Recent content by Oen

I suggest that none of you posting above engage bilbobaggins on your yachts. I farking wish I'd read him his rights before he got on mine.

Many thanks so far... Any that aren't in Southampton? Cowes, Portsmouth, etc, perhaps?

So, the internet should be really good for this... Have fully serviceable boat, and crew including little girl who'd love to see some fireworks, and so I went looking for firework displays on the net... I found details of displays last year, and the year before, and last month, and some that...

For someone kitting out a boat on a tight budget who needs one. Drop me a line. Collect/deliver on the Solent (I'll make my weekend plans include wherever you are, probably).

...one with a metal mount for the pushpit rail. If you're kitting out a boat on a very limited budget and you need one, drop me a line... Collect or deliver on the Solent (I'll make my weekend plans include wherever you are, probably...)

We had a very good meal there on Saturday - and then a stunningly bad experience at Landers the next morning...

In the cold light of day, the first word of your reply may seem ill-advised.

How would that have been?

Pounding flesh never was my scene...

A rinky-dink one, perhaps? Very troublesome, only respond to long-term psychological techniques, without even realising that it's going on...

Yes, reminds me of someone trying to get a boat only two feet shorter than Koko Kai (and from the same yard, to boot), alongside the fuel pontoon at Gosport... Not pretty!

That's one reason why, on my yacht, we have two four man life rafts, rather than one eight man one. Another important factor is that an eight man raft with, say, two people in it, is a recipe for trouble...

Re: Radio 4 controller\'s view of the shipping forecast Just had a call from Feedback... They're interested in using the story, but are checking to see whether Kevin Young's piece (linked in the first post here) related to a broadcast item... If it did, it's legitimate 'business' for them...

Is this penance to cause all of those you've upset to come round and say 'Well done, Lakey, what a lovely boat'? If so, it's working! What a lovely boat!

Perhaps ybw would be kind enough to offer a prize for <<<The longest 'wanted' thread without the thing being found>>>??? Might I suggest that a lovely, ahem, marina trolley, might be a great idea as a prize???