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waterwitch

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  • Gender
    Female
  • Location
    Cathedral Marina. Ely
  • Interests
    Boats.

    Art.

    Boats.

    Wine.

    Boats.

    Did I mention boats?
  • Boat Name
    Hawkeye
  • Boat Location
    The Fens.

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  1. What a great thread. CWF at it's very best.
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  4. I love it. Lots of energy, verve and enthusiam. suze
  5. Hello Melissa. My boat is a Gary Gorton. 60ft. Beautifully built hull, very easy to handle, slips through the water, nice lines. We spent quite a time looking for the right boat for us and as is always the case had to compromise on some things (dedicated engine room was one of them) but would not compromise on quality of hull build. Hawkeye was built in 1995, so a couple of years older then the one you are looking at. She was previously owned by an American couple who cruised her for 7 months of every year and had done most of the system. She handles beautifully, is responsive and forgiving. I reckon the one you are considering is not too costly...we paid a lot more for Hawkeye! A good hull is most important .Fit out can be changed and improved but if the hull is a dog there is not much you can do. Suze PS. I see she has a side hatch too. This was another thing we refused to compromise on...side hatches are, in my opinion, essential!
  6. We are on the Great Ouse system. A couple of weeks ago we went to Ely and found a space on the park! Yippee! This area is dedicated to 48 hour moorings and spaces are, at times, like gold dust. The gap was approximately 90ft long and our boat is 60ft. There was an angler about a third of the way between the other two boats. As we prepared to go in he stood up and shouted that we could not moor there and should "f*** off* somewhere else. We ignored him and continued the mooring up operation. What ensued was beyond reasonable. He shouted, screamed and hurled obscene abuse at us, threatened violence and insisted that he had priority over the 90ft of riverbank. We ignored the ranting and moored up. The abuse and threats only stopped when I started to take photographs of the mooring and the positioning of his gear and our boat. All he needed to do was move his keep net out of the way so that it was not in danger of being damaged. Our experience of anglers has always been pretty good...live and let live from both sides goes along way to promoting harmony. This man was not taking part in a match. He seemed to think that he could commandeer 90ft of busy riverbank moorings and that boaters should accept this. He gathered up his gear and stomped off, still yelling threats of retribution against us, our boat, our dog, our parrot and future descendants unto the 7th generation. He was probably in his late seventies. I just hope I have that much energy at his age.
  7. Dear god! What an awful experience for all of you.
  8. Betty my love, most admirable one, prettiest and mostest attractive and kindest and loveable one...can I come and stay with you?
  9. ABNB. Rugby Boats. Both are reputable companies and have some very nice boats on their books. We bought ours through ABNB and found them to be helpful, professional and efficient. Have heard the same about Rugby Boats.
  10. Corkscrew...with attached lanyard. Large magnet...for retrieval of any corkscrew that doesn't have a lanyard.
  11. A greenie for Bizzard for the tennis racquet tip!
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