Thanks for all the support and offers of help! Really appreciate it. Will let everyone know when and where and if there is a picture posted of just an empty sea you know it wasn't a success!!!

Thanks! Yes I am looking forward to it. Be great to get that first launch out of the way and hope that all the hard work has paid off!

That would be good except its on a Friday and a lack of holiday entitlement means just can't make it. Looks like the bottom of a slipway in a local boatyard with her sat on the trailer just to make sure might be an idea.

Thanks - so do I !! fingers,toes and anything else I can cross that she does what she is supposed to do - float!!

Launch day is almost here - I think!!! It was only meant to be 6 weeks when I bought her but now 2 years later I think she may be getting her bottom wet!!!

They have actually offered up to 6 boat spaces. 2 in front of the flats and 4 on the old craneage area (I think thats where some of the fishing boats off load??). Just need to get some idea of who might want to attend and I will confirm that we want to have a go!

I have made a couple of enquiries with the Poole tourist office and if we are interested we could have a small stand (couple of boats on trailers) along by the Marina for promoting the CMBA during their 'Classic Car' nights on the Quay (18th June and 20th August). Also on Saturday 19th June there is...

How do you actually include a picture in a post???

and another thing!! Also looking for a tacho drive cable for the '63 Chris ski boat (283 engine) - any ideas for sourcing this or does anyone happen to have one lieing at the back of their shed????

In the final stages of putting the '63 Ski Boat back together! Need to put a new sender unit in the tank. Want to try and marry it up with the original Chris Craft fuel guage. Anybody know the rating for the sender unit that would have been used?? Don't particularly want to use a piece of wood as a ...