How would you try to explain this

[Bodach na mara]

Thanks Norman. I had a Powerpoint program on my machine at work, but now that every day is a weekend day I will get the download you have kindly pointed me towards.

 

[janeK]

Hope the crane driver came out uninjured.

The boat and crane would have been covered by Insurence, so no sympathy there.

well thats one less............

 

[thefatlady]

Should I rise to the ill-informed sniping against Sunseeker owners? The yotties I have met on my cruising in Europe and Africa have been unfailingly friendly and welcoming. It appears to be only the UK-based, little travelled, poorly qualified yotties who display such ignorance and resentment.

Nah! Can’t be bothered.

 

[mikejames]

Maybe all that had to happen was for the boat to swing round and touch the jib of the crane...

 

[janeK]

"It appears to be only the UK-based, little travelled, poorly qualified yotties who display such ignorance and resentment."

So who is being ignorant and resentful then?

As for little travelled well I hate to inform you there are many yotties who have sailed many miles in some beautiful areas other than UK waters, me included

I am sure I am reiterating what a lot of the above postings are thinking as they get carved up by a SS when under sail.......... anywhere..........

 

[thefatlady]

You miss the point. I know there are many well-travelled, courteous, helpful and friendly yotties, just as there are similar Sunseeker owners. I have met and enjoyed the company of both.

It's just that it's only from (some) UK yotties in the UK that the ignorance and resentment seem to emanate. I know long-term yotties who have progressed to fast motor boats and have been staggered by the attitude of erstwhile friendly yotties towards them - for no reason other than that they exist.

I accept that you may exhibit this unfortunate tendency wherever you are in the world. You have clearly not been in a Sunseeker and been cut up by a yottie who doesn't know the colregs or had your boat damaged by a yottie who is incompetent at manouvering.

It cuts both ways.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

The warning signs were all there.....

 

[Jezlyn]

I am sure it will patch up fine with a bit of glass cloth and epoxy.

 

[sailorman]

THAT is NEVER a 300t Crane.

i have used 300t cranes on site & it was a bigger brast than this one

 

[bumblefish]

You could use openoffice, it is free and handles powerpoint files, as well as word and excel!