New purchase

[Foz]

Awesome, and a K&N, i mean everyone needs one of them

[mik]

Absolutely

[dinny_g]

Brilliant Nef - you're now the second person I know who has bought a speedboat, drunk, at an Auction. Mind you, at least you were at home, the other guy was at a physical auction, drunk when he bought his.

I'm sure you know this but there are a few basics you'll need to arrange before taking it out on the Forth as you don't impounded first time out.

Take video and post here...

[IanF]

Cool purchase Nef!

And Dinny, nobody buys a boat sober!

[dinny_g]

[Simon]

Do you live near water?

[scotta]

[Jackleg]

Brilliant Nef - you're now the second person I know who has bought a speedboat, drunk, at an Auction. Mind you, at least you were at home, the other guy was at a physical auction, drunk when he bought his.

I'm sure you know this but there are a few basics you'll need to arrange before taking it out on the Forth as you don't impounded first time out.

Take video and post here...

Really? Like what? Aside from possibly having to pay for the use of a slip I can't think of anything that would get him impounded unless he broke the speed limit/by laws.

[Jimmy Choo]

Do you live near water?

Did you read his post?

Nef, that's CAF. Can you moor it round the back of your house? I can't remember how deep that river is.

[Simon]

Do you live near water?

Did you read his post?

Not the last paragraph, clearly!

[mik]

Nef taking ScottA out to purchase some new show-whelks from the other side of the bay.....

[dinny_g]

Really? Like what?

https://www.rya.org.uk/knowledge-advice ... s/hub.aspx

Fill ya boots...

It's more knowledge and understanding, rather than any specific kit etc

[scotta]

Nef taking ScottA out to purchase some new show-whelks from the other side of the bay.....

Well that's your invite rescinded ..

[scotta]

Really? Like what?

https://www.rya.org.uk/knowledge-advice ... s/hub.aspx

Fill ya boots...

It's more knowledge and understanding, rather than any specific kit etc

TL;DR Can you summarise in idiot form ?

[mik]

Well that's your invite rescinded ..

My invite to your Whelk exhibition?

[dinny_g]

I'm no expert but basically to be safe, just be able to show your not a couple of blokes who've borrowed someone's boat for a jaunt.

e.g. - if asked about a radio, it's better to say something like "Well we checked the regs and we understand don't need one but to be safe, we've both got charged phones in waterproof cases and someone on land knows where we are, when we're due back and what to do if we're not back at that time " is better than "Erm, don't have one".

You can be doing nothing wrong and still have your boat impounded if, say a Harbour Master thinks you're at risk.

This was the advice given to the other drunk boat buyer by a seasoned yachtsman (who seemed to have a big thing for Radar Reflectors, though not mandatory I believe)

[scotta]

Well that's your invite rescinded ..

My invite to your Whelk exhibition?

No...Your invite to comes cruising in the jet boat innit..

[ShockDiamonds]

Very indeed

[nuttinnew]

Yay, and rhd too

The "unusual state of tune" had me puzzled. What's different with the marine versions?


A drunken project purchase that'll end up making money ftw

[Coaster1]

That’s a lot cooler than I thought

As said, very Bond / playboy.