A footnote to the item above. I also managed to remember something my Grandma taught me in my long lost, mis-spent childhood. She showed me how to knit.
Nothing fancy but I did knit a scalf, not a thing a boy wants to remember though. So how has knitting helped me.
I saw a site offering Bow and Stern Bumpers. The price was really stupid £ 32 for a 200mm Front one and £15 something for one rear one so a grand total of £60 odd pounds.
I got out a ball of string and asked my Wife and then my Mum to have a go at knitting me some.
After a week or so with no uptakes on the offer I sat down and knit them myself, It was slow going but I got there in the end and I must say that they look quite the part. When the boat if finnished I shall put some more pictures of it on the site. With some pictures of my works of art the bumpers.
So if you want to try and make some it is dead simple just knit a piece 200mm long by 30mm and then roll it up and stich it together the same for the bak ones but 100mm by 30mm.
If you can't knit then get the wife to do it for you.
They looks quite good on the boat, and you saves yourself about £59. Can't be bad that can it.
