Busy Solent

[PIGLETSDREAM]

It is great when the solent gets busy with boats, especially with boats that want to be in the exact spot that you are in. I have a simple remedy, Paint Ball Gun, Loaded with indelible ink, if its choppy and rotten eggs if its calm, so when the smiling pig ignorant B********s try to run you over, geronimo. You feel great, especially if you can get a hit towards the top of the genoa, better if they are white, cos black ink is cheaper. Any way two versions, a manual one and soon to be released an electronic one linked to your boat electrics, so when it confirms that you are stand on, bang. Must go Matron is comming

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[nicho]

Welcome to the forum - you've certainly arrived with a "bang"!! Presume it was tongue in cheek??

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[jimi]

Think she's really a stinkie needing a wash!

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[cliff]

Welcome PIGLETSDREAM.

Hope to cut across your bows next week then I can introduce to my good friend "Mr Remington" - 10gauge, pump action, 8 in the mag and 1 in the chamber alternate malay shot and tracer. Boy does he keep the midges away.

Seriously though, I had thought about a similar deterrent (my son's paintball gun) however, having sought legal advise on the matter it transpired that the legal consequences of discharging any such weapon in the manner suggested would prevent one from sailing / moboing for a long period while one was being entertained at Her Majesty's pleasure (and tax payers cost). Combine that with the fact one would not be able to fart properly afterwards and it brings things into perspective.

While I , and I am sure many others, might agree with your sentiments and treat the idea for what it is, wishful thinking, there are some clowns out there who might take you seriously and think it is a good idea to wilfully vandalize private property so "you feel great". Fortunately for the more sensible amongst us the law sees it in a different light. Don't let that put you off, please follow through with your plan, all it means is you pay damages and we have one less MoBo arsehole giving decent MoBo'ers a bad name (I assume you are a Mobo'er due to your reference to "smiling pig ignorant B********s" and your reference to getting a hit "towards the top of the genoa".

Guess it is time to refit the crow's nest and put a sniper up there! /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

One more log to fuel the fire of the perceived dislike, nay hatred, between Raggies and MoBo'ers.

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[mirabriani]

I have just returned from Broads holiday with some of the grandchildren. They took delight in donning pirate gear and bombing suitable victims with water bombs.
To their great surprise one party of students retalitated and boarded our boat with water pistols. All in good fun of course.
Briani

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[Becky]

I had a somewhat similar experience when on a flotilla holiday some years ago. My approach was to connect the holding tank outlet to a pump, either electic or manual, and the rest you can imagine. love to have tried it, down wind of course!

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[peterb]

Downwind, of course

Gives a new slant to 'the weather gage'!

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[jimi]

Don't you mean up wind (so to speak)?

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[nicho]

What's wrong with you lot lately - this sort of aggression is normally displayed on the forum through boredom during Winter months!!

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[jimi]

Och sod off ye daft auld baldie, awa get a decent wig!

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[powerskipper]

Fight Fight Fight Fight.
As the play ground chant used to go!!!!!!!!!!!!


Ring any bells?

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[nicho]

I don't HAVE to be bald you know. The Mrs said I had to lose weight, and a No 3 was the easiest way!!

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[nicho]

He's just SO hurtful - when I see him on the pontoon, or when he PM's me, he is really pleasant, but in the public face of this forum, he's really awful!!

"Mum, that mans being horrible to me............."

Can anyone explain his behaviour??

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[starboard]

You Solent sailors need to get a life....today here on the Clyde, warm sun good NW F5 and all Mobo's and raggies sailing in harmony in the most spectacular sailing waters in Britain.......however we would like to keep it that way so all stay down there throwing your abuse at each and everyone of you...!!!!

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[jac]

I fancy building a replica napoleonic wars frigate and sailing her round the solent. Fire off a full broadside into any mobos that get too close.

Do you think I'd get a visitors berth on lymington town quay though??

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[oldharry]

Quicker way out - charter the 'Grand Turk' (as in Tvs Hornblower series) for a weekend - ready armed with cannon etc. Might have to sign some sort of disclaimer first before sinking anyone...?

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[PIGLETSDREAM]

Sorry to upset you Cliff, but I am a lowly sailor who unfortunately had an incident with some smarmy race boys who not only got close, managed to take my enseign down with their spinaker pole whilst charging up behind me. This weekend some nasty piece of work in a mobo managed to create such a wash as to fill my cockpit, so yes I am angry. Oh yes Ive read the collision regs and Ive got more hours and bits of paper than I care to shake a stick at, but the bottom line is that they are ars****** and perhaps something radical like what i suggested would stop them from thinking that they own the Solent.


Must go matron is coming

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[tcm]

well, this is vair unfortunate.

Actually i was jolly well behaved and in the needles channel i actually droped off the plane as a raggie was coming up close, and on that and two other occassions i got a thankyou wave which makes it all very worthwhile.

I think i have worked out that actually it is the way a powerboat often holds a raggie on the nose whilst deciding to choose which side to pass that boils their rage - and wd do the same to me. Bit like someone trying out a rifle by pointing it at you for a long time, then pointing it somewhere else just before shooting.

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[cliff]

Upset? Me upset? no way, I merely pointed out the consequences of such an irresponsible action. What if everyone did the same - lots of paint marked boats and sooner or later some idiot will get pissed off pull out a real firearm or a very pistol and all hell would break loose - I can imagine it - high noon in the solent, Gunfight at Portland Bill, Last Stand at the Needles.../forums/images/icons/wink.gif



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[chriscallender]

Hey we're not all like that - I go out to relax and if a stinkie comes past close and makes a big wash no problem, maybe it knocks a knot or 2 off my speed for a while but so what, I've got all day. I'm sure I did (and probably still do) enough things with my boat that annoy other people anyway, so its a case of live and let live. Can I bring my boat up to to the Clyde??? Having seen how much a marina berth costs, I'm seriously tempted.

Chris

PS I'm from that part of the world originally. If that helps support my application to become a Clyde sailor again.

PPS Having tried both, I do prefer the weather down here though!!!

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