So with the aftermath of Bertha, or the next low, or whatever, making itself felt over the Sunday what better thing to utilise your time than a bit of browsing among the tat, sorry, bargains, at the local boat jumble...
So it was that little'un and I made our way to a truly blustery Fort Purbrook for the boat jumble.. all in all I felt it was good value, but only because the jumble was also in the fort and it gave me an opportunity to have a mooch round (my other interest is wargaming/military history)
Not a huge number of stands, the majority of them appeared to be professional or semi professional and the usual culprits but I went with an open mind rather than a shopping list, and came back with some bargains...
So in order
So it was that little'un and I made our way to a truly blustery Fort Purbrook for the boat jumble.. all in all I felt it was good value, but only because the jumble was also in the fort and it gave me an opportunity to have a mooch round (my other interest is wargaming/military history)
Not a huge number of stands, the majority of them appeared to be professional or semi professional and the usual culprits but I went with an open mind rather than a shopping list, and came back with some bargains...
So in order
- a new cleat that I will use to replace the main cleat I currently have which is a little small and on the weedy side (this is job #1 on the winter job list) - only £6 bargain..
- and anchor chain/hawse pipe - "Sparrow" has clearly not done much anchoring in the past as there is no means for feeding the chain from anchor locker to outside - this will resolve that problem - that was £4, they're £20 upwards new so I was chuffed...
- then for a fiver I got that roll of neoprene self adhesive tape (6mtrs of 25mmx3mm) that will be used in job #9 the refurb of the cockpit locker lids - I'll use it to seal the underside of the lids where they sit on the lip of the opening... make them weatherproof, and also provide sound insulation..
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