Cack handed

[veshengro]

I recently bought a boat, just a little one. 18 foot lift keel day sailer which has been well cared for by the previous owner. Today I started investigating the basic electrics, battery stowage, depth sounder, bilge pump all under the cabin sole accessible via a small locker lid under the settee berth...Woe is me!!!
He was left handed... Everything is easy to get to...if you are left handed, he also had telescopic arms I think.
I've spent the day, nose pressed against the settee base, left eye squinting into the semi darkness trying to find the spanner I've just dropped for the fifth time from a fumbling left hand trying to undo battery cable clamps. Think I'll cut a big hole in the cabin sole and attack it all from above..

 

[Sandy]

In my part of the world we call it corrie-fisted. Good to see other owners are getting their own back on poorly designed vessels.

 

[NickRobinson]

Cuddy-wiffer are Geordie sinisters.... Makes a change for the dexters to struggle!

 

[Aja]

I recently bought a boat, just a little one. 18 foot lift keel day sailer which has been well cared for by the previous owner. Today I started investigating the basic electrics, battery stowage, depth sounder, bilge pump all under the cabin sole accessible via a small locker lid under the settee berth...Woe is me!!!
He was left handed... Everything is easy to get to...if you are left handed, he also had telescopic arms I think.
I've spent the day, nose pressed against the settee base, left eye squinting into the semi darkness trying to find the spanner I've just dropped for the fifth time from a fumbling left hand trying to undo battery cable clamps. Think I'll cut a big hole in the cabin sole and attack it all from above..

Do you think your world works for us left handers? Welcome to our (daily) world.

 

[Clancy Moped]

I'm ambidextrous, which means I do things backwards, if that makes any sense.

 

[KevinV]

Certainly going to make for an interesting crew advert - "must be left-handed"

 

[veshengro]

Certainly going to make for an interesting crew advert - "must be left-handed"

I just need to rearrange things slightly so that they favour right handed fiddling in a confined space.

 

[KevinV]

I just need to rearrange things slightly so that they favour right handed fiddling in a confined space.

And I promise not to quote that sentence out of context

 

[NickRobinson]

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous......