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Year: 2017

September 2, 2017November 10, 2018 Andrew

This is SHENSI

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Maybe I should have left the safety rails up

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August 29, 2017November 10, 2018 Andrew

August 2017 Bank Holiday Weekend Adventure

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Well, this was a pretty full-on weekend for us.  Jane and Bob arrived on the Friday evening to stay overnight so that we could get

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August 20, 2017November 10, 2018 Andrew

Henley Rewind Festival and Hurley regatta

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Due to the festival and the regatta, it was definitely a day to head the other way, and judging by the comments later, a wise

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August 13, 2017November 10, 2018 Andrew

AC and more

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I struggle with the theory and the practice sometimes – the boat should have had 4 x 150ah AGM batteries but I had previously looked

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August 1, 2017November 20, 2018 Andrew

Inside

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Just thought I’d post a few internal shots since all the pictures seem to be of the outside.

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July 31, 2017November 10, 2018 Andrew

On Manoeuvres

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This was a planned outing with Lucy, the George’s and Burdens’s, and Nicki and I had aimed to travel down through Marlow to Boulters Lock

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July 23, 2017November 10, 2018 Andrew

Service time

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The Bluewater boys came down today to deal with a few snagging issues (big ones and small) and things are going well; there were also

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May 28, 2017November 10, 2018 Andrew

Bank Holiday, Oh Hell

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What the hell was I thinking!   So, I can get in and out of the marina quite well now – in fact I probably

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May 25, 2017November 10, 2018 Andrew

Training day

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The weather is glorious at the moment so a great day for another training session with Peter (Bisham Abbey school) on-board.  There was very little

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May 20, 2017November 10, 2018 Andrew

Around the mooring

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  Harleyford Estate and Marina – Not a bad place to live. Shame I don’t play golf but otherwise this is such a lovely location.

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