Moaning Yachty

[hlb]

Strangely I always find, that no matter how much instruction you have taken from the captain. Start up time, always coinsides with more make up time, lip stick time or bog time. Usually the raggies then get fed up and cast us adrift, which is great, they are so helpfull. You just need enough smoke!!

 

[Firefly625]

Perhaps its just me, but I love the smell of diesel smoke ..... & along with the sound of a nice thumping diesel engine, just heaven.....

 

[iangrant]

and the lifeboat....

when it sat there with the engines running for about half an hour after dragging in another breakdown, The no one moaned at that!!


Ian

 

[Renegade_Master]

"started the donks" Ian I guess donks is your name fer the engines. Anyway just a word of caution to start yer donks b4 untying.

I was sitting inside a boat one day with some friends on a French canel hire boat moored stern too at the boat yard on the Carmargue, twos somewhat windy.

I looked out the window to see the boat on our port side moving out, "ah next door are leaving" I says, then hang on their boats got a quiet engine?

Next noise is much shouting and screaming as all aboard try to fender off the other moored boats whilst the skipper frantically tries to start the engine. By the time he did they were sidways against the other boats, with many red faces.

 

[Searush]

when it sat there with the engines running for about half an hour after dragging in another breakdown, The no one moaned at that!!


Ian

Perhaps such users of the RNLI should pay a subscription, like for the AA or SeaStart etc. The top rate of Shoreline membership might be a good starting point.

 

[iangrant]

Agreed

Perhaps such users of the RNLI should pay a subscription, like for the AA or SeaStart etc. The top rate of Shoreline membership might be a good starting point.

Totally, poor old RNLI were in and out towing things in, two fellas on small mobo, outboard broken brought back from Selsey Bill,

Couple more later, last weekend in came the Bembridge Lifeboat, the Selsey Lifeboat Hayling inshore rib and the Chi Harbour Master.

Really was sea starts job!! And I hope they did contribute to the RNLI.

Ian

 

[tinkicker0]

Perhaps such users of the RNLI should pay a subscription, like for the AA or SeaStart etc. The top rate of Shoreline membership might be a good starting point.

Never heard of shoreline membership, I have offshore membership, wots the difference?

Not that I see the RNLI much on the River Ouse. In fact I can state that I never saw the RNLI much on the Ouse, so forgive me my ignorance.