Kawasaki
Well-Known Member
So Saturday dawned.
Goodie Goodie, 2 days on the Straits doing powerboat stuff.
3 peeps wanted PB2.
Basically they wanted an ICC each.
For to hire stuff in Spain or France or somewhere.
Main geezer, 71 going on 50 fair play to Him.
Owner of a Botnia Targa 33.
Been boating for 45 years and His Shipmates nearly as long.
No "Official" bits of paper between them but lots and lots of Sea Miles buggering about the Irish Sea.
Main Geezer had previously been involved in the Marine Trade too , big style.
Oops, thought Kwaka , got to be on the Ball this time, these chaps might show Me a thing or two.
So We did the Teachy thing.
So then they wanted a bit more teachy stuff on the Botnia Targa 33.
"Yes Please" says I!
Flip, yer don,t refuse a go on one of those machines.
Where said ship is berthed, tiss pretty tight.
"How der normally get out of here Guys" I asked.
"Well Fred (all names are ficticious, cept mine, to protect the peeps and to give no clue to their Briefs etc etc) well I stand forward and push the Bow out Cliff stands by the Stern with a Big Fender thinghy and Steve works the Twin Engines, steering wheel and the Bow Thruster!!!!
Cripes, Blimey, Guys weve just done a Course on Boaty stuff!
Have I failed to Teach?
"Yer but that was on one eng"
"Yer" says I but the Princuples are the same!
Wind, Tide, into gear, out of gear, wheel here then there etc etc.
So anyway a bit if a Demo with the Botnia , parking manouvering, mucking about with twins, legs, bowthrusters de blah de blah and I think they got the message.
And they parked it good.
So now they taught Me.
Was not as rough Today as Yesterday where We were playing, shame Saturday was really Humpty.
However wind against in the Menai Straits can always dish up some Lumpy Bits
So of We go at High Speed.
Fair play to the Guys, they knew how to handle Her in the Lumpy Stuff (or maybe it was My excellent tuition on the R.I.B on Sat) /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif but then again the Hull does most of the work.
So we,ve got outdrives to trim and Trim Tabs, lots of horsepower and a Cracking Hull.
Man! what a Hull.
5 ft chop and 36 kts and nowt on the Windscreen and Autopilot working like a Tramline and 6 kts punching against Us.
I would like One.
4 Berth, Built like a Brick Sh%t House.
No Gin Palace.
But what a Sea Boat.
I envy Botnia owners.
Here is a point though.
Said Owner wanted to do The Course on Hs boat, not the Schools R.I.B.
We did it on the R.I.B anyway.
So when We boarded His Botnia.
The anchor was missing.
"Oh yeh We lost that a couple of weeks ago."
The VHF was US.
" Oh Yeh We have a backup Handheld but it's flat and at Home"
"Spare anchor and Kedge" I enquired.
"Yeh at Home too!"
Chance too good to miss, so We still went out!
Oops! have I broken all the RYA rules?
Boll%cks , I don't care, what a boat.
Yep, I want One!
Goodie Goodie, 2 days on the Straits doing powerboat stuff.
3 peeps wanted PB2.
Basically they wanted an ICC each.
For to hire stuff in Spain or France or somewhere.
Main geezer, 71 going on 50 fair play to Him.
Owner of a Botnia Targa 33.
Been boating for 45 years and His Shipmates nearly as long.
No "Official" bits of paper between them but lots and lots of Sea Miles buggering about the Irish Sea.
Main Geezer had previously been involved in the Marine Trade too , big style.
Oops, thought Kwaka , got to be on the Ball this time, these chaps might show Me a thing or two.
So We did the Teachy thing.
So then they wanted a bit more teachy stuff on the Botnia Targa 33.
"Yes Please" says I!
Flip, yer don,t refuse a go on one of those machines.
Where said ship is berthed, tiss pretty tight.
"How der normally get out of here Guys" I asked.
"Well Fred (all names are ficticious, cept mine, to protect the peeps and to give no clue to their Briefs etc etc) well I stand forward and push the Bow out Cliff stands by the Stern with a Big Fender thinghy and Steve works the Twin Engines, steering wheel and the Bow Thruster!!!!
Cripes, Blimey, Guys weve just done a Course on Boaty stuff!
Have I failed to Teach?
"Yer but that was on one eng"
"Yer" says I but the Princuples are the same!
Wind, Tide, into gear, out of gear, wheel here then there etc etc.
So anyway a bit if a Demo with the Botnia , parking manouvering, mucking about with twins, legs, bowthrusters de blah de blah and I think they got the message.
And they parked it good.
So now they taught Me.
Was not as rough Today as Yesterday where We were playing, shame Saturday was really Humpty.
However wind against in the Menai Straits can always dish up some Lumpy Bits
So of We go at High Speed.
Fair play to the Guys, they knew how to handle Her in the Lumpy Stuff (or maybe it was My excellent tuition on the R.I.B on Sat) /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif but then again the Hull does most of the work.
So we,ve got outdrives to trim and Trim Tabs, lots of horsepower and a Cracking Hull.
Man! what a Hull.
5 ft chop and 36 kts and nowt on the Windscreen and Autopilot working like a Tramline and 6 kts punching against Us.
I would like One.
4 Berth, Built like a Brick Sh%t House.
No Gin Palace.
But what a Sea Boat.
I envy Botnia owners.
Here is a point though.
Said Owner wanted to do The Course on Hs boat, not the Schools R.I.B.
We did it on the R.I.B anyway.
So when We boarded His Botnia.
The anchor was missing.
"Oh yeh We lost that a couple of weeks ago."
The VHF was US.
" Oh Yeh We have a backup Handheld but it's flat and at Home"
"Spare anchor and Kedge" I enquired.
"Yeh at Home too!"
Chance too good to miss, so We still went out!
Oops! have I broken all the RYA rules?
Boll%cks , I don't care, what a boat.
Yep, I want One!
/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif it only gets worse. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif