John & Jimmy ease away in the start boat after a successful engine start. After their soaking at the 1st attempt they got it down so they barely got damp.

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Commodore Ted Walsh The Bluebird Project I do! I fix loads! *Checks DoB- May 1974…*
Oh!

The Bluebird Project wouldn’t surprise me, nobody under the age of 30 fixes anything nowadays (clear exceptions noted) we’re all doomed….

Yes. We went wrong and got a really tatty one. 🤷‍♂️

Now & again we had guest amateurs to do a bit.
As a boss at Proalloy, Chris is actually a professional but he fitted right in at once.

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We absolutely must have one of those for the workshop. 👍🤣

It's an awful lot of effort to ride our coat tails. Whatever they do we'll just be scratching our heads and saying, we did that ten years ago.
What's the end game? To run the boat for public benefit or just cut off their own nose? It's baffling.

The Bluebird Project I hear some people in North Shields might have a bit of a clue…..

I had a nice lunch with David Tremayne today. We discussed more running of STAY GOLD in the summer and he dropped off some spares to help with getting K7's engine up and running again.

Get 'em told. Maybe they don't know.

Anyone care to volunteer or suggest suitable people for the job? 😉😁

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The Bluebird Project …although to be fair I made you check it all before I learned the ruddy huge tail fin adornment allowed you to be blown all over the lake by the slightest breeze🙄. All was good though and I just had to suck it up and get some more speed on😉🤪

Apparently Haynes is defunct, no more, finito.

Nigel Dale The Bluebird Project You're doing a grand job, Nigel.

K7's new AFRC is going back together today. All serviced & cleaned. This is only the adjuster for the engine acceleration. Lots of fiddly bits.

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It's going to have It's own feed once we get going on it. Lots of footage already in the can for YouTube.

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Any other 'crucial phases'? The Bluebird Project

Busy Saturday from the build. Baz working on the steering. He spent a lot of time getting it 100% perfect & to this day only Baz fully understands it.

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Dunno about the spray baffles. All the screws are there, it's not difficult.
There was no damage from the lift. Some timbers rattled over but that was under the cradle. Bit like Ted's 'near crash'. All a big nothing except to the untrained eye. 😉

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Our much loved pilots. Stew & Ted. 20 years building the perfect machine then handing it to these daredevils to light a fire inside it & make it work. Epic!

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