Recent content by davidhand

Re: Kicker strap --- Doesnt exist! I believe in the US and Canada it's called a "Boom Vang" and in the rest of the English speaking world it's a Kicking Strap.

According to news reports at the time when a US WWII battleship came into Portsmouth Harbour in the eighties it was the largest vessel ever to enter said harbour. I believe these battle wagons went about 50000 tons (I'm not sure if that's US tons or long tons) If that's true these 65000 tonne...

Re: Whale destroys boat, \'says sorry\' Q. How many Californians does it take to screw in a light bulb? A. None 'cause in California we screw in hot tubs.

I have an 85 Beneteau. The headliner is a felt type material with a thin layer of an expanded foam which is (was) glued to the fiberglass. The problem is the foam has disintegrated with age and has fallen away from the fiberglass. Has anyone else had this problem, and if so how did you fix it.

Native Americans please.

I've had two Garmins both are excellent. Had a Magellan once, piece of crap, the guy at West Marine agreed they have had their quality control problems.

In the marina where I berth you are allowed to have a boat up to 2ft longer than the berth. (you pay for whatever is longer the boat or the berth) The boat may project up to 2ft into the fairway but may not overhang the walkway at all. If it does you'll get a prompt call from the marina...

Re: New to posting photo\'s where is it? I thought it was Danish.

Yes and I believe the chaps at the RCYC were concerned when Ireland split with UK that they would no longer be able to use the title Royal. However they were cranted special permission to do so.

After some words Zidane turned round and headbutted Matarazzi in the chest sending him to the ground. Don't worry about missing it it's going to be shown on telly hundreds of times in the next weeks. Beautiful headbut though, haven't seen the like of that since I last went to South Parade Pier...

Re: We\'re gonna need a bigger yellow card....... Yes we should change the old joke a bit. You know the one that goes "I was watching a boxing match and a game of hockey broke out (ice hockey that is).

Only at Oakland Raider games.

Re: World Cup Trivia trick question How about Dennis Compton?

Re: Gawd bless you, ma\'am! I hope she's not going to drive it to Wales.

US Naval regulations require that US war ships dip in response to a dip from any vessel from a nation formally recognised by the US. However they may not dip unless responding to a similar courtesy from another vessel.