A few Questions?

[Argonautical]

Hi guys.

Im sorry if my relentless stream of questions bores some and Im sure they have probably been answered before BUT.......

I could do with some advice.

How do you make the 'Heads' smell nice? Jebsco loo, with sea water flush. Always smells when you come aboard. Yuk!

How would you advise removing old name, and Targa 37 decals? Can i get new Targa badges made from metal?

Up by Bucklers Hard the other day, with a busted boat hook, after 75 attempts we managed to obtain a mooring buoy. Amused boaters all around! Payed thye harbour master a fiver for lunch. P**sed off sailor returned rudely insisting that we bu66ered off from his mooring! Been there 30 mins max. I told him I couldnt move due to bu66ered baot hook, he insisted on ruining our lunch break before clearing off to empty stuff ashore. What is the truth of this incident....we payed therefore a quick lunch should have been reasonable. He could have picked up an adjacent buoy and come back.

Has anyone had a LEG come flying up on a beach setting before...........relay failure Im told?

Whats the best thing to clean manky old fenders with? Before fitting some spanking new blue socks?

That'll do for now.
Cheers in advance.
Jas. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[hlb]

How do you make the 'Heads' smell nice?

It's dead marine life in the sea water pipe. Give it a good flush when ariving at boat.

Dont moor on other folks buoys.

Why do you need a boat hook to leave a buoy??

Buy some new fenders.

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

You have PM.

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[brianrunyard]

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Why do you need a boat hook to leave a buoy??


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Probably to pick up another buoy!!

 

[Argonautical]

Cheers Jimmy, you have one back my friend.

HLB, spot on.............only as the man says couldnt pick up another one with a knackered boat hook! How do you know its someones mooring, the Harbour master didnt care when he took a fiver off me!?

Jas.

 

[carlton]

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How do you make the 'Heads' smell nice? Jebsco loo, with sea water flush. Always smells when you come aboard. Yuk!
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The sea-water's the problem - it's full of organisms that stink when they die. Flush using fresh water and you won't have a problem.
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How would you advise removing old name, and Targa 37 decals? Can i get new Targa badges made from metal?
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Hair-dryer if they are plastic stick-ons. No idea on the 'metal' front.
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Up by Bucklers Hard the other day, with a busted boat hook, after 75 attempts we managed to obtain a mooring buoy. Amused boaters all around! Payed thye harbour master a fiver for lunch. P**sed off sailor returned rudely insisting that we bu66ered off from his mooring! Been there 30 mins max. I told him I couldnt move due to bu66ered baot hook, he insisted on ruining our lunch break before clearing off to empty stuff ashore. What is the truth of this incident....we payed therefore a quick lunch should have been reasonable. He could have picked up an adjacent buoy and come back.
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Should have referred him to the HM - it's not your problem. How are you supposed to know that it was someone else's mooring. Did it have a label on it ?
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Has anyone had a LEG come flying up on a beach setting before...........relay failure Im told?
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Not me.
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Whats the best thing to clean manky old fenders with? Before fitting some spanking new blue socks?
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Acetone works a treat - but be careful 'cos too much makes the plastic go a bit sticky. Standard fender-cleaner from the swindler's prob works just as well. Dunno - never bought it. Best dangle a lit fag from yer gob whilst using acetone, though................ /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[jhr]

Hmm. As someone who is moored on the Beaulieu River, I'd be a bit pee'd off if I came back to find someone else there, particularly given the large amounts of wonga that I pay to Lord Montague each year, for the privilege. I would also expect to get the mooring back pdq, particularly if I were in a hurry to get home - as I often am - and wouldn't want to hang around waiting until you were ready to move.

Were you told to moor there by the Harbourmaster or one of his minions? They usually have a pretty good idea of who is and isn't coming back to their moorings that day, and therefore where visitors can moor up. Even if that were the case, I fear that the impetus is on you to move to another mooring rather than on the mooringholder to wait.

All in my entirely impartial opinion, of course. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

PS It wasn't me - honest!

I find that citrus-based kitchen or bathroom cleaners work quite well on fenders, though it depends how far gone they are.

 

[Chas25]

Last time I moored up on the Beulieau river the harbour master (bloke in a little dory type boat with Harbour Master painted on the side) pointed me to an empty bouy and said he be back in a bit, couple of hours later he turned up driving into my fishing line and with a fairly hefty thump into our boat and requested the money
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When I asked about visitor moorings he said there weren't any they were all owned and if the owner turned up I'd have to move!! quite what you do if you want to go ashore I'm not sure! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[volvopaul]

Stop doing stuff in the toilet.

Heat gun to soften plastic then cut back grp with polish

Complain to HM we got ripped of with no electric last year and paid for, he put us on a mooring then wouldnt give us another one or money back, nice place but a rip off, do jobs in there too on 2 brooms, was plenty of room to park in yard near office etc but miserable git made me park up in car park, bet all the walking put 40 quid on the job.

Leg could be relay of water in the circuit from the potentiometer that give the leg position reading.

Acetone for the fenders but they go sticky, buy some new ones for next season tight git.

 

[Kawasaki]

Ref the fender cleaning.
Just done mine and the dinghy with oxalic acid.
Bought some from the Chemist and mixed with a bit of wallpaer paste stuff to make it gooey.
Brush on hose off.
Works just like Y10 from the Swindlery.
Heck of a lot cheaper though.
Got loads of black streaks of a mates boat too.
Use the usual precations!

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Best fender cleaner on the planet is a child wanting pocket money.

 

[jhr]

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When I asked about visitor moorings he said there weren't any they were all owned and if the owner turned up I'd have to move!! quite what you do if you want to go ashore I'm not sure!

[/ QUOTE ] He's quite right, there are no visitors' mooring buoys. Strictly speaking, the only place where there are dedicated visitors' moorings is between the piles, upstream of the Marina, so that's the place to go if you want to be sure of not being evicted. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Must say I'm a bit suprised at the reports of surliness on the part of the Beaulieu River staff, they're normally a friendly and helpful bunch. Yes, it's an expensive place to visit (and moor.....) but that's the price you pay for the beauty of your surroundings. AFAIK, all of the revenue from the river is ploughed back into keeping it relatively unspoilt.

 

[FullCircle]

Toilet answer:
T into the sea water toilet inlet hose.
T into the Fresh water sink outlet.
Make up a hose with a gate valve then another hose.

Insert new gate valve hose between sink outlet and sea water toilet inlet.

You now have a way to insert fresh water into your heads.


Before you leave the boat:
Close the sea water toilet inlet cock.
Close the Sink Outlet cock.
Fill the sink with fresh water. It can go anywhere, because you have closed the cock
Pump out the heads bowl.
Now open the gate valve under the sink T.
Pump the water in the heads bowl until the water just disappears down the sink plughole.
Close the gate valve.
Pump out excess from heads bowl, but leaving a bit in the bottom of the heads.
Close the main Heads Outlet cock

You now have fresh water in your system, and it wont smell when you get back. The stuff that stinks cant live in fresh water...

You can also use this sytem to add coca cola to aid descaling or a little olive oil to lubricate the pump/valves.

 

[Whitelighter]

We used to keep a boat in the Marina and the staff were always helpful. Visited a couple of years ago in November and the HM waived the charges cos they were quiet.

 

[mel80]

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...only as the man says couldnt pick up another one with a knackered boat hook!

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There's a handy trick for picking up a buoy without a boathook. When you get close to the buoy drop a loop of sinking line (nylon or such like) over the buoy, let it sink down under the buoy and pull tight. This will hold you nicely onto the buoy until you can rig up somthing a bit more permenant. In many ways it's easier than using a boathook.

 

[Argonautical]

Thanks for the advice guys. Much appreciated. By the way the loo is only for number 1's!!!

Thanks again.
Jas.

 

[[2068]]

The dodgy smell often comes from bugs living in the inlet pipe.

So, you can close the inlet seacock, undo the pipe from the toilet, drain off some of the water, pour some Milton down there, and leave it for an hour or so before reconnecting and opening the seacock.

And don't flush the loo over a shallow muddy bottom again !

dv.

 

[alan006]

WD40 wiped on fenders cleans them up a treat. I'm not kidding.

 

[Searush]

If on someone elses mooring, you should leave when asked, but if polite, an agreement can sometimes be had where he picks up his own mooring but lets you raft alongside temporarily using your own gear. Then he can leave his boat secure at anytime and you can recover your fenders & warps & leave at your leisure & his boat is undisturbed.