| I hired a twinset for a recent trip on the Hurricane. £80 for the week, organised through Tony Backhurst.
I found it difficult to pin TB down, dealt with George. Helpful enough, but he seemed very reluctant to even say the word 'twinset'. Not sure if that's because he didn't know what a twinset was, or more likely, he felt he couldn't guarantee that one would show up on the day. Best advice would be to get it all in an email which they will forward to the fleet base in Egypt and hope that they're switched on at that end. My experience with GSS fleet and guides wouldn't fill me with confidence. Two years ago I ordered a pony. I was handed the pony and told I should have brought my own method of attaching it to the cylinder. They made no effort to sort the issue, and the pony remained unusable for the week.
I took my own OMS wing and S/S BP in October, but I also took a BC just in case. Bands and blocks would probably be an idea.
The set was ok, aluminium cylinders, what looked like Custard Drivers bands, and a manifold I didn't recognise. Not that I'd recognise anything other than MDE. It had seen better days and didn't fill me with confidence, valves with not even remotely smooth actions, but it held up for the week, no leaks.
V-weights would have been nice, especially with aluminium cylinders, and even though I requested some in my email, none appeared.
I took my own mushroom nuts and thankfully they fitted the bolts which were set at a standard 11". I dropped one when I took my gear out and after a search of the deck it looked like I'd have to use the wing nuts supplied. Which would have meant fcuking about with the bolts. Two minutes later I decided to go back to the search for the missing nut and thankfully it turned up.  |