Lot of armchair know it alls on here!

[AntarcticPilot]

Turning the OP comment around..

There are on occasion new posters who just pop up and want Instant answers for Quick Fixes that are as good as a time served engineer or boatbuilder s approach -freeman’s, - for a problem that is actually a symptom of something perhaps a whole lot bigger ?Here’s one :


Hi fellow matelots, noobie here.
There’s a bit of water sploshing up on the armchairs on the boat when we go sailing . Nothing serious because I once plumbed a new kitchen sink and bath and all but, it’s making the cushions a bit soggy so we can’t entertain next weekend…
Is there a breathing tube and a hand pump I can buy , looking to spend about a fiver , so I can nip over the side whilst sailing along on each tack yeah and squirt a blob of Instablob into the gap I can see opening up around the keel , yeah? Cos that’s sort it , sorted yeah that’s how I fixed my bath waste and that’s sorted , but I don’t have my scuba gear anymore.. Cheers everyone .oh and will that stop the creaking noises and the bathroom door seems a bit stuck when we put the sails up a bit, yeah ?

Not looking to spend money this year cos we’ve just bought the boat and I don’t see the point in hauling it out and all that anyway who uses surveyors anymore it’s all on YouTube innit
So, about this breather tube gear cheers folks …ps one that the wife can use whilst I hold on to her legs and steer the boat and she squirts the goop into the keel would be awesome ….cheers everyone , NuBe

Don't worry - that kind of thing will rapidly sort itself with a burial at sea!

 

[AntarcticPilot]

in the dreams, though, I would have been sailing there... ;-)

Once, while I was in the Falklands, Sally's son arrived having sailed a newly purchased yacht from Spain... He was noticeably silent at the dinner table!

 

[TiggerToo]

Once, while I was in the Falklands, Sally's son arrived having sailed a newly purchased yacht from Spain... He was noticeably silent at the dinner table!

trauma?

 

[AntarcticPilot]

trauma?

Isolation! A single-handed direct voyage from Spain to the Falklands is a long time alone. And it wasn't a racer - a French production aluminium boat, about 30'-35' long. It should be recognizable - it had tumble-home in the upper hull.