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But other countries HAVE been given the opportunity to voice their concerns and, just like the UK, have been told by the EU to go back and vote again until they come up with the CORRECT answer! George

I still think surveys aren't worth the money spent on them. You have no comeback if anything is missed as the thing's full of weasel words, and no survey will cover every inch. They're about as reliable as a chocolate tea pot. I would assume 70K is a fairly new boat, so why should there be anything wrong with the hull? Take it out for a chug, take an experienced boat friend with you to listen to and look at the engine and guess. All boats are money pits, so it'll cost you an arm and a leg anyway. Worth it, though.

Reading skills I'd say. Look how many of them can't read "No Mooring" or "Water Point Only" signs ...

I think that is the big difference between the ins and outs. It means a lot to me that they are in Whitehall (or wherever the decisions are made) and not Brussels. We do not have the say that the UK wants if it is in Brussels. If 26 other countries want X and the UK want Y, what will we get? Leave the club and we decide. Que another 5000 posts to debate.

As a Yorkshireman I sympathise with the rastafarian claim to exclusive rights to the wearing of dreadlocks. I am starting a campaign to stop non-yorkshire folk eating our puddings. Cultural appropriation at its most insidious.

I love that whooshing sound that some jokes make as they fly past my head...

All the FMC fish named boats were originally fitted with the 9hp pup in a shorter engine room. So short that the fuel tank had a dish to clear the boatman's leg when kicking. They were a snappy engine that had to be run hard to keep them warm, unlike the more docile 15hp model. Because the engine was much lighter, the prop shaft on the fishes is mounted 2" lower in the in the swim to keep the blade in the water when empty.