A handy tip

[Wansworth]

My late father a PBO and highly intelligent unlike his son gave me a tip that has served me well.His tip was at the end of the day working on a boat leave something to do the next morning so instead of standing about scratching yourarse and smoking you can get on with something meanwhile thinking of the next job.

 

[MontyMariner]

Thinking about it, that's very good advice

 

[Wansworth]

Thinking about it, that's very good advice

 

[Wansworth]

Thinking about it, that's very good advice

 

[Boathook]

My late father a PBO and highly intelligent unlike his son gave me a tip that has served me well.His tip was at the end of the day working on a boat leave something to do the next morning so instead of standing about scratching yourarse and smoking you can get on with something meanwhile thinking of the next job.

Obviously he didn't give tips on buying a boat

 

[capnsensible]

Don't eat yellow snow.

 

[Poignard]

My late father a PBO and highly intelligent unlike his son gave me a tip that has served me well.His tip was at the end of the day working on a boat leave something to do the next morning so instead of standing about scratching yourarse and smoking you can get on with something meanwhile thinking of the next job.

When in a boatyard on the South Coast I often found that getting near the end of the day, and trying to get a job finished so I could get on the A3 and home to London for dinner, some old boy who'd finished his work would come wandering up and engage me in unwanted conversation:

"That's a Twister, isn't it?"

"Yes."​

"Never fancied one of them myself."

"Oh really?"​

"No! Long keel, narrow beam, won't steer astern,.." and so on.

" Why don't you f--- off! [sotto voce]. That's very interesting, but if you'll excuse me. I have to finish this job."​

"Oh yes, of course, don't let me hold you up. What is it you're doing?"

Then follows further discourse on how I'm doing it all wrong and, if I had any sense, I wouldn't be doing it in the first place.

 

[Wansworth]

When in a boatyard on the South Coast I often found that getting near the end of the day, and trying to get a job finished so I could get on the A3 and home to London for dinner, some old boy who'd finished his work would come wandering up and engage me in unwanted conversation:

"That's a Twister, isn't it?"

"Yes."​

"Never fancied one of them myself."

"Oh really?"​

"No! Long keel, narrow beam, won't steer astern,.." and so on.

" Why don't you f--- off! [sotto voce]. That's very interesting, but if you'll excuse me. I have to finish this job."​

"Oh yes, of course, don't let me hold you up. What is it you're doing?"

Then follows further discourse on how I'm doing it all wrong and, if I had any sense, I wouldn't be doing it in the first place.

 

[KevinV]

My late father a PBO and highly intelligent unlike his son gave me a tip that has served me well.His tip was at the end of the day working on a boat leave something to do the next morning so instead of standing about scratching yourarse and smoking you can get on with something meanwhile thinking of the next job.

Are you trying to tell us that your father taught you to procrastinate? You learned well

 

[Stemar]

When in a boatyard on the South Coast I often found that getting near the end of the day, and trying to get a job finished so I could get on the A3 and home to London for dinner, some old boy who'd finished his work would come wandering up and engage me in unwanted conversation:

"That's a Twister, isn't it?"

"Yes."​

"Never fancied one of them myself."

"Oh really?"​

"No! Long keel, narrow beam, won't steer astern,.." and so on.

" Why don't you f--- off! [sotto voce]. That's very interesting, but if you'll excuse me. I have to finish this job."​

"Oh yes, of course, don't let me hold you up. What is it you're doing?"

Then follows further discourse on how I'm doing it all wrong and, if I had any sense, I wouldn't be doing it in the first place.

That sounds all too familiar.

 

[Neeves]

Some things DO change and unarguably for the better - no-one or not in Australia stands around smoking Its almost a thing of the past (oddly most smokers now are teenage girls.....? and they are very uncommon in boatyards)

Jonathan

 

[Fr J Hackett]

When in a boatyard on the South Coast I often found that getting near the end of the day, and trying to get a job finished so I could get on the A3 and home to London for dinner, some old boy who'd finished his work would come wandering up and engage me in unwanted conversation:

"That's a Twister, isn't it?"

"Yes."​

"Never fancied one of them myself."

"Oh really?"​

"No! Long keel, narrow beam, won't steer astern,.." and so on.

" Why don't you f--- off! [sotto voce]. That's very interesting, but if you'll excuse me. I have to finish this job."​

"Oh yes, of course, don't let me hold you up. What is it you're doing?"

Then follows further discourse on how I'm doing it all wrong and, if I had any sense, I wouldn't be doing it in the first place.

In days of yore I spent a full weekend fitting a new pedestal gearbox and Lewmar auto pilot drive motor which must have weighed about 10kg if not more and required bolting on the underside of the pedestal whilst being aligned and slid on to some very fine splines on the drive shaft. All good you might say but it required lying in the cockpit locker, working through a small hole in the bulkhead supporting the weight with one hand whilst desperately trying to get a couple of nuts on the protruding bolts from the pedestal. The air was a deep shade of blue for many hours as I repeatedly emerged from the locker cursing Lewmar and Northshore in equal amounts and anyone unwise enough to get close.
In those days Photodog had the berth next to me (same pontoon finger and was a very chatty chappie, he very wisely stayed below deck for most of that weekend.

 

[Blueboatman]

He didn’t take photos of your er arythmic progress ??

 

[servus]

My late father a PBO and highly intelligent unlike his son gave me a tip that has served me well.His tip was at the end of the day working on a boat leave something to do the next morning so instead of standing about scratching yourarse and smoking you can get on with something meanwhile thinking of the next job.

I find this an invaluably good and deep advice.
Never work yourself to a full stop, to a finishing stage after which it will be difficult to restart again, when the entire job is not yet done.
Instinctively I do the same.
Hemingway once said, that he tried to never "write himself empty" and my late father in law put it as "always leave something to look forward to".

Procrastination - mentioned by KevinV I find much more in the reluctance to start at all, to bite off the first chunk.
Once this is overcome you try and keep yourself in a "flow".

Thanks for reviving the thought - I will need it desperately when I will get to my boat.

Cheers, G.

 

[Wansworth]

He didn’t take photos of your er arythmic progress ??

He could helped with up’s of tea !

 

[Blueboatman]

He could helped with up’s of tea !

Yup
Paparazzi spend a lot of time hanging around
Allegedly

 

[Wansworth]

I find this an invaluably good and deep advice.
Never work yourself to a full stop, to a finishing stage after which it will be difficult to restart again, when the entire job is not yet done.
Instinctively I do the same.
Hemingway once said, that he tried to never "write himself empty" and my late father in law put it as "always leave something to look forward to".

Procrastination - mentioned by KevinV I find much more in the reluctance to start at all, to bite off the first chunk.
Once this is overcome you try and keep yourself in a "flow".

Thanks for reviving the thought - I will need it desperately when I will get to my boat.

Cheers, G.

I put this into practice yesterday by leaving a barrow load of logs to be unloaded in the wood shed.The concept works I can now unload the logs then sit in the garden sear planning what to do next

 

[johnalison]

I have got to the stage where many physical labours are just that, labours. I now make a start and as soon as I realise that I am not enjoying myself I stop, to continue another day. If it takes a week to do the boat’s topsides instead of a couple of days, then so be it. My greatest triumph was the impossible task of removing two dead shrubs from against the house and digging over the small bed to two spits depth. It took two or three weeks doing no more than ten minutes at a time, with the result that the job was done and I can look back at it without memories of suffering.

 

[Wansworth]

I have got to the stage where many physical labours are just that, labours. I now make a start and as soon as I realise that I am not enjoying myself I stop, to continue another day. If it takes a week to do the boat’s topsides instead of a couple of days, then so be it. My greatest triumph was the impossible task of removing two dead shrubs from against the house and digging over the small bed to two spits depth. It took two or three weeks doing no more than ten minutes at a time, with the result that the job was done and I can look back at it without memories of suffering.

That’s the way to go.Ihaveadopted the slow but purposeful approach,Ilikemanyofour country neighbors

 

[Blueboatman]

I have got to the stage where many physical labours are just that, labours. I now make a start and as soon as I realise that I am not enjoying myself I stop, to continue another day. If it takes a week to do the boat’s topsides instead of a couple of days, then so be it. My greatest triumph was the impossible task of removing two dead shrubs from against the house and digging over the small bed to two spits depth. It took two or three weeks doing no more than ten minutes at a time, with the result that the job was done and I can look back at it without memories of suffering.

Top tip for the day
Use a battery powered angle grinder to sharpen the edge of the spade occasionally
Not that this will be habitual exercise of course