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20-10-2009, 06:02 PM
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Registered User
Country: uk
Location: poole
Occupation: retail
Interests: sport and being lazy
Boat make: ring rib
Engines: merc xr2
Cruising area: bournemouth bay
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: poole
Posts: 1,681
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Hi John Holmes, see your avatar is of the VR1 I have been banging on about for months, and what a great buy it would be so have you made an offer
I made a post when I noticed it had dropped to $10k or offers
also noticed a nice Merc 420HO out their that according to the Velocity site could kick it along at around 80mph not bad I thought for a single 420hp 29' boat
so if you have purchased it
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20-10-2009, 06:49 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
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Originally Posted by Jon Holmes
Ill have some of that. Its always good to hear "Good News"
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Why the name change Jon?
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20-10-2009, 07:33 PM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,237
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Hi Cfun,
Yes i have bought it. I have been after it since i saw it advertised on offshoreonly.com. I am now looking forward to the build now though i need to get it completed for next season.
Hi Jon,
As a member of many forums, i had decided to make it easier for myself by using the same user name on all. There is nothing suspicious a foot
Are you able to change my username under Turnip1 so that all my previous posts come together under my name? If not, feel free to delete that account Jon.
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20-10-2009, 07:42 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
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I can change the turnip 1 account name to Jon Holmes, no trouble.
Is that what you'd like me to do?
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20-10-2009, 07:46 PM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: London
Boat name: Athito
Boat make: Sunseeker Superhawk 34
Engines: 2x300hp Yanmar 6LP
Cruising area: Solent
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: London
Posts: 149
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Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
I agreed to be on the committee, but if phrases like 'flag officers' are gonna get used, I need to be as far away as possible. All that crap belongs with black ties, diners clubs, and self important wankstains who usually 'do nothing' themselves except of course a bit of good old self praise.
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10 out of 10
Cheque on way!!!
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20-10-2009, 07:47 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 670
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
I agreed to be on the committee, but if phrases like 'flag officers' are gonna get used, I need to be as far away as possible. All that crap belongs with black ties, diners clubs, and self important wankstains who usually 'do nothing' themselves except of course a bit of good old self praise.
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20-10-2009, 07:57 PM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,237
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
I can change the turnip 1 account name to Jon Holmes, no trouble.
Is that what you'd like me to do?
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Yes please Jon.
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20-10-2009, 07:59 PM
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#28
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 425
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Rear Commodore here...
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Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
I agreed to be on the committee, but if phrases like 'flag officers' are gonna get used, I need to be as far away as possible. All that crap belongs with black ties, diners clubs, and self important wankstains who usually 'do nothing' themselves except of course a bit of good old self praise.
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Speaking as the Rear Commodore of C.O.P.O.C. (the Classic Offshore Powerboat Owner's - but you don't actually have to own one - Club!) I'll have you know that I resemble that, intensely!!
I've always wanted to be a pompous oaf...! Only got as far as the oaf bit though...
Actually, it backfires nicely and is a ready-made joke... well, it breaks the ice... "Look-out, here comes the Rear (ooh, err) Commodore"... "Don't drop your napkin, here comes the Rear Commodore", etc. etc.
We're only a small club and maybe it helps to get us taken seriously... or not!
I quite see your point-of view, however.
Toodle-pip, old chap...
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20-10-2009, 09:30 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
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OK, maybe just 'stuffy' would have been a better way of describing 'those' kind of clubs/members.
Either way, they aint for me.
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20-10-2009, 09:34 PM
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Registered User
Country: Job Centre
Location: In a box
Occupation: Chaos's gofer
Interests: Skiving
Boat make: Spectre 30
Engines: 2 x Promax 225
Cruising area: In the bath
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: In a box
Posts: 5,201
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Delta28
well, it breaks the ice... "Look-out, here comes the Rear (ooh, err) Commodore"... "Don't drop your napkin, here comes the Rear Commodore", etc. etc.
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2 questions..... Where do you go where you need to be announced as the "rear commodore"
And wtf does COPOC actually do?
I have asked the 2nd question quite a few times, but never got an answer.
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20-10-2009, 09:40 PM
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Registered User
Country: uk
Location: uk
Cruising area: southcoast
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: uk
Posts: 528
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copox
copox talk about old u boats and knitting
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20-10-2009, 09:41 PM
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Registered User
Country: Job Centre
Location: In a box
Occupation: Chaos's gofer
Interests: Skiving
Boat make: Spectre 30
Engines: 2 x Promax 225
Cruising area: In the bath
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: In a box
Posts: 5,201
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alice
copox talk about old u boats and knitting
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20-10-2009, 10:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 425
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I'm never announced, anywhere. Nor am I ever referred to as a Rear Commodore.... only by family and friends taking the piss...!
I joined COPOC because, as a young lad "Surfury" was kept alongside my Grandfather's yacht in the large Groves & Gutteridge shed that is now Cowes Yacht Haven. Having watched every C-T-C since about 1964, I've always been interested in Powerboats despite coming from a firmly "rag-and-stick" family.
Can't afford new boats (though I'm interested in them too) and have recently been more involved with finding and researching old ones...
To keep it short, COPOC promotes / exchanges info about classic powerboats... we can't save them all, but we can help keep tabs on where they are, what condition, etc. ..act as an agency to put people in-touch and try to save the important ones...
I know not all of you feel the same way ...fair enough, but there is a great interest in classic cars (Goodwood Revival, etc.) and some of us would like to see the old boats restored and raced.
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21-10-2009, 08:17 AM
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#34
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,041
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G & G
In the days when you were only an Able Seaman,Ian.
Looks like your namesake is off for a sea trial,whilst big brother rests.
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21-10-2009, 09:44 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 425
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Think I'm demoted to being the flea on the cabin boy's cat...!
Great picture... Where's that from? ...your house must be like those hoarder's ones on the telly, you know, where you can't actually get in the rooms...!
Anyway, back to Driver's Powerboat Club....
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21-10-2009, 10:14 AM
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#36
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Moderator
Country: England
Location: Cornwall.
Occupation: Retired.
Interests: Golf & liquid lunches with friends.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cornwall.
Posts: 2,303
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Gill got me in a head lock yesterday and made me sign up to the club on the spot, made me pay ten quid as well - in cash! I couldn't even get a discount as a pensioner. She's a hard lady.
ML.
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21-10-2009, 10:24 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,041
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Nothing like hi-jacking the thread Ian.That pic is from the local rag in 1967,and ran a story re raising the roof on the G & G shed,but being as it had Surfury shown, I stuck it in the scrapbook,and yes,you can waltz into the powerboat cave without falling over piles of crap as Mr.Fuller will testify,but one dropped fag and it`s all up in smoke,and this is where Mr.F comes into his own, to preserve it all on his new shiny server.That`s the theory anyway.
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21-10-2009, 08:23 PM
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#38
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Trade Member
Country: England
Location: West Sussex
Occupation: Boatbuilder / Design
Interests: Anything powered on wheels, water or air
Boat name: OVERLORD
Boat make: RING 34' SPORTSBOAT 2 X V8 PETROL
Engines: 2 x 320 MERCRUISER B1
Cruising area: South coast
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 406
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Cheque in post .....Anything for a good cause!
Ginge for Admiral , Say I !!!
Mike
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21-10-2009, 09:34 PM
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#39
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Registered User
Country: Job Centre
Location: In a box
Occupation: Chaos's gofer
Interests: Skiving
Boat make: Spectre 30
Engines: 2 x Promax 225
Cruising area: In the bath
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: In a box
Posts: 5,201
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Ring
Cheque in post .....
Mike
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Might as well cancel that, there's an age limit on membership gramps.
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21-10-2009, 10:08 PM
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Trade Member
Country: England
Location: West Sussex
Occupation: Boatbuilder / Design
Interests: Anything powered on wheels, water or air
Boat name: OVERLORD
Boat make: RING 34' SPORTSBOAT 2 X V8 PETROL
Engines: 2 x 320 MERCRUISER B1
Cruising area: South coast
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 406
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Bloody good job there is no limit on the amount of Burgers you are allowed to eat at one sitting.......( allegedly ) !!!
Keeps the cats well ballasted anyway!
OC
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony Davis
Might as well cancel that, there's an age limit on membership gramps.
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