Finally, a use for an umbrella on a boat!

[AntarcticPilot]

 

[Gustywinds]

Ingenious. It’s something I never thought of putting on the boat and we had to walk 3km in the rain this morning

 

[LittleSister]

But if you are very experienced, you also know how bouncy is the inside of an umbrella.

It is only delaying the inevitable by less than a second, and widening the area you'll have to search the bottom with a magnet!

 

[capnsensible]

Ingenious. It’s something I never thought of putting on the boat and we had to walk 3km in the rain this morning

Here we would call it a parasol.....

 

[zoidberg]

It is only delaying the inevitable by less than a second, and widening the area you'll have to search the bottom with a magnet!

I'm still looking for one of those AliExpress magnets that will pick up 316 stainless machine screws....

 

[zoidberg]

Here we would call it a parasol.....

I know a small marina where they'd call that a 'parapluie'....
...but it doesn't rain there, much.

Now we need to find a use for a 'bicycle... and a serving Naval Officer' ( c.f. Captain John Illingworth )

 

[Gustywinds]

Here we would call it a parasol.....

Parapluie, weren’t no sol this morning and still drizzling in Lille now.

 

[LittleSister]

Here we would call it a parasol.....

As you know, we have little need for parasols in the UK.. Curiously, though, the word umbrella comes from '(small) shade'.

 

[LittleSister]

Now we need to find a use for a 'bicycle...

An exercise bike might come in handy, given the astonishing range of mod cons and other labour saving devices some seem to have on their boats.

(Have people forgotten that shivering, for example, is pretty good at burning off the fat, not to mention stiffening one's moral fibre! )

 

[Roberto]

Also useful to keep the hatches open when it's raining, at least tropical rains

 

[Graham376]

An exercise bike might come in handy, given the astonishing range of mod cons and other labour saving devices some seem to have on their boats.

(Have people forgotten that shivering, for example, is pretty good at burning off the fat, not to mention stiffening one's moral fibre! )

I don't know about moral fibres, mostly my knees which get stiff these days.

 

[rotrax]

Ingenious. It’s something I never thought of putting on the boat and we had to walk 3km in the rain this morning

I needed to work on the Furler earlier this year-used an umbrella exactly as shown so it caught bits When - not if - I dropped them!

A PBO tip from long ago IIRC.

One of their better and most useful ones.

 

[Ribtecer]

I needed to work on the Furler earlier this year-used an umbrella exactly as shown so it caught bits When - not if - I dropped them!

A PBO tip from long ago IIRC.

One of their better and most useful ones.

Yes a great, but not new idea

 

[mjcoon]

But if you are very experienced, you also know how bouncy is the inside of an umbrella.

Like any bit of boat canvas, you need to know how to furl your umbrella and maintain the correct tension...

 

[B27]

I walked to the shops in the rain today.
My umbrella was on the boat.
Where it was very useful a few weeks ago, I like a bit of shade these days, even in Devon's attempt at strong sun.

 

[wingcommander]

I have noticed that with the onset of older age , my nuts are a lot closer to the water when I sit down. Not sure an umbrella is gonna help though.

 

[ctva]

We’ve always had a golf umbrella on board. In no wind rain while motoring, it acts as a poor man’s Bimini.

 

[greeny]

But if you are very experienced, you also know how bouncy is the inside of an umbrella.

It is only delaying the inevitable by less than a second, and widening the area you'll have to search the bottom with a magnet!

Put an old towel in it and it cushions the bounce. Just don't forget you've dropped something in it and pull the towel out to wipe your hands part way through the job.

 

[westhinder]

I know a small marina where they'd call that a 'parapluie'....
...but it doesn't rain there, much.

Now we need to find a use for a 'bicycle... and a serving Naval Officer' ( c.f. Captain John Illingworth )

The America’s Cup racers seem to have found a use for a bike

 

[Gustywinds]

Put an old towel in it and it cushions the bounce. Just don't forget you've dropped something in it and pull the towel out to wipe your hands part way through the job.