Stewie Mends Boats

College Boatman based in Oxford. Boat repairs, gripes, mad ideas, holes in boats. Oxford's sixth emergency service.

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I mend boats in Oxford. Plus any other services you need from trailer work to boat lights. Contact me [email protected] for anything you need.

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@rokin5911 @d_fearns @jayrayner1 "Wasting *your* time? You started it you little shit!"

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@RowingFamily1 @lightoverwater As far as I can tell, about 2014

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@flying_boatman Rule of thumb is all diesels after 2015 and all petrols after 2005 are compliant. Be warned, however, that AdBlue diesels are the work of Satan.

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Boatman magic trick: cutting sandpaper in half by eye, and being less than 5mm out.

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@flying_boatman @Tabbers1968 Magdalen College School. I wonder how one of their timber oars got to you?

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Can you tell what it is yet? @Tabbers1968

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@flying_boatman @Tabbers1968 Yep. Name the club? (Still needs clear coat)

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You vs the compressor she told you not to worry about.

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Is there such a thing as owning too many pairs of scissors? AFAF.

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Morning. Don't forget to boat.

[Terence Chipchase @tezchipchase]

Rowing Emergency from City of Sheffield Rowing Club: Our towing vehicle containing all our riggers, seats etc has been stolen. We would like to extend a desperate request for
Two quads
One coxed four
One double
(All for women for HWR)
We'll also need one men's four for HRR quali

[Stewie Mends Boats @OxfRowServ]

Example pricing below:
Blade painting, single colour: £20/blade
Single stage polish for single scull: £40
Single stage polish for 8+: £95
Canvas vinyl wrap: from £60
Emergency repair of "rigger ding" - from £100

DM me here or message on Insta for more details and bookings.

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I'm offering an independent Regatta Service for Henley this year. This includes: small repairs, emergency repairs, boat polishing, rigging & race prep, boat personalisation, and blade painting services.

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Crikey (blows cobwebs off account) bit dusty in here.

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@AdrianEllison17 @SnailTideway @flying_boatman If it's something narrow like a post, you might be able to manoeuvre off it by getting the non-tangled side to row or back to spin you onto the downstream side. But you will need to be extremely quick, it takes seconds for a boat to snap in a Tideway stream.

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It's important to get your iron as austenite. Ferrite is useless for rowers.

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Wait they're supposed to eat it?

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@JustThatLucy1 Just looking in your area. Try John Davey Limited or RGS Autopaints.

What you're looking for is acrylic in an aerosol, also known as "2K converted" aerosol. It will need to be mixed to order, expect to pay ~£20 per can. If they stock MIPA OC tinters then ask for plain T90.

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@JustThatLucy1 Yeah it's cheap for a reason. It's cellulose and particularly bad cellulose at that.

Get some acrylic made up.

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@JustThatLucy1 Once you've got 2 coats on, if you can still see the primer add extra coats. Bear in mind your drying time between coats will increase each time. White usually needs 3 coats to cover the primer. Be disciplined; spray just enough to get the paint to flow.

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@JustThatLucy1 Then apply 2-3 normal coats. A normal coat means you get enough paint on that it will flow and gloss out, but not so much it will run. That takes practice but having a mist coat down first will reduce the tendency to run.

Allow each coat to dry until the edges are tacky.