Local Paper twice in the same week

Burty · 02-06-2005, 09:15 PM

i'm in the local paper twice in the same week. the first article

RNLI CREW SECURES DRIFTING SPEEDBOAT

An RNLI crew rescued a stricken speedboat from Weston Bay on Monday last week.

The crew of the Burnham Staines Whitfield boat were on a training exercise near Brean Down when Swansea Coastguard received a call at 8.10pm of a red distress flare coming from a speedboat, near the Sea Life Centre.

The RNLI crews in Weston were called out but as Burnham's crew was less than five minutes away it was also sent to help with the rescue.

They arrived on the scene to find the 21ft speedboat had broken down.

Burnham's lifeboat helmsmen Glen Cutter said: "The speedboat was drifting helplessly in strong onshore winds. We were close enough to give assistance quickly and the Coastguard asked us to help."

The speedboat was towed to Knightstone Harbour before the Burnham crew went back to their training exercise.

Good to see the RNLI make it sound better

1. my boat is a 20 not a 21
2. i didnt launch any flares cus i aint got any
3. i had broken down but only a flat battery
4. the life boat only came because it was out on exercises and the coastguards were on the beach doing training and they called them

Burty · 02-06-2005, 09:18 PM

i'll post the second artice when i get the paper and scan it in but it involves a picture cus i had to go and rescue Cyco in his boat

Taz · 02-06-2005, 09:52 PM

Do you have a problem with charging the battery dude ie your engine dont suply enougth power>?

Burty · 02-06-2005, 09:59 PM

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Originally posted by Taz
Do you have a problem with charging the battery dude ie your engine dont suply enougth power>?

Yes dude but then all 260's do thats why people put those alternator kits on them. only got a 16amp charging circuit and on mine its trying to run

all engine electrics, injectors ecu etc
power trim
power lift
trim tabs

and i do alot of stop starting when towing skiers etc

now i tend to charge the battery after every outing

JamesM · 02-06-2005, 10:02 PM

Yes he does!!!

Its because the race motors XR2/2.5 260 (not 280) only have a 16 amp charging system and burty has loads of toys (power lift, power trim, trim tabs, EFI, electric fuel pump) in his boat that he uses all the time rather than concentrating on his driving

Taz · 02-06-2005, 10:10 PM

Yeh but i have lift bracket trim trim tabs ecu lights pump gps fishfinder bilge etc and i havent needed to charge my battery once

JamesM · 02-06-2005, 10:21 PM

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Originally posted by Taz
Yeh but i have lift bracket trim trim tabs ecu lights pump gps fishfinder bilge etc and i havent needed to charge my battery once

Yeah but do you drive along going lift up, lift down, left tab down, right tab down, left tab up, trim out, trim in, lift up, left tab up, stop engine, start engine, stop engine, again, start engine again, trim out, right tab up, left tab down a bit, right tab down a bit, lift down, trim in, right tab down a bit further, left tab down just as much as the right tab, actually no left tab back up a bit, lift up, trim out, stop engine start eng........ Oh f**k now where did I put those flares and my anchor. Hmmm oh yeah thats right I haven' t got any flares and my anchor that I've only got cause it came with the boat is at Cyes house. I know I'll wave this water ski in the air because the end is orange, someones bound to see it

JamesM · 02-06-2005, 10:24 PM

Hey, the engine may not start but there's just enough juice to put my tabs up and my lift down and trim in and, oh thats it, battery is well and truely dead now. Oh bollox how am I going to recover my boat with the engine trimmed in

Burty · 02-06-2005, 10:25 PM

PRICK

I had my mobile and made a call but not going to say anymore cus we will only end up having a row

JamesM · 02-06-2005, 10:26 PM

Dan · 02-06-2005, 10:28 PM

Even my Mum has just rang up from Sunny Weston to tell me about your mis-fortune, but I hear rumour that in the erticle she seen you were doing the towing

JamesM · 02-06-2005, 10:45 PM

Yeah the paper well and truely stiched Cye up.

What actually happened was, after Saturdays race was cancelled Cye went out to try the motor (he was running someone elses 2 litre so he could race in F3) had some engine trouble, and had to be towed back in by Burty. Then on Sunday he went out having fixed the motor and well and truely cleaned up in F3. Lapped everyone, except 2nd place, twice and was a lap and a half ahead of 2nd place in just a 35 minute race.

All the paper said was "but it wasn't plain sailing for all who took part, Cye Hayes from weston is towed ashore by Rob Strick after his newly fitted engine broke down in the bay." And then a big photo of Burty towing Cye, taken on the Saturday not Sunday.

Didn't mention that it was on the Saturday. No mention of how well Cye actually did in the race on the Sunday. And only F1, F2 and Ladies results published.

What a load of crap!!!

Burty · 02-06-2005, 10:56 PM

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Originally posted by Dan
Even my Mum has just rang up from Sunny Weston to tell me about your mis-fortune, but I hear rumour that in the erticle she seen you were doing the towing

i was, thats the second article i was on about but haven't had our paper yet so cant scan it in.
i got towed in by the life boat the monday before

Dan · 02-06-2005, 11:01 PM

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All the paper said was "but it wasn't plain sailing for all who took part, Cye Hayes from weston is towed ashore by Rob Strick after his newly fitted engine broke down in the bay." And then a big photo of Burty towing Cye, taken on the Saturday not Sunday.

Didn't mention that it was on the Saturday. No mention of how well Cye actually did in the race on the Sunday. And only F1, F2 and Ladies results published.

What a load of crap!!! [/B][/QUOTE]

Was that is the Weston Mercury, Or the Evening post?
Could be worse, could have been the headline story in the Admag!!!

JamesM · 02-06-2005, 11:02 PM

weston and worle news

Matt · 03-06-2005, 12:01 AM

I'm not taking the piss, but can't ya pull start ya motor burty?
I used to pull start my 2l motor occasionally just to prove it was possible if I flattened the battery.

BluFin · 03-06-2005, 05:42 AM

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Originally posted by Taz
Yeh but i have lift bracket trim trim tabs ecu lights pump gps fishfinder bilge etc and i havent needed to charge my battery once

You shouldn't have said that fate

Burty · 03-06-2005, 07:30 AM

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Originally posted by Matt
I'm not taking the piss, but can't ya pull start ya motor burty?
I used to pull start my 2l motor occasionally just to prove it was possible if I flattened the battery.

i used to pull start my old 2.4 but you need some power to run the fuel pump, injectors, ecu etc so it is impossible on the 2.5 race motors. they dont put the hooks on the flywheel anyway

roofer · 03-06-2005, 10:06 AM

burty why didn't you bump start it, hutchy watched 3 guys trying to bump start there boat on the river at stannah, he said he couldn't believe what he was seeing and pissed his self laughing

Matt · 03-06-2005, 10:24 AM

Ah, had forgotten it's one of these hi-tech new fangled things.

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Originally posted by Burty
i used to pull start my old 2.4 but you need some power to run the fuel pump, injectors, ecu etc so it is impossible on the 2.5 race motors. they dont put the hooks on the flywheel anyway