MFV BF494 'Pansy', an old Motor Fifie Conversion

just a quick up date, loads been happening. found an bought a pair of absolutely mint Sailor radio sets for the old girl, yeah we've got modern DSC VHF's and all that, but these lads just look soooo right, in fact I'd also wager that Sailor manufactured these to match the dulcit tones of charlotte green reading the shipping forecast perfectly:

The handset should help with any potentail Faux pas' on No 2's part as regards what to do with a microphone!

Also on the 'toy' front, just not 5 minutes ago I bought a gearbox, we don't need a gearbox, yet we need a gearbox(eh?), Our current gearbox has very low hours and works perfectly... but its just wrong. wrong ratio that is, we need a gear box with a big reduction ratio to spin a big prop to get the most out of her, so hopefully a few more knots and a lot less diesel being burnt. Its not the ideal box ratio for this size/type of boat, but is the right box ratio for the prop we've got fitted so, as an interim till some kindly soul finds us a nice 3:1 borgwarner box and a 28" or 30" prop (left hander please, 3 or 4 blade on a 2" shaft ), it will be a big step in the right direction

Now the big news is, what was going to be a minor tidy up and bit of refit down below, may well now be a gut everything right back to the bones of the hull and start again kind of refit, all that 70's chic formica was holding so much moisture back, the proper wood hasn't taken too kindly to it all. Still, more fuel for the fire I guess! There will be much more space down there too when its done. Right, off to search ebay for 'Indoor Napalm' to get rid of the nasties now, will post some pics of the timber carnage later

*Avast Behind*

Not to be out done on the boat thing and buying stuff I would just like to report that after finishing Gears of War 2 on the X Box 360 I have just purchased Call of Duty - World at War. Doing my bit, it's only fair