Berth 101

[Peppermint]

What broadly sailing related 3 items would you put in there then?

 

[tome]

Very good - love the concept!

1) Bow fenders which scream "I'm out of control"

2) Any accessory for a boat hook designed to knit-one-pearl-one a mooring buoy or cleat

3) Pink 'Chichester' trousers

 

[Koeketiene]

1. Radio checks
2. Bavaria owners
3. Gordon Brown

 

[sailorman]

the "sparklie " Leasure 23 in bradwell marina that thinks its a ballroom mirror ball
+ all those that dreamed up the idea of covering this little ship in mirror tiles /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[billmacfarlane]

Yacht brokers, any item for sale prefixed with the word "marine" , spray dodgers ( spray doesn't enter the cockpit sideways).

 

[sailorman]

boats motoring with fenders deployed more then 1/2 a cable from their marina.
reporting to HMCG that they are just leaving marina 14.30 hrs eta next river @ 15.00 hrs .
call-up marina Ch 16 /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[tome]

Oi, I've just fitted a pair of dodgers.

Mind you, know where you're coming from. A boat looks cleaner without them. Bollx, guess they're on their way to berth 101...

 

[RupertW]

You've obviously haven't sailed my last couple of boats. I can't stand the extra windage and visibility loss from dodgers so I've got well used to the chunk of spray over my back and head when reaching at speed.

My 3:
Anchors that protrude over pontoons
DSC alerts
Chartplotters (for anyone who'd be lost without one)

 

[webcraft]

~ Blue ensigns
~ Macgregor 26
~ Skippers who keep plastic bags full of used bogroll under the sink in the heads


- Nick

 

[Twister_Ken]

Melamine crockery with anchors on
Breton caps
Fendersox with holes in

 

[[2068]]

- The volvo penta spares pricing department
- The keel from a Bavaria Match 42
- any windlass more than about 5 years old

dv.

 

[ShipsWoofy]

Those weird knocks and noises you imagine hearing when running 1,2 and 3 cylinder diesels on yachts. The sounds you think are the engine breaking off the mounts and actually spinning around in the engine bays.

All old sheets to stop people tying their £40k+ yachts up with.

Twin helms on sub 60ft yachts with big carbon fibre look wheels, they look more like aft fitted clothes mangles than anything useful.

 

[KRG]

marinas with housing developments, shopping malls and public veiwing areas.

fishermen who lay poorly marked pots

weekend rain n gales

 

[Neraida]

1. Tides
2. Being becalmed
3. Fick thog


Claire

 

[Kilter]

1 intollerant /ignorant /inept boat users
2 work...cos it gets in the way of sailing time
3 crap weather

 

[Peppermint]

Re: OK well so far

I can't allow tides so Neraida you'll have to take them home. That could be messy.

I can't allow spray dodgers either. 1. cos I've got some. 2. cos they might not dodge spray but they do keep the wind of me back underway and are good when your moored and lounging.

 

[DJE]

And you just know you're going to get all 3 at once.

Happy Birthday BTW. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[Oceanranger]

Wobbly French pontoons with hoops instead of cleats.
Hordes of dinghy racers in a narrow channel.
Marinas charging £3.50 for 10p worth of electricity.

 

[ChrisE]

Bad manners
Bad weather forecasts
Bad wine

 

[Salty John]

Fenders deployed after leaving the dock.
Calling the coast guard for a radio check.
Anchorists with inadequate ground tackle parking too close.