jimi - any good? (slightly boating question)

The original Mark I Jimi was very effective in the jester role, but the subsequent 'Yachtmaster' upgrade, although increasing output, has resulted in an unstable operating environment. Evidence of this includes:
• veering off in unpredicatable directions
• confusing fridges with shipping containers
• failing to recognise elements of sanitary hardware
• misreading navigational instruments
• getting upsetting wind problems
• outputting invective rather than humour.

This last fault is particularly a problem is you have any racy members of your court - their presence seems to provoke the Mk II Jimi - which reverts to repetitive outputting of the phrase "Jisscozyerracingyernancysouthernpoofterdisnaemeanyervegotrightofway"

Gobbledegook, obviously

The MkI (sometimes known as the dead sheep version) can be distinguished by a dustcover resembling said deceased beast. This, incidentally, can be discarded without doing any lasting damage and is also useful as a temporary container when the Mk I succumbs to mal-de-mer.

The MkII is supplied equipped with an auxiliary vision device. If this is removed, the MKII has a propensity to bump into things. It may therefore be worthwhile increasing your insurance cover if you do acquire a MkII.
 
Chris, you should carefully consider whether a Jimi could spirit away more than $26m whilst in your employ. Copied below the salutary tale of the King of Tonga who employed his Jester as an IFA.
Caveat Emptor, but I feel a Jimi would probably make sound financial sense, even with his legendary alcosponge qualities.



Tonga court jester 'to pay $1m'


Court jesters are a very rare breed these days.
Tonga's former court jester has agreed to pay $1m to settle a legal dispute with the Pacific state, lawyers for the ex-jester have told AFP news agency.
The island nation has for almost two years accused the king's former jester - American national Jesse Bogdonoff - of mismanaging a $26m trust fund.

Tonga alleged Mr Bogdonoff invested unwisely and took inflated commissions.

But they have now come to an out of court settlement under which neither side has to admit any liability.


Relief

The row centred around Tonga's claim that Mr Bogdonoff, who says he is the world's only court jester, cheated King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV and his government out of the money the country made from selling citizenship to Hong Kong Chinese people ahead of the 1997 handover of the former British colony to Chinese rule.

Mr Bogdonoff, a former banker, was entrusted with the $26m Tonga Trust Fund in 1999, which he was to invest through his company Wellness Technologies.

Some $20m of the fund's money allegedly evaporated after Mr Bogdonoff invested it in life assurance for the terminally ill, through a US corporation called Millennium Asset Management.

This firm went bankrupt in 2002, with Tonga accusing both Mr Bogdonoff and the company of siphoning off cash in bogus fees and commissions.

"I think this settlement is a relief for everybody on both sides of the aisle," said Patrick Richardson, a lawyer for Mr Bogdonoff.

"It's a very complicated case and both sides realised that there are pros and cons to each of their cases and that you have to take a look at the potential downsides."

The scandal is said to have caused great anguish for Tonga's 85-year-old King, who reigns over 100,000 people across 170 coral islands in the South Pacific.
 
I used one on a recent five day voyage. My only real complaint was that most of his "entertainment" was provided during the hours of darkness (running onto shingle banks, weatherfax demos, 'phoning other yachts etc.) resulting in extended power-napping during the day.
 
upgrades

I think you can move up to a Parahandy or even a Claymore, but the programming language seems to get more and more complicated.

I believe the Jimi uses COBOL (Caledonian-orientated boozer's language)?
 
we do have high standards aroond here.
"Jisscozyerracingyernancysouthernpoofterdisnaemeanyervegotrightofway"
should be
"Jisscozyerracingyernancysouthernjessiedisnaemeanyervegoatrarichtoway"
 
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