The "Planatec" Project - Page 55

Pash 1 · 31-07-2009, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

Are you joking? I've never had so much fun.

Good.... neither have I its been a great adventure Jon im glad you were on this journey with us

BigBird1964 · 31-07-2009, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by BluFin

Can I just clarify one point there not stickers there decals

John, I knew we could rely on you to come up with the correct terminology

Jon Fuller · 31-07-2009, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Pash 1

Good, its been a great adventure Jon im glad you were on this journey with us

Quite!

I feel like one of those motorists that slow down and gaze at a horrific car crash.

Thanks for letting me be in the audience.

Pash 1 · 31-07-2009, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

Quite!

I feel like one of those motorists that slow down and gaze at a horrific car crash.

Thanks for letting me be in the audience.

What one of those people we all hate - nahhh your not one of those Jon

Jon Fuller · 31-07-2009, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Pash 1

What one of those people we all hate - nahhh your not one of those Jon

Probably, luckily I've good thick skin. You on the other hand, are so universally admired & respected by all.

BTW, why did you lie to Tony Hamilton about discussing your 'project' with me last Saturday, when you clearly didn't?

Now, what I don't get is why you're still here? Isn't it time you left the building?

Pash 1 · 31-07-2009, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

BTW, why did you lie to Tony Hamilton about discussing your 'project' with me last Saturday, when you clearly didn't?

I didn't lie to Tony Hamilton...

Jim Brooker · 31-07-2009, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Pash 1

Simon...
They will be checked over before bolting anything to them - just to make sure - fluid levels, bellows and anything else we can find to check

I must say that you should have rebuilt the transom assy I use to rebuild them or fit rebuilt ones ever 3 races and cleaned out the inside oil tank and all the pipe work, if there is crap in the tanks or piping by by new 15k drives.

cfun · 31-07-2009, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Brooker

if there is crap in the tanks or piping by by new 15k drives.

Now that is truly frighting 15K rinsed away while playing

Jon Fuller · 31-07-2009, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Pash 1

I didn't lie to Tony Hamilton...

So what exactly did you say to him to make him call me and ask what I'd said to you in our conversation on saturday? (you know, the one we didn't have)

Pash 1 · 31-07-2009, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

So what exactly did you say to him to make him call me and ask what I'd said to you in our conversation on saturday? (you know, the one we didn't have)

Nothing at all I said it to Andy Judge Not Tony Hamilton

Jon Fuller · 31-07-2009, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Pash 1

Nothing at all I said it to Andy Judge Not Tony Hamilton

OK smartarse, what did you tell Andy about our imaginary conversation?

Pash 1 · 31-07-2009, 04:03 PM

Therefore I didn’t lie to Tony Hamilton.. as you allege.. Tony got it second hand from Andy and you got it third hand from Tony

Pash 1 · 31-07-2009, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Brooker

I must say that you should have rebuilt the transom assy I use to rebuild them or fit rebuilt ones ever 3 races and cleaned out the inside oil tank and all the pipe work, if there is crap in the tanks or piping by by new 15k drives.

Jimmy, I will be having the transom assembly looked at and cleaned then re-filled with fluids, looking at the viewing ports there is about 50% fluid in each so drain that, flush through and replace any pipes or unions that are showing signs of wear, re-grease anything and everything and Andy Judge will be fitting the new drives so im sure he will make sure all is OK before he bolts everything back together.

Jon Fuller · 31-07-2009, 04:17 PM

Martin, did you, or did you not claim to have had a conversation with me on Saturday, during which you say I passed judgement on aspects of your boat? and did you also claim to have had similar conversations with Tony Davis? I don't give a shit if it was TH or AJ, I just want to know if you did or didn't.

Is that too hard to answer truthfully?

Matt · 31-07-2009, 04:26 PM

There was a time when I considered it a bit of a free for all on Pash, he was sooo over confident it was gonna be a piece of piss to put the boat back together, despite what everyone was telling him. That earns substantial piss taking in my book.

But for me at least, that time has passed, I think Pash realises that actually, it IS a monstrously big job to put a 41' boat together and he's seems to have stopped strutting round like a superstar. So it'll just be nice to see another one of the old boats back on the water, and it isn't gonna run slower than "Absolutely Fabulous", after all. (Please, it can't!)

Oh, and the ribs @ the PR were v. tasty.

Pash 1 · 31-07-2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

Martin, did you, or did you not claim to have had a conversation with me on Saturday, during which you say I passed judgement on aspects of your boat? and did you also claim to have similar conversations with Tony Davis? I don't give a shit if it was TH or AJ, I just want to know if you did or didn't.

Is that too hard to answer truthfully?

Yes I did in answer to your first question,
No I didnt in answer to your second question I aledged you passed comment on a certain item that had been fabricated as a fuel manifold.
Yes I did in answer to your third question.

There an honest answer. Thats not bad going for me on a Friday

Jon Fuller · 31-07-2009, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Pash 1

Yes I did

How dare you use my name, of all people, in a false claim lying about comments passed!

I want an apology on here stating very clearly that no such conversation took place between you and I (or Tony Davis) and in fact, I haven't discussed any details of your boat with you for many months.

Jon Fuller · 31-07-2009, 04:39 PM

Matt, this has nothing to do with previous piss taking, or my opinion of Martin and his boat.

Matt · 31-07-2009, 04:45 PM

Yeh I know that - my post kinda slotted into the wrong place.

Pash 1 · 31-07-2009, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt

There was a time when I considered it a bit of a free for all on Pash, he was sooo over confident it was gonna be a piece of piss to put the boat back together, despite what everyone was telling him. That earns substantial piss taking in my book.

But for me at least, that time has passed, I think Pash realises that actually, it IS a monstrously big job to put a 41' boat together and he's seems to have stopped strutting round like a superstar. So it'll just be nice to see another one of the old boats back on the water, and it isn't gonna run slower than "Absolutely Fabulous", after all. (Please, it can't!)

Oh, and the ribs @ the PR were v. tasty.

It is a job that has been monumentally vast, and whilst everybody told me it would be sometimes you have to make mistakes yourself. Accordingly I have had the P*ss taken Royally - and Its has been received in good humour, I have also had some fantastic messages of support.

But now she is nearing the end of her re-fit I can say that the budget has been exceeded by just over £5,000 so a complete re-fit (albeit some parts obtained from Fleabay) for £35,000 not too bad in my book.

When you look at the work Tony H and Andy J have done I’m very pleased, the fuel tanks (thanks Cosworth Mirrage) are better than I expected and Half the price I was quoted, the exhausts are great and less then half I was quoted (Thanks to BD Marine) the bolster seats have had questions raised about the amount of padding but were less than 1/3 of what I was quoted.

So yes lessons learnt and advices not taken (Mostly through financial considerations) but she is getting there.

Massive debt of gratitude owed to:
Budweiser - nearly two months working on the boat full time
Splitpin (Comes down from Dartford Kent) cheers Mate
Delta21 (Comes Down from Cobham Surrey) cheers Mate
Mr F for advice when I first bought the boat
Tony Davis for sticking his head into the engine bay on cold winter days and saying "Having Fun"
BlindDog and Bigbird for continuously taking the P*ss and having a dig in the best possible taste
Foolish for giving advice on the engines and drives
Flying Fish without those drawings I would have been hacking things out that should not have been
Jimmy Brooker for all the messages on things to do and things to look out for.
BluFin for keeping me going with phone calls every other night and joining the Team - without BluFin on board this project would not have even started.
And the Countless offers of Help, messages of support from members here

Guys without you ALL this project would not have got to this stage

The Important thing is that a historic boat will be back on the water - Not the person who paid for the work to be done.