Wansworth
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Anybody used this make?
ACME “dreadnought” surgrip anchour
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tidclacy
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You would be better off with the
Steadfast never fail ( except on mud, sand, rock, seaweed, etc ) anchor with free phone, made in Mongolia on behalf of the Chinese.
Steadfast never fail ( except on mud, sand, rock, seaweed, etc ) anchor with free phone, made in Mongolia on behalf of the Chinese.
AntarcticPilot
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Is this the kind Wile-e-Coyote uses; the kind that lets go just when he's got the elastic stretched so that it clouts him on the head?
WoodyP
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Honestly, if you have any experience such as wot I have, you need the Monkey metal Fail-me- Never. (TM).
After two nights at anchor in the corner of the Marina, I have never felt at risk, even in the F3 that blew up in the early morning.
After two nights at anchor in the corner of the Marina, I have never felt at risk, even in the F3 that blew up in the early morning.
vyv_cox
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I see there is a Dreadnaught anchor in the Maritime Museum. Attributed to 'Taylor', is this the same Geoffrey Ingram Taylor of CQR? Kukri will know, no doubt.
Kukri
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A different Taylor, I think, as the model is dated 1909. Our man would have been 23 at the time:
G. I. Taylor - Wikipedia
Wikipedia doesn’t bother to mention the CQR anchor, though it does cover his role in the Manhattan Project.
I did find this... hours of fun!
https://collections.rmg.co.uk/colle...06;agentFacetLetter=W;browseBy=person;start=0
G. I. Taylor - Wikipedia
Wikipedia doesn’t bother to mention the CQR anchor, though it does cover his role in the Manhattan Project.
I did find this... hours of fun!
https://collections.rmg.co.uk/colle...06;agentFacetLetter=W;browseBy=person;start=0
vyv_cox
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What a remarkable man he was. Professor of Maths, renowned physicist, Royal Society member, developed CQR anchor! Spot the odd one out.
Kukri
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The CQR was less than half the weight of the Fisherman type stocked anchors that it replaced, and it could not be fouled by its own chain or warp, so I think it was pretty good for 1934. It was a very long time before anything better came along.
philmarks
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When I read the heading a little ditty came to mind 'Threadgold's thorogrip, Threadgold's thorogrip, Threadgold's thorogrip garterettes..' de dah. Was it Mr Milligan's?
Wansworth
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Certainly handy in many yachting situations!
jhr
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It was from a TV adaptation (almost certainly on the Beeb, but I can't exactly remember) of the Daily Express "Beachcomber" column. Spike Milligan acted as master of ceremonies for the programme, and cited the column as an influence on the Goons. Wikipedia will no doubt tell you more, but inter alia the column gave us Mr Justice Cocklecarrot, who still appears in Private Eye from time to time, and Dr Strabismus of Utrecht, the eccentric inventor.
Why do I know this stuff? ?
philmarks
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Just a slight correction - you missed out the 'whom God preserve' in Dr Strabismus of Utrecht, as far as I recall. The show I think was called Q5. I didn't look up any of this on Google!
Yes and why do I know this stuff. And other stuff like SM's news report 'The man died suddenly after being run over by a steamroller'.
jhr
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Q5 was a telly series, created and performed by Spike Milligan, with no connection to Beachcomber except for Spike himself, of course. IIRC It derived its name from the fact that, before she was launched and named, the QE2 was known as Q4. (Qs 1 and 2 being the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth and Q3, I think, being an abandoned project for another Cunard liner that never got built). I'd forgotten about God preserving Dr Strabismus but you are right, of course. Like you, I haven't had recourse to Google, hence some of this stuff being a bit hazy.
Fred drift, I fear, though not as, erm, argumentative as yer usual anchor thread
Fred drift, I fear, though not as, erm, argumentative as yer usual anchor thread
philmarks
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Fred drift maybe, but you could argue that Q5 was in news bulletin format and that SM was the news anchor...Q5 was a telly series, created and performed by Spike Milligan, with no connection to Beachcomber except for Spike himself, of course. IIRC It derived its name from the fact that, before she was launched and named, the QE2 was known as Q4. (Qs 1 and 2 being the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth and Q3, I think, being an abandoned project for another Cunard liner that never got built). I'd forgotten about God preserving Dr Strabismus but you are right, of course. Like you, I haven't had recourse to Google, hence some of this stuff being a bit hazy.
Fred drift, I fear, though not as, erm, argumentative as yer usual anchor thread
mjcoon
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Just a slight correction - you missed out the 'whom God preserve' in Dr Strabismus of Utrecht, as far as I recall. The show I think was called Q5. I didn't look up any of this on Google!
Yes and why do I know this stuff. And other stuff like SM's news report 'The man died suddenly after being run over by a steamroller'.
I gave up and Googled, partly because I remember a jazz pianist appeared, apparently baffled, who I believe played locally to me but I never got to see (Alan Clare, also a Goons alumnus). Wikipedia notes there were subsequent increments to Q5. And there is a nice quote from Terry Jones, who like other Pythons felt they had been anticipated, that their guns had been "Spiked"! Also of course some YouTube pirate copies...