10 August, 2008

M2M Fenders Cowes Week 2008

Our Cowes Week 2008 started off with fitting fenders onto the pontoons at the Sealift in the River Medina. Not an easy job at the best of times. Never having being blessed with an ounce of patience or DIY skills, drilling into hardwood from a small boat proved a tad too tricky.

Not one to give up lightly, reverting to hanging off the pontoons proved the easier option - despite breaking a drill bit and kicking a drill into the sea - DOH!! Anyway - the results were worth the 5 hour struggle.
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We attended the launch of Boatshed Boat Bid on the Saturday hosted by Ondeck and Earls Court Boat Show - all very exciting - and then spent the day wandering and trying to spot M2M fenders on display (maybe I need to get out more).

Anyway, managed to spot Made 2 Measure Fenders on ONDECK a new Elan supplied by Premier Yacht Sales and Sail4Cancer fenders on the Profile Sailing Beneteau.

Not a bad showing for Cowes Week 2008.

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