For @Zeus This overwintered at Port Solent last year and had some work carried out. I could see it from my cross trainer in the the gym and just had to wander down a few times afterwards to take in it's glory:
What is the advert, should have gone to SpecSavers ? I find that just awful, even in the 1980’s it was 50 years out of date. No offence meant but Andy
Talking of 'Double Enders', this is actually mine, very different to my RIB, but I've owned it @40yrs now: Fully kitted it would look like this:
I remember watching The Vital Spark on TV when I was a kid. I have fond memories of it. I didn’t know there was a connection with Inverary until I saw the boat there.