Kukri
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Thanks for that, for a moment I had you classified under 'brave sailor!
Actually I am a cowardly specimen!
I am glad we have cleared up the misunderstanding.
Hot Liquid, follow-up non-contentious question
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Actually I am a cowardly specimen!
I am glad we have cleared up the misunderstanding.
Tidewaiter2
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Actually I am a cowardly specimen!
I am glad we have cleared up the misunderstanding.
+1 here too.
Knowing your crew/boat limits, and when and where to run away to is what coastal sailing is all about.
Kukri
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I am entering my fifth decade of ownership of sailing boats. I last had a lifeboat out to me in 1973 (broken rudder) and I devoutly hope that I won't need one again...
The most cautious man I ever sailed with was Harold William Tilman.
Tidewaiter2
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Kukri
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Do we need to form a club? A burgee with a broad streak of yellow down it, perhaps? !
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Tidewaiter2
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Do we need to form a club? A burgee with a broad streak of yellow down it, perhaps?
Burgee; on a field blue, A pair of white u/pants, defaced with a baton a dexter brown would be better?
alant
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Burgee; on a field blue, A pair of white u/pants, defaced with a baton a dexter brown would be better?
hang on, when at sea on passage, pants have been known to have been worn at least 4 times in different positions (front/back2front/insideoutfront/insideoutbacktofront) so more than one baton required on my burgee.
Kukri
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I once met a glaciologist who had found a pair of her father's socks. She was extremely proud of this.
He had worn then to discarding point and chucked them down a crevasse in Greenland. She had correctly calculated the flow of the glacier and picked them up at the snout.
I would like to think that she then washed them, but fresh water is at a premium when you are surrounded by millions of tons of the solid version..
He had worn then to discarding point and chucked them down a crevasse in Greenland. She had correctly calculated the flow of the glacier and picked them up at the snout.
I would like to think that she then washed them, but fresh water is at a premium when you are surrounded by millions of tons of the solid version..
Tidewaiter2
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Cleanliness is next to Godliness
Surely, after a really bad/close one, you change them and wash all affected parts/fabric in salt water asap then final rinse in fresh before replacing?
Call me picky, but even in a Wayfarer, the smell, deah bouy, the smell
hang on, when at sea on passage, pants have been known to have been worn at least 4 times in different positions (front/back2front/insideoutfront/insideoutbacktofront) so more than one baton required on my burgee.
Surely, after a really bad/close one, you change them and wash all affected parts/fabric in salt water asap then final rinse in fresh before replacing?
Call me picky, but even in a Wayfarer, the smell, deah bouy, the smell
Tidewaiter2
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Did she darn them for him or report him for eco vandalism/littering?
alant
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Surely, after a really bad/close one, you change them and wash all affected parts/fabric in salt water asap then final rinse in fresh before replacing?
Call me picky, but even in a Wayfarer, the smell, deah bouy, the smell
Think salt water 'fixes' stains!
Tidewaiter2
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Think salt water 'fixes' stains!
Maybe, but it removes the big bits, and the plankton eat the bacteria
Oh, and not if you use that salt water soap(or Fairy Liquid)-trust me :>}
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mcframe
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hang on, when at sea on passage, pants have been known to have been worn at least 4 times in different positions (front/back2front/insideoutfront/insideoutbacktofront) so more than one baton required on my burgee.
8 times (as told to me by an ex-FAA chopper navvie)
front/back2front/insideoutfront/insideoutbacktofront
*then*
swap shreddies with your bunk-mate; and repeat...
Considering the rotational possibilities of klein g-strings is left as a topographical exercise for the reader.
alant
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Maybe, but it removes the big bits, and the plankton eat the bacteria
Oh, and not if you use that salt water soap(or Fairy Liquid)-trust me :>}
Didn't your mother teach you to wipe properly?
"big bits" - urgh!
They are pants, not screens.
Tidewaiter2
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Be A Lert, not alant, at the back there
Now wake up at the back there, alant;
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Surely, after a really bad/close one, you change them and wash all affected parts/fabric in salt water asap then final rinse in fresh before replacing?
Note words 'really bad /close one'-and context earlier posts re circs in which discussion re special Coward of the Forum burgee acquired- what is known to some as a 'brown trizer' moment- think Cowes Week/ HL bending wheel, TSS fog bank rolling in as radar/ais goes down.
Challenge you to find time to go to heads at such a crucial point,tends to look a bit like action of CC Capt in escorting a lady to a LB?
Didn't your mother teach you to wipe properly?
"big bits" - urgh!
They are pants, not screens.
Now wake up at the back there, alant;
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Originally Posted by Tidewaiter2 View Post
Surely, after a really bad/close one, you change them and wash all affected parts/fabric in salt water asap then final rinse in fresh before replacing?
Note words 'really bad /close one'-and context earlier posts re circs in which discussion re special Coward of the Forum burgee acquired- what is known to some as a 'brown trizer' moment- think Cowes Week/ HL bending wheel, TSS fog bank rolling in as radar/ais goes down.
Challenge you to find time to go to heads at such a crucial point,tends to look a bit like action of CC Capt in escorting a lady to a LB?
Searush
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Think salt water 'fixes' stains!
Salt water is in fact quite a good anti-bacterial agent. Towing clothes astern is a tradidional washing technique used by true windjammer shellbacks.
Tidewaiter2
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Cheers Searush
I see that we not only look similareek: you unlucky chap)but have also spent a lot of time making that last 5l freshwater breaker last til we reach Port Logan in opening hours next Saturday type sailing
I see that we not only look similar
eek: you unlucky chap)but have also spent a lot of time making that last 5l freshwater breaker last til we reach Port Logan in opening hours next Saturday type sailing
A1Sailor
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You're talking pants
Why oh Why has this thread about Hot Liquid degenerated into a discussion about soiled underpants? Just because they may have been sh*tting themselves is no excuse!
I know that we have been discussing running before a heavy sea, and that Fairy Liquid might be particularly useful in Hot Water - but the original topic was where best to find shelter from a south westerly Force 10+. Was it not?
Some of the comments might be deemed to be below the belt
Why oh Why has this thread about Hot Liquid degenerated into a discussion about soiled underpants? Just because they may have been sh*tting themselves is no excuse!
I know that we have been discussing running before a heavy sea, and that Fairy Liquid might be particularly useful in Hot Water - but the original topic was where best to find shelter from a south westerly Force 10+. Was it not?
Some of the comments might be deemed to be below the belt
Tidewaiter2
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Terrribly Sowwy, Old Chaap..
... it's known as Fred Drift, but actually we were discussing the aftermath of failing to find that shelter, and the cleanup methods required, derived from that, together with a burgee recognising those who navigate more cautiously than HL
Big Hand for your post, mind!
... it's known as Fred Drift, but actually we were discussing the aftermath of failing to find that shelter, and the cleanup methods required, derived from that, together with a burgee recognising those who navigate more cautiously than HL
Big Hand for your post, mind!
Boomshanka
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They were checking out the Captain's log...