edited By ashley needham on 10/01/2022 08:57:48

[Nigel NorthwoodParticipant @nigelnorthwood17509]

An unusual restoration project took to the water for the first time in many years yesterday. It didn't start life as a swing rig. Or as an "Expedition" style yacht.

[Richard BarnettParticipant @richardbarnett67129]

That’s nice Nigel, built a few swing rigs myself over the years always interesting to sail and very simple to rig up pondside!

Ricky ye pirate 🏴‍☠️

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Yes, nice oneNigel. A bit different.

Stickers for ferry arrived today and have been stuck on, and look so much better than the tatty faded old ones.

engine on Sunderland changed out.

Flag for gunboat also arrived and is being glued to a bit of string.

Ashley

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Sunderland all back together.

Becc flag now on a bit of string (linen thread actually),and attached to the rear mast spar. Lower end has been tethered to one often shroud deck rings, as the deck is removable and the tiller/crew group get in the way of a central securing point. I have no proof but it seems to me they must have had to adjust the flags as they twiddled the masting/sail arrangement, as no one point on a sailing ship really does for hanging a flag from, unless it’s at the very top….?

Luckily I have no sails set, so I can put the flag where I want, and hanging it off a spar ensures the flag hangs down slightly, as if it was up the top of the mast it would tend (from my testing) to either go left or right, and not rearwards where you would see it in profile…obviously ignoring that the wind will blow it about a bit.

on the subject of flags, I have still not found a definitive answer to which flags go on what mast on a three masted vessel. There could be a station flag (red or blue for instance), admirals flag/pennant, union flag or white ensign to fly.

Unfortunately mostly all you have are paintings and illustrations to work from and these all might have artistic licence.. anyway, I think I said all this when I was building the London.

i have a special buffet lunch to go to at the Hersham centre today, followed by a bit of dancing and then the Ballroom class I run !

Ashley

 

Edited By ashley needham on 13/01/2022 08:31:57

[Richard SimpsonParticipant @richardsimpson88330]

You run a ballroom class? A man of many and varied talents!

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