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Cruiser restoration and wheelchair adaption

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  • #422
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 6,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    Thank you all for your kind words, but today I ask you to "Smile for Kyle" it's a powerful thing to share happiness and he did it by the boat load.

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  • #423
    WildWater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 780 ✭✭✭WildWater


    So sorry for your loss. Deepest condolences. Tears were welling up in my eyes as I was reading the thread then the photo above and I smiled. RIP Kyle.


  • #424
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,076 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Kyle may have had a short life and no doubt a difficult one but I don't think he could have landed in a better place, Fergal.
    His smiles said it all.


  • #425
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,264 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    Deepest condolences Fergal to you and your family at this difficult time.

    I/we know that you gave your son the best life imaginable.

    RIP


  • #426
    sogood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭sogood


    I just saw the sad news today Fergal and I feel for you and your family. Try to take some consolation from the quality of time you had together as opposed to the quantity. He was a very fortunate child to have such a selfless father. Deepest sympathies to all.


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  • #427
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 6,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    Thank you all for your kind words and those of you that attended the service it was very much appreciated, hard times ahead but I hope to get down to the boat this weekend.

    The program "My 10k holiday home" will be on again this weekend at 6:00 on Saturday and 12:00 on Sunday on virgin one and will hopefully have a little tribute to Kyle in the credits.




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  • #428
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 6,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    A nice little gift was given to us from friends in the marina, it was a bit too wild to head out on the water but the shebeen was open so we made the most of that. :)



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  • #429
    seaking
    Closed Accounts Posts: 76 ✭✭seaking


    just gone back a few pages . Fergal i am so sorry for your loss God only takes the Good . you are an amazing man you will get through this . may God be with you & your family . R.I.P. Kyle .


  • #430
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 6,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    So my heart is not up to hand winching the anchor so I decided to fit an electric windlass.




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    The drop into the well is not deep enough to take all the chain and rope so I had to drill a hole into the bulkhead.

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    I then fiberglassed a bit of drain pipe into the hole.

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    I use the cable ties so I can see when the anchor is near the roller then I know just to use short bursts to get the anchor up and over.

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    I also had to install a larger bow roller and have some bow switches that you can operate the winch with your feet but I am going to fit a remote control so I may not need the switches.

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  • #431
    quietsailor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,400 ✭✭✭quietsailor


    That's a tasty install :)


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  • #432
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 9,954 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Any photos of the chain store and modifications required? Probably more work went into it than the flashy hardware on deck!


  • #433
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 6,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    Tow wrote: »
    Any photos of the chain store and modifications required? Probably more work went into it than the flashy hardware on deck!

    Not really behind this door

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    is one of these :D the locker is mainly filled with sand bags so I'm just loosing a bit of storage space.


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  • #434
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 6,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    Job done for the weekend, I fitted two 175w victron monocrystalline solar panels that should keep me off the grid running the diesel night heater and charging the batteries where ever we go :) I also got a discount from euromotive.ie by saying I saw the driftwood video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX-6tqFKw7s&feature=emb_logo

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  • #435
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 6,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    First test run with a "poweregg x wizard" waterproof drone today I didn't edit it much or fly too far from the boat so just a lot of lake and sky and a bit of self isolating:) I still have a good bit of learning to do.








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