Carpy 888 and Waterpig's Launch

[Tiger Nuts]

As memebers of this forum and as anglers generally I think it is important that we all support each other.

When a fellow F-F member tries something new the rest of us here should be on hand to offer encouragement and advice and words of comfort when it goes ... sorry IF it goes wrong.

So with the above in mind I think we should all get off down to Pebley to witness and support Carpy and Piggy when they climb aboard the good ship .... well whatever it is called.

Oh and we promise not to laugh if it sinks / turns turtle / stops in the middle or catches fire.

So guys when is the great occasion? I have abottle of champagne (obviously we wont be ablet to do this at Ravo if drink is involved).

[waterpig]

Theres still a bit of fine tuning to do yet on it . I wo thinkin bout calling it the choclate starfish

[Tiger Nuts]

Excellent name!

I would think crew should adopt suitable titles when she's afloat.

Obvious ones spring to mind, Master Bates and Seaman Stains. I guess if AAron is on board he could be Roger the Cabin boy.

O dear I just had an image of carpy standing on the front doing the titanic pose as you head off away from the shore.

Whats it made of? Is it a blow up? Maybe you could call it blow-up Doll?

[waterpig]

Its an old sailing boat its fibre glass had to do alot off patching up as it had a hole in when got it(hope i got em all) runs 2 stroke outboard just a little putput engine a british segul 5hp

[Tiger Nuts]

Oh I remember the seagull engines! thats a blast from the past. I'm sure health and safety would love them these days, the flywheel is exposed on them isnt it?

[hursty]

better leave it until summer lads , wouldn't want you bumping into an icerberg would we ?
Will we be smashing a bottle of lemonade on it prior to the big launch ? Mind you seeing as there isn't a booze ban at pebley you can use 'champers .

[stuart09]

Its an old sailing boat its fibre glass had to do alot off patching up as it had a hole in when got it(hope i got em all) runs 2 stroke outboard just a little putput engine a british segul 5hp

it isnt a bath is it as i have a spare plug for the hole lol 

[andyoak]

When a fellow F-F member tries something new the rest of us here should be on hand to offer encouragement and advice and words of comfort when it goes ... sorry IF it goes wrong.

So with the above in mind I think we should all get off down to Pebley to witness and support Carpy and Piggy when they climb aboard the good ship .... well whatever it is called.

Oh and we promise not to laugh if it sinks / turns turtle / stops in the middle or catches fire.

Just one small thing when they go for it, carpy can't swim well not very well anyway so they pick somewhere like pebley to try it out. The shear size, 40 odd feet deep and full of snags, yeh it's perfect.

[waterpig]

Oh I remember the seagull engines! thats a blast from the past. I'm sure health and safety would love them these days, the flywheel is exposed on them isnt it?

 yeh it is just wrap rope round top and off you go . i didnt know he couldnt swim!

[carpy888]

Ofcourse I can fookin swim! I've been on pebly for years in my old boat although I doubt if I could swim from one side of pebly to the other.

[andyoak]

That not what you told me, then when you wouldn't even get in the boat, even in the edge, without having your life jacket on what am I to think. Lets face it you have all on walking with out tripping over, I have never known anyone as clumsy. God only knows whats going to happen when things go tits up but good luck and I promise I won't laugh.

[Tiger Nuts]

Hmmm no news from first mate Waterpig on how the preperations for sea trials are going

[waterpig]

there not at moment its on back full of water

[Tiger Nuts]

Well as the crowds await its launch maybe a photo of this austeer vessel.

[waterpig]

here she is the choclate starfish.http://s619.photobucket.com/albums/tt274/waterpig59/?action=view&current=DSCF0842.jpg