I’ve been sending out flyers and price lists to potential stockists so I’m hoping that you’ll soon be able to walk into a chandler near you and pick up your Metz Manta antenna, cable and connectors. Your VHF equipment installer can supply it also; just make sure you specify the Metz Manta.
Of course you can buy the Metz from Salty John and a few other on-line chandlers.
Speaking of chandlers, get down to the Southampton boat show and get yourself a signed copy of Hostage by Rachel and Paul Chandler. Neat segue, if I do say so myself! It’s their account of over 12 months in captivity at the hands of Somali pirates. We received our copy in the post yesterday and can’t wait to get stuck into it.
Paul and Rachel will be signing books at the Kelvin Hughes stand (J001) today and tomorrow. And if you can’t make the show get the book anyway, it promises to be a great read.
The Chandlers are refitting their Rival 38 Lynn Rival - which was recovered by a Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel after the kidnap - at Noss Marina on the River Dart. You can follow their progress in Practical Boat Owner magazine.
I bet you can’t guess which antennas they’ll be installing for their VHF and AIS systems.
