nicho
RIP
Re: Mike101
Ah yes, I too remember that one occasion!!
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Ah yes, I too remember that one occasion!!
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Bow thrusters
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Chris_Robb
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Nah - just overweight
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tome
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Re: steve 101
No shortage of power then.
We used to use a dinghy with a 6HP engine to swing the bow of a Baltic Trader (60T) with relative ease in tight spaces. Slow but effective, even through the wind.
Lewmar don't make much rubbish though disappointed to read it's the quietest electric model on the market.
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No shortage of power then.
We used to use a dinghy with a 6HP engine to swing the bow of a Baltic Trader (60T) with relative ease in tight spaces. Slow but effective, even through the wind.
Lewmar don't make much rubbish though disappointed to read it's the quietest electric model on the market.
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qsiv
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Re: steve 101
rofl.... but you cant hear ours, yet it manages to push 28 tonnes to weather in F6. I wouldn't want to be without it - the alleyway in the marina is only about 2 feet wider than the boat is long.
As for the new boat - at least it's shorter, but it weighs nothing and has no keel worth speaking of to give any grip. Only soloution is get the fenders to string the crew around the topsides for protection<g>
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rofl.... but you cant hear ours, yet it manages to push 28 tonnes to weather in F6. I wouldn't want to be without it - the alleyway in the marina is only about 2 feet wider than the boat is long.
As for the new boat - at least it's shorter, but it weighs nothing and has no keel worth speaking of to give any grip. Only soloution is get the fenders to string the crew around the topsides for protection<g>
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BlueSkyNick
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Well done Nicho .....
....... You are a good sport, as is Zefender and others.
Have a great holiday in Aussie - rotten sod!
<hr width=100% size=1>I'm average size, Its just that everybody else is short.
....... You are a good sport, as is Zefender and others.
Have a great holiday in Aussie - rotten sod!
<hr width=100% size=1>I'm average size, Its just that everybody else is short.
BlueSkyNick
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Well done Nicho .....
....... You are a good sport, as are Zefender and others.
Have a great holiday in Aussie - rotten sod!
<hr width=100% size=1>I'm average size, Its just that everybody else is short.
....... You are a good sport, as are Zefender and others.
Have a great holiday in Aussie - rotten sod!
<hr width=100% size=1>I'm average size, Its just that everybody else is short.
tome
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Re: Well done Nicho .....
Hear hear!
Hope you enjoy your trip and wish you every success with the new poodle-macerator on your return.
Tom
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Hear hear!
Hope you enjoy your trip and wish you every success with the new poodle-macerator on your return.
Tom
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Peppermint
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Lovely things. Should make marina evolutions a doddle.
Weight and drag don't really cause concern. If he fits one get a dedicated battery fitted in the bow so the cable runs short.
Very handy, well better than a backed jib, for turning the boat if you find the mud.
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Weight and drag don't really cause concern. If he fits one get a dedicated battery fitted in the bow so the cable runs short.
Very handy, well better than a backed jib, for turning the boat if you find the mud.
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nicho
RIP
Re: Handbrake turn ...
Now THAT I like, but would the marina staff and other berth holders? I might just give it a try!!
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Now THAT I like, but would the marina staff and other berth holders? I might just give it a try!!
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nicho
RIP
Re: Well done Nicho .....
You have to be on this forum Nick!!
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You have to be on this forum Nick!!
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zefender
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Re: Stickers
Trucks have lots of luvverly stickers and signs. Things like "long vehicle' and 'Caution, air brakes'. Buses have a few too but these are a bit boring like "exact fare only".
Now if you're sitting in the cockpit and see some nutter charging between all the pontoons at about 6 knots, it would be very reassuring to see a big sign on the bows saying "relax, bow thrusters on board". I feel this should be compulsory and could easily be managed via a sort of (and inevitable) bow thruster dues/tax.
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Trucks have lots of luvverly stickers and signs. Things like "long vehicle' and 'Caution, air brakes'. Buses have a few too but these are a bit boring like "exact fare only".
Now if you're sitting in the cockpit and see some nutter charging between all the pontoons at about 6 knots, it would be very reassuring to see a big sign on the bows saying "relax, bow thrusters on board". I feel this should be compulsory and could easily be managed via a sort of (and inevitable) bow thruster dues/tax.
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nicho
RIP
Re: Stickers
This is discrimination at it's worst! Surely it would be more sensible to force all owners WITHOUT bowthrusters to carry a sort of Government Health Warning, in large letters along their topsides. Something along the lines of "BEWARE, boating without bowthrusters can seriously damage your mental well being, and your neighbours boat" and/or "DANGER, thrusterless owner on board"
In fact, in the absence of boat owners having obtain a licence to prove their boat handling competance, perhaps bowthrusters should become compulsory?
Now that's much more sensible in my view
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This is discrimination at it's worst! Surely it would be more sensible to force all owners WITHOUT bowthrusters to carry a sort of Government Health Warning, in large letters along their topsides. Something along the lines of "BEWARE, boating without bowthrusters can seriously damage your mental well being, and your neighbours boat" and/or "DANGER, thrusterless owner on board"
In fact, in the absence of boat owners having obtain a licence to prove their boat handling competance, perhaps bowthrusters should become compulsory?
Now that's much more sensible in my view
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zefender
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Re: Stickers
OK, how about a less divisive sticker
" No pelvic thrust, bow thrust only" ??
or
" Bow thruster skippers do it sideways" ??
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OK, how about a less divisive sticker
" No pelvic thrust, bow thrust only" ??
or
" Bow thruster skippers do it sideways" ??
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Aja
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Re: Stickers
I've always fancied one that is on all the Cal-Mac ferries - "Beware of the Prop"
They have the signs plastered all over the ferry - bow, stern - sometimes even midships.
Now that I like.
Donald
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I've always fancied one that is on all the Cal-Mac ferries - "Beware of the Prop"
They have the signs plastered all over the ferry - bow, stern - sometimes even midships.
Now that I like.
Donald
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jhr
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\"Beware of the prop\"
Would also look good tattooed on the foreheads of the England front row........
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Would also look good tattooed on the foreheads of the England front row........
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jimi
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Re: Stickers
Yes .. these thespians are really quite careless leaving all their accoutrements about the place!
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Yes .. these thespians are really quite careless leaving all their accoutrements about the place!
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AndyL
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Would appreciate
hearing how you go with it. I like the design, but am concerned about cutting those holes in a perfectly good hull to fit it.
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hearing how you go with it. I like the design, but am concerned about cutting those holes in a perfectly good hull to fit it.
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