New Squib Buoys 3 May 2012

The Squib’s new buoys have arrived and are ready to go. They are bigger than I anticipated, they’re the diameter of the dumpy buoys but six feet high. I have put them next to one of the Dragon’s marks to give you a size comparison – bear in mind that we’ve always talked about the Dragon marks as ‘the big marks’. No more…

Crewsaver have done a grand job with the names, and special thanks should also go to my wife for the ‘loan’ of her Nicky Clarke hair-dryer as I couldn’t find a fitting to allow me to successfully use the pump, and blowing them up by mouth was causing me to nearly pass out. Just don’t tell her. Fortunately, it still works perfectly, and it’s now back in the spare room…